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Coroner identifies woman who died after crashing into tractor-trailer stopped at a red light

Witnesses told police they saw the victim increase her speed just before she crashed.
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YORK COUNTY, Pa. — The York County Coroner's Office said a 55-year-old woman died on Saturday night after a two-vehicle crash.

On Jan. 7, around 8:15 p.m., first responders were called to Route 30 in the area of North Hills Road in Springettsbury Township for a two-vehicle crash involving a passenger vehicle and a tractor trailer.

Mary P. Escobar, of Ephrata, died in the crash.

Police say the victim was driving eastbound on Route 30 when she struck the back of a tractor trailer that was stopped at a red light. The truck was not towing a trailer at the time of the incident.

Witnesses at the scene reportedly saw Escobar accelerate her vehicle just before she crashed.

The coroner's office says there won't be an autopsy, but they did perform a routine toxicology.

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