According to a State Police report, the crash occurred Saturday morning along Jacks Mountain Road in Union Twp. Police say that 49 year old Edward Hamman of Mapleton Depot was driving his truck along the road, when he suddenly veered off of the left shoulder of the road, then rolled down over a boulder field. Both Hamman and his passenger, 53 year old Peggy Lower of Petersburg were thrown from the vehicle as it rolled down the field. Their bodies were discovered by 2 hunters just after dawn on Saturday. Hamman and lower both died from injuries as a result of the crash. Williamsburg, Mapleton Fire and Geeseytown all assisted at the scene.
