The Butler County Coroner identified the victims of two deadly vehicle crashes that happened Friday, June 12.

Butler County Coroner Korynne Young said Nickolas Patterson, 28, of Volant, died from blunt force trauma to the neck, chest, trunk and lower extremities in a two-vehicle crash shortly after midnight Friday near an Interstate 79 off-ramp in Jackson Township. His manner of death is ruled an accident, she said.

Young also said Laneice Olesnevich, 68, of Butler, died Friday evening in a multi-vehicle crash along Oneida Valley road near its intersection with Woods Road in Venango Township. Young said Olesnevich’s cause and manner of her death have yet to be determined.

The Jackson Township crash was between a passenger vehicle driven by Patterson and a tri-axle truck, and was reported at 12:41 a.m. Friday at the intersection of Lindsay Road and the northbound I-79 off-ramp. The passenger vehicle appeared to have been traveling northbound and exiting the interstate at the time of the impact, while the tri-axle appeared to be traveling westbound on Lindsay Road, police said.

State police the Venango Township crash occurred when Olesnevich, who was traveling northbound on Oneida Valley Road, crossed into the southbound lane at about 5:22 p.m. The passenger in her vehicle was taken to a local hospital by an ambulance, according to police.

“We've had a busy, busy weekend in this office,” Young said Sunday.