Crime & Safety

Police ID 2 Victims Of Route 202 Dump Truck Crash

The two victims – the driver and a passenger in an SUV that was crushed by a dump truck – were identified as Newark, New Jersey residents.

EAST WHITELAND, PA – The two people killed in an SUV-dump truck crash in East Whiteland Wednesday have been identified, according to Pennsylvania State Police.

State Police said Regena McCray-Palmer and Connie Motley-Wright, both 50 and of Newark, New Jersey, died after a Nissan Pathfinder they were in was crushed by a dump truck Wednesday morning on the southbound Route 202 ramp.

McCray-Palmer was driving at the time of the crash and Motley-Wright was a passenger, police said.

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Three others who were hurt in the crash have not been identified. The truck driver was uninjured.

The incident unfolded when both vehicles were heading west on Route 202, getting on the ramp to Route 30, according to police.

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The vehicles collided and the dump truck overturned on top of the Nissan, according to police.

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