BROOKVILLE BOROUGH, Pa. (EYT) — Authorities say a tractor-trailer driver fell asleep while driving on Interstate 80 in Brookville Borough on Saturday morning.
According to DuBois-based State Police, the crash happened around 7:52 a.m. on Saturday, April 20, on Interstate 80 in Brookville Borough, Jefferson County.
Police say 22-year-old Michael D. Torres Celi, of Newark, New Jersey, fell asleep while traveling westbound in a 2013 Freightliner M21 tractor-trailer. The vehicle then struck a guide rail as it approached a left curve in the roadway.
After initial impact, the tractor-trailer went down an embankment and overturned onto its passenger side.
Torres Celi and his passengers—24-year-old Maikool Rodriguez, of Newark, NJ, and 49-year-old Jose Hernan, of Guttenberg, NJ—were not injured.
All occupants were using seat belts.
According to police, Torres Celi was charged with a traffic violation.
Police were assisted on the scene by Jefferson County EMS, Brookville Fire Company, Pine Creek Volunteer Fire Department, Bricen Towing, and PennDOT.
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