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Tractor-trailer, car collide on Route 68

One person was hurt when a car and tractor-trailer collided at Route 68 and North Eberhart Road. at 11:29 a.m. Tuesday.

David Wiskerman, 64, of Butler, the driver of the 2010 Ford Crown Victoria, was trapped in the car after the crash.

Volunteer firefighters helped free Wiskerman from the wreckage. He later was taken to Butler Memorial Hospital with unknown injuries. His condition was not known this morning.

Police said Wiskerman was southbound on North Eberhart Road when he failed to stop for a flashing red light at Route 68. The rig driven by Crist Stolzfus, 31, of New Providence, Lancaster County, which was traveling west on Route 68, struck the driver’s side of the car.

A police report noted that Stolzfus had the right of way at the intersection with a flashing yellow light.

The rig, following the collision continued west in the eastbound lane before driving over the south curb and into the front yards of three homes in the 400 block of Route 68, also known as Evans City Road. The crash closed the road for about two hours.

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