Freeport man involved in Brackenridge crash dies

Chuck Biedka
Monday, Jan. 6, 2020 2:25 p.m. | Monday, Jan. 6, 2020 2:25 p.m.

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Courtesy Frank F. Gigler Funeral Home

Shane R. Conklin

Courtesy Frank F. Gigler Funeral Home

Shane R. Conklin

Chuck Biedka | Tribune-Review

A man who was driving this car shown in a Dec. 20, 2019, photo has died from injuries suffered in a crash along Freeport Road in Brackenridge. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner said Shane Conklin, 31, of Freeport died Jan. 1 in a Pittsburgh hospital.

A man involved in a two-vehicle crash in Brackenridge on Dec. 20 has died.

Shane Conklin, 31, of Freeport died Jan. 1 in UPMC Presbyterian hospital, Pittsburgh, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office.

The car he was driving collided with a van carrying a driver and two passengers in the 700 block of Freeport Road. Conklin died from blunt force trauma, the medical examiner’s office said. His death was classified as an accident.

Brackenridge police are investigating. An officer wasn’t available for comment.

Conklin’s fiancee, Kara Rea, said Monday that he is also survived by stepson Aiden Madison, his father, Robert Conklin and two sisters, Chelsea Conklin (Merle) of Pittsburgh and Breauna Crawford of Tarentum.

“He was a great man,” Rea said.

Conklin was a truck driver for Folino Construction.