PENN TOWNSHIP - A 64-year-old Mount Pleasant Mills man was killed Wednesday night in a two-truck crash along Route 35 near Middlecreek Road that forced the highway to be closed for approximately four hours.
State police at Selinsgrove reported Samuel G. Graybill Jr. died from injuries suffered in the 7:48 p.m. accident in Snyder County.
Police reported Graybill was driving a 2000 Chevrolet S-10 truck south during a heavy rain along Route 35, approximately 200 feet west of the intersection with Middlecreek Road, when he lost control, causing the vehicle to spin out of control, cross over the center line and strike concrete guide rail on a bridge.
After striking the concrete guide rail, the truck was hit by a 2005 International Rollback truck driven north on Route 35 by Michael Andrew Watcher, 55, of Minersville.
Graybill and his passenger, Wanda Faye Graybill, 55, of Mount Pleasant Mills, became entrapped in the truck and had to be extricated by emergency medical services personnel. Wanda Graybill was transported by ambulance to Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, where she was listed in fair condition Thursday, according to a hospital spokeswoman.
Watcher escaped injury.
The Graybills and Watcher were wearing seat belts, police said.
Both trucks sustained major damage and were towed from the scene by Keller's Towing.
Assisting at the scene were rescue personnel from Selinsgrove, Freeburg and Hummels Wharf.
The highway remained closed until shortly before midnight Wednesday.