POINT TOWNSHIP - A 45-year-old Tharptown man died from a heart attack Thursday morning prior to being involved in a one-vehicle accident near the intersection of Routes 147 and 405.
Harley E. Gonsar was pronounced dead at the scene at 6:22 a.m. by Northumberland County Coroner James F. Kelley. The coroner said Gonsar died from "sudden cardiac death due to an acute myocardial infarction" that was not related to the accident.
According to a report at the scene, Gonsar was driving a Ford Explorer north on Route 147 shortly after 6 a.m. when he suffered the heart attack. His SUV left the highway, struck mailboxes and went through a lawn before crossing both lanes of the road and coming to rest in a field of sunflowers and soybeans.
Point Township police investigated the crash.
Assisting Kelley at the scene was Chief Deputy Coroner James Gotlob.