Eva Schmelzle, 89, dies in three-vehicle wreck involving garbage truck on Jonestown Road in Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania
Elderly woman died in crash involving garbage truck
An elderly woman has died after a three vehicle accident involving a garbage truck.
The accident happened on the 5400 block of Jonestown Road in Lower Paxton Township, just after noon on Friday.
Police say an elderly driver of one of the vehicles was taken to Hershey Medical Center, and she later died from her injuries.
89-year-old woman died in Lower Paxton Township crash
Eva Schmelzle, 89, died of injuries in the crash at 12:09 p.m. in the 5400 block of Jonestown Road, Lower Paxton Township police said.
The three-vehicle crash involved a garbage truck. Schmelze was taken to Penn State Hershey, where she died of her injuries, police said.
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