LA PLUME TWP. - A Nicholson man was killed in a car crash Tuesday, according to officials.
Thomas McGurk, 76, died when his SUV left the northbound lane of Route 11, overturned and struck a construction sign near the entrance of Tall Timbers Village just before 3 p.m., Lackawanna County Coroner Tim Rowland said.
Mr. McGurk was partially ejected from the vehicle and had to be extricated by emergency personnel from Factoryville and Dalton fire companies, according to state police at Dunmore.
He was taken by ambulance to Geisinger Community Medical Center, where he later died as a result of multiple traumatic injuries, Mr. Rowland said.