An elderly woman in western Pennsylvania was killed by a car on her way to Easter Sunday church service.

According to Washington County Deputy Coroner Tim Warco, 81 year-old Shirly Howarth walked between two parked cars onto the street, in front of Canonsburg United Presbyterian Church Sunday when the accident occurred. Authorities say she was struck shortly before 8:00 a.m. by a car driven by a 75 year-old man, who was also on his way to the church.

Howarth was transported to Canonsburg Hospital following the accident. She was pronounced dead on arrival.

Coroner Warco ruled Howarth’s death an accident. Cannonsburg police Sergeant Don Cross called the incident “an unfortunate accident” and says he does not anticipate filing charges.

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A man is in critical condition following an overnight accident between a car and two tractor trailers in South Philadelphia.

According to officials with the Philadelphia Police Department, the accident occurred in the northbound lanes of Interstate 95 between the Girard Point Bridge and the Walt whitman Bridge shortly before 3:00 a.m. Police say one of the tractor trailers, owned by the United States Postal Service, collided with another semi-truck owned by Rite-Aid. The impact of the crash, forced one of the big rigs into a passenger car, causing it to flip over, and trapping the driver inside.

Firefighters worked to free the 40 year-old driver of the car. The injured man was transported by fire-rescue to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in critical condition.

Neither of the drivers of the tractor trailers were injured in the wreck.

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