Boswell man dies in crash
Ronald Druist, 40, Boswell, was driving southbound on Plank Road in Quemahoning Township at 11 a.m. Saturday "at a high rate of speed" when he lost control negotiating a right-hand curve, according to state police.
His 2022 Ram truck crossed the double-yellow center line into the oncoming northbound lane and then swung back into the southbound lane. Then his truck traveled off the right side the road and struck a small embankment. His vehicle went airborne, touched down on the embankment again, then went airborne a second time. At that point, the truck went over a hillside and hit a tree head-on, according to state police.
When the truck landed it fell to the ground and rolled onto its roof, police said.
Druist, who was not wearing a seat belt, died at the scene, according to an accident incident report.
He was the sole occupant, police said.
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Druist died of blunt force trauma from the motor vehicle accident, according to Somerset County Coroner Cullen Swank Tuesday. An autopsy was performed, he said.
Chief Deputy Coroner Lexi Lichty was at the scene of the accident and pronounced Druist's time of death.
This article originally appeared on The Daily American: Boswell man goes airborne twice in accident
