DAUPHIN COUNTY – State Police are investigating a fatal 4-vehicle crash that happened Thursday night at 10:18 p.m. on PA Route 283 in Lower Swatara Township, Dauphin County. Authorities say a Hyundai Elantra was traveling west in the left lane of 283 east. A Ram truck was traveling east in the lane and swerved into the right lane trying to avoid the Elantra. Their front ends collided causing the truck to rotate and hit the driver side of a Ford Ranger that was traveling east in the right lane causing the Ford to overturn. The Hyundai continued westbound in the wrong lane and collided with a Chevrolet Trax. The Chevy rotated and hit a guide rail. The Elantra’s driver, 66-year-old Walter Larsen of Hershey died at the scene. The drivers of the Ram and Ford trucks were not hurt. The driver of the Chevy, 57-year-old Bernadine Wood of Middletown was taken to Hershey Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.
