PACKER TOWNSHIP, PA. (THECOUNT) — Daniel Scalise, of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, has been identified as the victim in a fatal single-vehicle crash in Packer Township, Carbon County, early Sunday morning.
Scalise, 21, was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Pennsylvania 93 near Weatherly early Sunday morning.
According to officials, Scalise was operating a Ford Escape on PA-93 near Ochre Mill Road, when for unknown reasons, he lost control in a curve, crossed centerlines and exited the roadway around 1 a.m. Sunday. The vehicle then traveled down an embankment before making contact with a substantial tree.
State police said Scalise was wearing a seatbelt.
Scalise, who was the sole occupant of the vehicle, was pronounced dead at the scene of blunt force trauma injuries, state police said.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
According to social media, Scalise, originally from Camden, New Jersey, formerly attended Hazleton AreaHigh School where he played on the football team.
Friends and family members took to Facebook to remember the young man:
DEVELOPING::
Geo quick facts: Packer Township is a township in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 998 at the 2010 census – Wikipedia.
BANCROFT, WV. (THECOUNT) -- West Virginia State Police are investigating after the body of a…
FORREST COUNTY, MISS. (THECOUNT) -- Louis Claiborne III, 28, of Newton, Mississippi, has been identified…
JACKSON, MS. (THECOUNT) -- Jaret Raney, an 18-year-old from Clinton, Mississippi, was killed Wednesday evening…
STATESVILLE, NC. (THECOUNT) -- A private aircraft owned by NASCAR driver Greg Biffle crashed Thursday…
ATLANTA, GA. (THECOUNT) -- Gil Gerard, the actor best known for starring as Buck Rogers…
STOCKTON, CA. (THECOUNT) -- Arianna Rowland Buzenes, a 23-year-old woman from Stockton, California, was found…