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No one was injured when a coal truck struck an unattended vehicle that had drifted from a driveway around 6:47 a.m. Monday in Henderson Township.(Photo courtesy of Debbie Turner)
STUMP CREEK — A two-vehicle accident in which a truck's load of coal was spilled overboard closed Route 119 for about two hours in Henderson Township, police said.
According to Punxsutawney-based Pennsylvania State Police, the incident occurred at 6:47 a.m., one-tenth of a mile north of SR 2008 along Route 119.
Police said Nicholas Lute, 27, Kittanning, was operating a 2005 Peterbilt 357 truck — loaded with coal — south along Route 119 and was negotiating a right curve in the road when he saw an unattended 1997 Dodge 3500, owned by Matthew Petrini Jr., Buggy Road, Punxsy, drifting from a driveway.
Lute applied his brakes and slid for about 41 feet before striking the passenger's side of the truck, pushing it south about 136 feet, police said.
Lute's truck came to a rest facing northwest, partially in a yard, while Petrini's vehicle came to a rest against the Lute vehicle facing south and blocking the south lane, police said.
Police said Lute was uninjured and was not wearing a seatbelt. The truck was owned by Rosebud Trucking Company of Kittanning.
Route 119 was closed for about two hours while workers cleaned debris from the road, police said.
The Sykesville and Big Run fire departments assisted at the scene, as did Rebuck's South Side Service.
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