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1 dead in Derry Twp. crash on Route 217

Patrick Varine
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Above, footage from WPXI’s Chopper 11 of a crash along Route 217 in Derry Township on Friday, March 1, 2019.
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At least one person has died following a two-car crash Friday that closed a stretch of Route 217 in Derry Township.

The crash happened just before 5 p.m. near the intersection of Route 217 and Curnow Road, according to Westmoreland County emergency dispatchers.

Route 217 was closed for about four-and-a-half hours, reopening around 9:30 p.m., according to a 911 supervisors in Westmoreland.

Patrick Varine is a TribLive reporter covering Delmont, Export and Murrysville. He is a Western Pennsylvania native and joined the Trib in 2010 after working as a reporter and editor with the former Dover Post Co. in Delaware. He can be reached at pvarine@triblive.com.

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