Authorities said they suspect a 72-year-old Erie man had a medical episode leading up to a two-vehicle crash at an intersection on the city’s west side on Saturday morning.
The victim, whose name has not yet been released, was found dead when emergency crews responded to the accident at West 10th and Poplar streets on Saturday at 7:56 a.m., according to Erie police. The man was pronounced dead at the scene at 9:21 a.m., the Erie County Coroner’s Office reported.
According to Erie police, the man was driving a 2013 Honda Odyssey west on West 10th Street when his car rear-ended a Subaru Forester that was traveling west in front of him, then struck a utility pole on the northwest corner of the intersection with Poplar Street. Two passengers in the Honda were taken to UPMC Hamot for treatment of unknown injuries, investigators reported.
The driver of the Subaru suffered minor injuries, according to police.
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