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One person killed in single-vehicle crash in Westmoreland County

By Patrick Damp

October 6, 2022 / 7:43 AM EDT / CBS Pittsburgh

One person killed in wreck in Westmoreland County

DERRY TOWNSHIP (KDKA) - One person is dead after an early-morning crash in Derry Township.

The crash happened around 2 a.m. on Route 217 between Derry and Blairsville near Gray Station Road.

It was a single-vehicle accident and the driver who died was the only person in the car.

Police and PennDOT crews were able to get the accident cleared and reopen the road not long after the crash.

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Patrick Damp

Patrick Damp is a web producer for CBS Pittsburgh. A Pittsburgh native who grew up watching KDKA-TV, Patrick studied journalism at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. After half a decade in sports communication, Patrick decided to pursue his dream of working in journalism in his hometown and joined the CBS Pittsburgh team in 2019.