The 22-year-old man killed last week in a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 79 in Mercer County was a Slippery Rock University student headed back to college.
The Mercer County Coroner’s Office said Austin Golab, of Erie, was killed in the crash on Jan. 15. The three-vehicle crash happened around 11:45 a.m. on Interstate 79 south at mile marker 122 in Jackson Township.
Pennsylvania State Police said in a report that the driver of a semi-trailer was stopped in the right lane due to traffic when the driver of another semi-trailer smashed into them from behind. The second semi-trailer then came to rest in the left lane before Golab crashed into it…