Male driver dead after crash on Interstate 83, coroner says – York Daily Record
A Conewago Township man died Wednesday afternoon after the vehicle he was driving struck a jersey barrier and an embankment on Interstate 83 South, according to York County Coroner Pam Gay.
The driver, Brian Miller, 54, was not wearing a seat belt, she said. The crash occurred about 2 p.m. in Manchester Township.
“According to police, the adult male vehicle operator … reportedly exited the right side of the highway, then re-entered, crossing both lanes of traffic and striking the jersey barrier, then crossing over both lanes of travel again before impacting the embankment,” Gay said in a news release.
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Miller was taken to York Hospital, but despite life-saving efforts, he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at 2:44 p.m., according to Gay.
His cause of death was blunt force trauma, and his manner of death was accidental, Gay said.
There will no autopsy; results of a routine toxicology test are pending.
Ted Czech is a multi-platform crime/emergency journalist with The York Daily Record. He can be reached at tczech@ydr.com, at 717-771-2033 or on Twitter at @TedCzechYDR