From staff reports
Franklin state police have provided details on the fatal pedestrian-vehicle accident that occurred Tuesday evening on Pittsburgh Road in Sandycreek Township.
Police said Lauren M. McCauley, 70, of Franklin, who has an eight-year history of dementia, wandered out onto Pittsburgh Road in front of her home at about 10 p.m.
Police said McCauley had entered the highway in the right northbound lane when Steven E. Sweetapple, 62, of Kennerdell, was traveling north in a 2002 Subaru Outback.
Police said Sweetapple attempted to brake to avoid a collision.
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