The accident occurred at about 7:30 am on July 16 as Mr. Kerns, a PennDOT employee, was driving the van carrying four other PennDOT employees to the Drivers License Center in Monroeton which they had been scheduled to staff that day.
The passengers reportedly were asleep and were awakened by the sound of the vehicle crossing the rumble strip at the side of the road. The cause of death for Mr. Kerns is blunt force trauma. The accident is still under investigation.
The passengers, Emily Brewer, 56; Jill Phlegar, 53, both of Williamsport; David Carver, 67, of Watsontown; and Ashley Carter, 31, of Selinsgrove, were treated and released at Williamsport Hospital.