PRINGLE — The county coroner’s office released the name of a man killed in a fatal accident in Pringle on Saturday evening.
James McNulty, 69, of Scranton, passed away as a result of his injuries sustained in an accident just a short distance from the Kingston/Forty Fort exit on Route 309 in Pringle, according to a representative from the Luzerne County Coroner’s Office.
The vehicle McNulty was riding was traveling the wrong way on Route 309.
According to a press release from Pennsylvania State Police sent out over the weekend, the vehicle McNulty was a passenger in was traveling northbound on the expressway in the southbound lane of travel just after 9:30 p.m.
The vehicle struck another car head on, before traveling across the travel lanes and striking a third car.
McNulty passed away as a result of his injuries sustained in the accident shortly after at a local hospital.
Information regarding the driver of the vehicle McNulty was in has not been released. Further information from the Pennsylvania State Police is likely forthcoming.