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Morgantown woman dies in Pa. crash on I-79

CANONSBURG, Pa. — A Morgantown woman was killed in a two-car accident, that authorities said was caused by one vehicle going the wrong way on an interstate in western Pennsylvania. The other driver was injured.
The Washington County coroner’s office said the crash happened shortly before 4 a.m. Saturday on I-79 South, near Exit 45 in Canonsburg.
Officials said a vehicle going north in the southbound lane of the interstate hit an oncoming car.
The coroner’s office said the crash killed the driver of the northbound car, Amanda Towns, 25, of Morgantown.
The 28-year-old woman driving the other car was taken to a hospital. Her name and condition weren’t immediately available.
State police are investigating the accident.