Officials have identified an Allentown man who died early Thursday when he was hit by a vehicle on the Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension in Carbon County.
Luis A. Carlo, 32, was attending to a disabled vehicle on the side of the road on Interstate 476 northbound when he was hit by a passing vehicle, according to the Carbon County Coroner’s office. The crash happened about 3:20 a.m. at mile marker 76 in Franklin Township.
Carlo was pronounced dead at the scene about an hour later.
His cause of death was multiple blunt-force trauma, with the manner accidental.
State police said Carlo was helping a tow company load a disabled a vehicle on to a tow truck at the time.
A 27-year-old Allentown man driving an SUV was approaching the vehicles when he swerved from the left lane to the shoulder, hitting Carlo, according to a state police news release. The SUV overturned after hitting Carlo, police said.
The driver was not injured, while three of his passengers suffered injuries, police said. All were taken to nearby hospitals for treatment.
State police and the Carbon County District Attorney’s office are investigating the crash.
