Single-car crash kills Ransom man
NEWTON TWP. - A Ransom Twp. man died in a wreck on Newton-Ransom Boulevard late Friday.
Steven J. Chapple, 51, was declared dead at the scene, according to Lackawanna County Coroner Tim Rowland. The cause of death was multiple traumatic injuries, he said.
Newton Twp. Police Chief Bob Reese said Mr. Chapple's vehicle was headed west on Newton-Ransom Boulevard about 11:02 p.m. when, just before Spring Drive, it went off the north side of the road, struck the guardrail, drifted back onto the road and off the south side of the road, flipping several times and ejecting Mr. Chapple.