9-year-old girl killed in Butler County crash

CLEARFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa. —

A 9-year-old girl from Baltimore, Maryland, was killed in a crash in Butler County.

The crash happened Sunday evening on Route 422 in Clearfield Township.

State police said the vehicle the girl was a passenger in was headed east on the road with a vehicle in front of it towing a trailer.

When the vehicle towing a trailer stopped to make a left into a driveway it was struck from behind by the vehicle the girl was in.

The 9-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the vehicle the girl was in was taken to the hospital with injuries.

The two people in the vehicle that were towing a trailer were not injured.

State police are investigating.

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