RURAL VALLEY - Two Armstrong County men were killed late Friday afternoon in a collision along Route 85.
Thomas Lowell Dean,86, of Dayton and Jacob Adam Iseman,32, of Ford City were both fatally injured when the 2002 Gray Chevrolet Silverado 1500 truck that Dean was driving crossed the double yellow line and struck Iseman’s 2010 Ford Fusion car head on.
This incident happened one-quarter mile west of the Water Street Intersection near Elderton State Bank.
Both drivers sustained multiple blunt force traumas although they were wearing seatbelts. They were pronounced dead at the scene by Coroner Brian K. Myers. The manner of death was ruled accidental.
The incident is still under investigation by the Pennsylvania State Police.
Funeral arrangements for Iseman are being handled by Welch Funeral Home in Ford City. Arrangements for Dean are being handled by Carson/Boyer Funeral Home in Rural Valley.
The Coroner’s office was assisted at the scene by the Rural Valley, Dayton, and Rayburn Township volunteer fire departments, Citizens Ambulance, Pennsylvania State Police, and the Armstrong County’s Sheriff’s office.