Driver Killed When SUV Rear-Ends PennDOT Snow Plow

State police say the driver of a sport-utility vehicle has been killed after rear-ending a PennDOT snow plow truck on Interstate 79 in western Pennsylvania.

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Police and the Mercer County coroner have yet to release the name of the driver whose Chevrolet Tahoe drove into the southbound plow just after 7 p.m. Sunday.
 
The accident happened at mile marker 119 in Findley Township. That's near Mercer, about 60 miles north of Pittsburgh.
 
Troopers say the vehicle caught fire and spun around after rear-ending the plow. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene by a deputy coroner.
 
The name of the dead driver hasn't been released.
 
Police say the PennDOT driver wasn't hurt.

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