A motorist from DuBois was killed when a tri-axle truck slid into his pickup truck Tuesday afternoon on Route 56 in Indiana County, police said
Joel Edward Bundy, 58, died at the scene near the United School District campus in East Wheatfield Township, according to Indiana County Coroner Jerry Overman Jr. Overman said the cause of death had yet to be determined, with an autopsy scheduled for Wednesday.
State police said several passengers in the pickup truck and the driver of the tri-axle, Darren A. Rapp, 55, of Altoona, suffered minor injuries and were taken by ambulance to Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center in Johnstown for treatment.
The tri-axle truck was headed east, just west of Shellbark Road, when it slid on a combination of snow and ice just before 3 p.m., crossed the center line and struck Bundy’s westbound pickup.
Bundy wasn’t wearing a seat belt, Overman said.
State police are continuing their investigation.
