Autopsies today in two deaths
CLIFTON TWP. - Lackawanna County Coroner Tim Rowland said Sunday he is awaiting the results of today's autopsies before announcing the causes of the deaths of Mariusz Pecio of Clifton Twp. and Robert Kwasnik of Brooklyn, N.Y., who were involved in a crash near Big Bass Lake on Saturday.
Mr. Kwasnik, 25, who was a passenger in the car driven by his stepbrother, Mr. Pecio, 39, was pronounced dead at the scene of the one-car crash, which threw him through the front passenger-side window, Mr. Rowland said Saturday.
Mr. Pecio left the scene and was later found dead from a gunshot wound. Mr. Rowland said he did not suspect foul play in Mr. Pecio's death.
State police at Dunmore are investigating.