One dead, two hospitalized after wrong-way crash in Washington County

A man was killed and two people were injured in a wrong-way crash in Donegal Township, Washington County, on Saturday night. 

According to the Washington County Coroner's Office, a wrong-way driver headed westbound on Route 40 collided head-on with the driver of an SUV just after 6 p.m. on Saturday. The driver of the SUV and a passenger were both taken to a local hospital with serious injuries. 

Officials said the wrong-way driver, 41-year-old Daniel Pasqualucci, was pronounced dead at the scene. The 41-year-old man came around a curve in the road, crossed the center line and hit the other driver.

The Washington County coroner says it appears Pasqualucci's car was going approximately 80 miles per hour.

"Unit 1 was traveling eastbound on 40 as the unit was traveling westbound on 40, in two different directions, and as unit 2 was coming around that bend, unit 1 was in the center of the roadway and struck unit 2 head-on," Trooper Rocco Gagliardi said on Monday. 

Pennsylvania State Police are investigating the crash. 

"Our case is working on that happening before and during that crash, and that will be a full report that we give over to the DA's office," Gagliardi said.