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2 die in 1-vehicle crash in city

City police are still investigating a one-vehicle crash that killed two people about 9 p.m. Friday on East Brady Street.

The driver of the vehicle and one passenger, a man and a woman whose names have not been released pending notification of next of kin, both died from injuries suffered in the accident, according to Butler County Coroner Bill Young this morning.

The driver died at the scene while the passenger died at Butler Memorial Hospital, where that person was taken by ambulance.

No information was released on who was driving the vehicle.

According to Lt. Sy Giger, the investigating officer, a white SUV crashed into the house at 515 E. Brady St. at 8:57 p.m.

The house was unoccupied, according to Giger, but emergency personnel and the coroner had to wait almost two hours to complete their work because the crash caused a gas leak near the house.

Workers from T.W. Phillips were eventually able to locate and close the gas line. The Butler fire department and Allegheny Power crews also were on the scene.

Emergency workers remained at the crash site until almost midnight.

There was no cause cited for the accident.

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