WHITE DEER TOWNSHIP - State police at Milton reported a 51-year-old tractor-trailer driver was killed early Monday when his rig struck a concrete barrier and overturned along Route 15, just north of the Watsontown exit in this Union County township.
Police said Charles Eugene Iser, of Rawlings, Md., was operating a 2011 Freightliner with a 2014 semi-trailer attached north in the left lane of Route 15 at 2:05 a.m. when he failed to negotiate a slight left turn. The rig then exited the highway to the east for an unknown reason and ascended a grassy embankment. Upon returning to the road, the tractor-trailer crossed both lanes of the highway, struck the center concrete barrier with its front end, rode up the barrier and overturned on its driver's side before coming to rest.
The rig sustained severe damage to its cab area.
Iser, who was wearing a seat belt, was pronounced dead at the scene by Union County Deputy Coroner Paula Miller.
