Police Release Details on Crash That Shut Down I-80 for Over 9 Hours

| August 29, 2015

IMG_1304CLARION COUNTY, Pa. (EYT) – State Police have released details on a Thursday evening crash that left four people injured.

(Photos by Randy Bauer of Bauer Truck Repair)

Clarion-based State Police say the accident happened around 6:08 p.m. when a vehicle operated by 32-year-old Veaceslav Bandalac, of Wheeling, Il., failed to stop behind slow moving traffic and struck a Freightliner tractor trailer operated by 43-year-old Alexander Brown of Florence, SC.

Brown’s truck subsequently struck a 2008 Ford F-250 operated by 35-year-old Robert C. Cherwinski, of Ulysses, Pa., which then struck a 2007 Freightliner tractor trailer operated by 36-year-old Cesar E. Soto, of South Easton, Ma.

Police say 52-year-old Jack E. Westfall, of Lawrenceville, Pa. – a passenger in Cherwinski’s vehicle – was flown to UPMC Presbyterian in Pittsburgh for treatment of unknown injuries.

Cherwinski was taken to Clarion Hospital for minor injuries.

Brown and a passenger reported minor injuries.

All other parties refused medical treatment.

The accident caused traffic congestion on multiple roadways throughout the area and shut down a portion of Interstate 80 eastbound for over 9 hours.

Knox Volunteer Fire Department, Knox Ambulance, Clarion Hospital EMS, Bauer Truck Repair, Frye’s Garage, and PENNDOT assisted at the scene.

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