WESTMORELAND COUNTY, Pa. — Emergency officials confirmed to Channel 11 that one person is dead following a crash on Route 22 in Westmoreland County Monday morning.
HEADS UP —> bad crash causing delays and traffic detours on Route 22EB — this is between 819 and 119, just before you hit New Alex... both vehicles heavily damaged #WPXI pic.twitter.com/QHWD7GEIrH
— Melanie Marsalko (@WPXIMelanie) September 23, 2019
The crash involved a Buick and a Jeep in the eastbound lanes of the highway.
There was a large law enforcement presence at the crash scene between routes 819 and 119 when the crash happened just before 9 a.m.
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The Westmoreland County Cornor identified the victim as 87-year-old Hulday Holby.
Holby was driving the Buick and turning left on to Route 22 when she he was hit the driver of a Jeep.
According to investigators, Holby was not wearing a seatbelt and her vehicle did not have airbags.
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