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ELCO — State police were investigating after a tanker truck crashed into an unmanned toll booth on the Mon/Fayette Expressway in southwestern Pennsylvania.

The truck crashed into a pillar, and came to rest between two booths about 6:40 a.m. Wednesday.

Charleroi Fire Department Capt. Matt Prentice said the driver was able to get out of the truck before fire crews arrived.

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission also sent a crew to help clean up the scene, which was confined to about 20 gallons of diesel fuel and five gallons of oil spilled.

Troopers from the New Stanton turnpike barracks were investigating.

They did not immediately release the driver's name or other information about what caused the crash.

The toll plaza was limited to one lane.

KITTANNING — A billboard company is suing a Western Pennsylvania couple for harassment, saying their complaints that a lighted sign near their home is too bright has chased away six advertisers and cost the company $50,000.But the attorney for the West Kittanning couple says he plans a countersuit seeking the billboard's removal and compensation for his clients' aggravation.The lawsuit filed last month in Armstrong County has grown out of a dispute that began when Oliver Outdoor Advertising installed the billboard in 2012.Andrew and Patricia Colberg complained to the company and officials in West Kittanning and, finally, to 18 companies that put their ads on the sign.Oliver Outdoor Advertising says the couple harassed them by repeatedly contacting its clients.

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