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Coroner IDs 2 Killed In I-78 Crash
Authorities have identified the two men killed in a Monday morning dump truck crash that closed down stretches of Route 78 in Berks and Lehigh counties.
Donald T. Gercie, 63, was driving a dump truck that hit an overpass in the eastbound lanes and rolled over near milepost 48.0 in Upper Macungie just after 9:50 a.m., the Coroner’s Officer said.
Gercie, of Alpha, NJ, was pronounced dead at the scene from multiple blunt force injuries just before 12:25 p.m. The manner of death was accidental.
Gercie’s passenger, Joel A. Fantauzzi Ortiz, 40, of Bethlehem, was pronounced dead just before 10:50…
