Truck Driver Charged in October Death of Turnpike Worker

Police say his vehicle left roadway while traveling through Plymouth Township.

A West Conshohocken man is facing vehicular homocide charges after police say he was responsible for the death of a Pennsylvania Turnpike worker last October. In a report released Wednesday, Pennsylvania State Police say Benjamin Joseph Kane, 34, was driving a tractor-trailer east on the turnpike near mile marker 331.6 on the morning of Oct. 22, when he left the roadway, striking a turnpike maintenance vehicle located in an active work zone. That vehicle was propelled forward, striking and killing worker Michael San Felice, who was performing maintenance work on foot. The driver of the maintenance vehicle suffered moderate injuries, while a passenger in Kane's truck suffered a "traumatic amputation," the report said. Kane's driver's …

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