POLICE IDENTIFY TWO KILLED IN CRASH NEAR PA TURNPIKE

Police have identified two people killed in a crash in Hempfield Wednesday night.  The Trib reports that 23-year-old Ashton Steedle of Rostraver and 20-year-old Brody Kimmel of West Newton died of injuries sustained in the crash and subsequent fire in the area of the Route 136 overpass at the PA Turnpike.  State police said the van left Route 136, traveled down the hillside and struck an abutment on the Route 136 bridge over the turnpike. The vehicle caught fire and police said Steedle and Kimmel were trapped inside.  The official cause and manner of their deaths are pending autopsy, toxicology and further investigation.