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Van Hits Tree, Kills Driver

Van Hits Tree, Kills Driver - Friday, March 7, 2008 at 4:40PM EST

Reported by: Candice Grossklaus
Friday, Mar 7, 2008 @04:40pm EST
LOWER TOWAMENSING TOWNSHIP, CARBON COUNTY- One man is dead after a violent one car crash in Carbon County Friday morning.

It happened on Fireline Road near the Blue Ridge Country Club in Lower Towamensing Township around 5:00 a.m.

Authorities said 59-year-old Jay Beil, a Palmerton Area School District employee, lost control and slammed into a tree.

Beil died at the scene.

Pennsylvania State Police said he was not wearing his seatbelt.