Highway Patrol Investigating Fatal Crash
January 8, 2019 11:30AM EST
(WHBC) – A man was killed in a two-vehicle crash south of Uniontown.
The Canton post of the Highway Patrol is investigating the crash, which happened around 6:30 Monday night on Cleveland Avenue NW north of Lake Center Street.
Investigators say Billy Ervin, 61, of Uniontown, was driving a car northbound on Cleveland Avenue when he crashed into the back of a dump truck waiting to turn left into a private driveway.
Ervin was pronounced dead the scene. He was not wearing a seatbelt.
The driver of the dump truck was wearing a seatbelt and was not injured.
Cleveland Avenue was shut down for several hours as the crash was investigated and cleared.
Alcohol is not a factor in the crash.