EAST LAMPETER TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA — A 75-year-old man was killed Saturday afternoon after a tractor-trailer struck him in the parking lot of a Sheetz gas station on Old Philadelphia Pike in East Lampeter Township.
The crash occurred at approximately 1:02 p.m. at the Sheetz on the 2400 block of Old Philadelphia Pike. Daniel Sweeney, of Gordonville, was walking from the gas pumps toward the front of the store when he was struck. According to East Lampeter Township Police, a 30-year-old man from Enola was driving the tractor-trailer eastbound through the parking lot when he stopped for other traffic. After traffic cleared, he moved forward and struck Sweeney, who was walking in front of the truck.
Sweeney was pronounced dead at the scene by the Lancaster County Coroner’s Office. First responders described the incident as a working traumatic arrest — meaning the patient’s heart stopped as a result of severe physical injuries rather than a medical condition.
No charges have been announced. The crash remains under investigation by East Lampeter Township Police.
All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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