Van carrying 15 crashes, kills one
COOLBAUGH TWP. - One person was killed after a van carrying 15 people crashed in Monroe County Tuesday night.
A van traveling north at just after 8 p.m. on State Route 380 near mile marker 5.3 struck the median, overturned and then struck a tree, state police at Swiftwater said. Several people were trapped and had to be extracted from the vehicle, and were later transported to Pocono Medical Center and Geisinger Community Medical Center, where one person was pronounced dead, police said.
The person's identity has not been released.
Police are still investigating the crash and working to identify everyone involved, and anyone who witnessed the crash is asked to call 839-7701. Numerous fire, rescue and EMS agencies throughout Monroe and Lackawanna County assisted at the scene.