Teen Killed, Boyfriend Injured in Zelienople Tractor-Trailer Collision

A Baden teen was killed and her boyfriend was seriously injured after a collision with a tractor-trailer on Route 68 in Zelienople Monday afternoon. 

Alyssa McKee was heading east on the roadway at about 1:30 p.m. when the car she was driving struck the truck.

Zelienople firefighters had to cut her out from the Monte Carlo. She was then flown by medical helicopter to UPMC Mercy in Pittsburgh.

McKee was pronounced dead at 5:08 p.m. at the hospital, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office. Her cause of death has not been determined yet.

WPXI reports McKee, a Clarion University student, was three months pregnant and on her way to a doctor’s appointment when the crash happened.

Her boyfriend Kevin Snyder, who was the passenger seat, was found on the roadway outside the car by first responders.

He was taken by ambulance to a hospital in Pittsburgh.

Police told WPXI the tractor-trailer was in the right lane, but its tires crossed over the center line and into the path of the oncoming car.

The driver of the truck, who was not injured, said he felt the truck slipping on the wet roadway as he went up the hill on Route 68, according to WPXI.

The roadway was closed for several hours Monday while the state police reconstruction team investigated the crash. It has since reopened.