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17-year-old girl killed in Dickinson Township crashBy CHRIS A. COUROGEN, The Patriot-News
April 05, 2010, 6:43AM
A teenage girl from Dickinson Township, Cumberland County, was killed and another teen was injured in aone-car crash around 7:30 last evening in the 1800 block of Walnut Bottom Road in Dickinson Township. The Cumberland County Coroner's office said Jessie E. Johnson, 17, of Stonehouse Road in Dickinson Township, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.
State police said Johnson was a passenger in a 1999 Ford Escort driven Thomas W. Oyler, 19, of North Baltimore Street in Mount Holly Springs, when the westbound car crossed the double yellow center lines in the area of Burnt House Road and struck a utility pole on the east side of the road.
Oyler was taken to an area hospital. No details were released on his injuries or condition. The coroner's office said an autopsy is scheduled to determine Johnson's cause of death. Both Johnson and Oyler were wearing seat belts, police said. State police and the coroner's office are continuing to investigate the crash.
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