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Two Teens Injured, One Killed In Mercer County Crash

LIBERTY TOWNSHIP (KDKA) -- A young man was killed and two teenagers were seriously injured in a car crash in Mercer County on Wednesday night.

It happened just before 10 p.m. in the 300 block of Amsterdam Road in Liberty Township.

State police say a 17-year-old boy lost control of his truck while going around a slight bend, hit a culvert and then crashed head-on into a tree.

The driver and a 17-year-old boy who was in the backseat of the truck were transported to a local hospital with serious injuries.

The front seat passenger, 19-year-old Darrian James Snow, of Grove City, was pronounced dead at the scene.

According to state police, no one in the vehicle was wearing a seat belt.

State police also say they found marijuana paraphernalia in the truck.

The investigation is ongoing.

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