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Update: One killed in Somerset County crash, another taken to hospital

By Bill Shannon,

17 hours ago

SOMERSET COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — One person was pronounced dead after a vehicle crash in Somerset County Monday evening.

The crash happened around 7 p.m. July 1 on Old Lincoln Highway in Quemahoning Township. According to state police, 55-year-old Wave Mostoller of Shanksville was driving a Ford Fusion east when he left the road and hit a tree head-on.

Mostoller was pronounced dead at the scene while the passenger, a 40-year-old woman, was rushed to Conemaugh Hospital.

Troopers noted in their report that neither Mostoller nor the passenger had their seatbelts on.

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Stoystown Fire, Freidens Fire, Hooversville Fire, and Somerset EMS all responded to the scene.

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