New Castle News

June 18, 2009

Two die in motorcycle crash


HADLEY � Two western Pennsylvania motorcycle riders are dead from a collision with a pickup truck that crossed the center line.

The crash happened Tuesday afternoon along Georgetown Road in Deer Creek Township, Mercer County, about 70 miles north of Pittsburgh. Police say 46-year-old Eva Struthers died at the scene and 53-year-old Roy Sanner died at a hospital in Youngstown, Ohio. Both were from Franklin, Venango County. They were wearing helmets and were thrown from their bikes.

Police say the pickup truck was driven by a 36-year-old Meadville man who was hospitalized with moderate injuries.