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A Sewickley Township woman has been identified as the person who was killed Friday night in a two-vehicle crash along Route 136 in Hempfield.
The woman, Joann Wardzek, 58, of Wolfe Lane, was pronounced dead at the scene along Route 136 between Edna Road and Lower Lane at 8 p.m. Friday by Deputy Coroner John Ackerman, the Westmoreland County Coroner’s office said. The cause and manner of death are pending the results of an autopsy, the coroner said.
The coroner’s office said Wardzek was not wearing a seat belt when the crash occurred. The air bags in the vehicle deployed, the coroner said.
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An 88-year-old woman was killed in a two-vehicle crash in Hempfield on Wednesday afternoon.
Elizabeth R. Anderson, of Hempfield, was pronounced dead shortly after 2 p.m., according to the Westmoreland County Coroner’s Office.
The crash occurred at about 1:50 p.m. at Racetrack and Wilson Fox roads, near Hempfield’s border with New Stanton and Youngwood, according to 911 dispatchers.
Anderson was driving a Toyota RAV4 south on Racetrack Road near the Fox Den Acres Campground when she swerved into the wrong lane and off the road. Her SUV struck an embankment and a tree, which flipped the vehicle onto its roof, according to the coroner’s report and state police.