The Clarion County Coroner’s Office has identified the truck driver who was killed in an accident on the Emlenton Bridge over Interstate 80 in the early morning hours of March 19. The collision occurred on the early morning hours of March 19. The collision took place on March 19th last year. Joga Singh, who was 35 years old and made his home in New York, passed away as a result of injuries he got while riding in his commercial tractor trailer. It was blunt force damage that ultimately led to his death. For the purpose of identifying his remains, members of his family traveled from Queens, New York to Clarion County, Pennsylvania, as stated by the information that was provided by the Coroner Dan Shingledecker.
On the morning of Tuesday, March 19, at approximately 12:20 a.m., a representative from the 9-1-1 Dispatch Center in Clarion County stated that the call for assistance was received for a collision that took place on the Emlenton Bridge and involved a large number of automobiles.
According to the Emlenton Fire Department, the accident involved around twenty cars, including both commercial and passenger vehicles. The vehicles involved in the accident included both types of vehicles. According to Shingledecker, Singh passed death as a consequence of blunt force trauma that he experienced in the collision. Shingledecker further claimed that the manner in which Singh passed away was deemed to be inadvertent or accidental. The officials have stated that Singh was ejected from the sleeper cab, as reported by the officials.
There were multiple tractor-trailers involved in the accident, which resulted in the disruption of traffic throughout the day on Tuesday. As a consequence of this, the Allegheny-Clarion Valley School District made the decision to delay the start of classes by two hours in the morning and to publish a post informing students about the anticipated delays that they would encounter on their way home late on Tuesday afternoon.
“The confined nature of the crash (between the high concrete barriers of the bridge) along with the overall size and severity of this incident made it particularly challenging,” the Emlenton Fire Department stated in a statement that was posted on Facebook on Tuesday describing the tragedy. The number of automobiles that were involved in the collision was also given in the post where it was posted.
In accordance with a news release that was distributed by the state police, the collision occurred on Interstate 80 in the westbound direction close to mile marker 44. According to a statement released by the state police on Wednesday, the accident occurred on the bridge as a result of weather-related conditions, which caused a driver to lose control of their passenger vehicle.
According to the police, a number of events took place as a consequence of further commercial and passenger vehicles being unable to come to a stop and avoid hitting with the vehicle that was disabled. The state police have said that additional information will be made public at the same time that a number of authorities are attempting to identify the vehicles and individuals who were involved in the incident.
