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At 12:07 a.m., police responded to River Road near the Basilone Bridge and found Steve Christiano, of Upper Black Eddy, PA, unconscious and his female passenger with a severe leg injury after their vehicle struck a stone wall head-on, officers said.
The occupants were removed from the vehicle and officers began life saving measures on Christiano, police said. Christiano was transported to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.
The woman, 51, was also transported to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital for treatment, police said. The accident remains under investigation and anyone with information is asked to contact police at 908-369-4323.
This is the second fatal crash into a wall by a Pennsylvania man that Daily Voice has reported on in 24 hours. Click here to read about 18-year-old Jason "JJ" Ruszin of West Grove, PA who died in a fiery crash during Wednesday's rainstorm.
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