Truck Driver, 68, Killed in Turnpike Crash


The driver of a tractor-trailer was the victim of yesterday’s fatal accident on the westbound Pennsylvania Turnpike in Bristol Township.

Terry Milheim, 68, of Berwick, was killed in the crash, state police said. Scanner reports indicated that he was dead by the time first responders arrived.

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Millheim’s tractor-trailer and a white car collided on the highway Thursday just before 3:30 p.m., and he was ejected. The female driver of the white car, a 29-year-old Philadelphia resident, was transported to St. Mary Medical Center for minor injuries, state police said.

When the two vehicles hit, the tractor-trailer went through a guardrail and then rolled off an embankment. The car also ended up off the embankment at mile marker 357.2.

Witnesses to the crash are asked to call Trooper Richard Johns at 610-279-1605.

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