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The crash happened in Slippery Rock Township Friday night
Updated: 11:11 AM EDT Jul 21, 2024
A family of three was killed Friday night after their vehicle went airborne and hit a tree, state police in Lawrence County said.Neighbors ran to the rescue after hearing screams down the road. “All I remember thinking is just, like, just please God, let these kids be OK,” said neighbor Daniel Effinite. Police said the vehicle was traveling southbound on Route 65 in Slippery Rock Township when it crossed the centerline, left the roadway, sheared a telephone pole and struck a parked car. The vehicle then was airborne and collided struck multiple trees, police said.The coroner’s office said that the driver, 44-year-old Nathan Bogacki, and 13-year-old Grant Bogacki were both ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead on the scene. Another passenger, 17-year-old Emma Bogacki, was entrapped in the vehicle and later pronounced dead on scene. An 11-year-old girl was extricated from the vehicle by first responders, taken by ambulance to a nearby landing zone and then flown by helicopter to UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh in critical condition.”The neighbor runs into the house and grabs a crowbar. I’m on top of the red car that’s flipped over, trying to pry open the door on the top car. All you knew was that there were people in the car. You got to get the people out of the car. There wasn’t any other thought beyond, OK, first step, find out how many people in the car, second step, get on top of the car and open that damn door,” Effinite said. All three victims died as a result of blunt-force trauma, the coroner’s office said.State troopers in New Castle are handling the investigation.
A family of three was killed Friday night after their vehicle went airborne and hit a tree, state police in Lawrence County said.
Neighbors ran to the rescue after hearing screams down the road.
“All I remember thinking is just, like, just please God, let these kids be OK,” said neighbor Daniel Effinite.
Police said the vehicle was traveling southbound on Route 65 in Slippery Rock Township when it crossed the centerline, left the roadway, sheared a telephone pole and struck a parked car. The vehicle then was airborne and collided struck multiple trees, police said.
The coroner’s office said that the driver, 44-year-old Nathan Bogacki, and 13-year-old Grant Bogacki were both ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead on the scene. Another passenger, 17-year-old Emma Bogacki, was entrapped in the vehicle and later pronounced dead on scene. An 11-year-old girl was extricated from the vehicle by first responders, taken by ambulance to a nearby landing zone and then flown by helicopter to UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh in critical condition.
“The neighbor runs into the house and grabs a crowbar. I’m on top of the red car that’s flipped over, trying to pry open the door on the top car. All you knew was that there were people in the car. You got to get the people out of the car. There wasn’t any other thought beyond, OK, first step, find out how many people in the car, second step, get on top of the car and open that damn door,” Effinite said.
All three victims died as a result of blunt-force trauma, the coroner’s office said.
State troopers in New Castle are handling the investigation.
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