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Ana R. Abreau, 33, was a passenger in a car driving on State Route 314 in Swiftwater at around 1:30 a.m. on Dec. 25, 2020, when a natural gas pipeline under the street "erupted," flipping the car and badly damaging the road, said Monroe County Chief Detective Eric J. Kerchner.
Abreau died as a result of the blast. Her husband, her two-month-old child, and an extended family member who were also in the car survived, officials said. No other vehicles were involved in the accident, authorities added.
After an investigation that last nearly two years, Kerchner says UGI can't be held criminally liable for the blast that killed Abreau.
No precise explanation was given on the cause of the explosion.
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