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Liberty Boro Man Killed in Route 51 Bus Crash
By Submitted Report
The Tube City Almanac
November 17, 2017
Posted in: Crime and Police News
A Liberty Borough man died after the truck he was driving collided Thursday with a Port Authority bus on Route 51 in Jefferson Hills.
The Allegheny County medical examiner's office said Timothy J. Minkus, 57, died at Jefferson Regional Medical Center of injuries sustained in the crash. His death has been ruled an accident.
Port Authority Transit police are investigating. Witnesses told police that Minkus' truck appeared to be traveling north in the southbound lanes of Route 51 when it collided head-on with the bus just before 4 p.m.
The bus was empty at the time, except for the driver, police said. No further details were available.
Originally published November 17, 2017.
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