BURGETTSTOWN, Pa. (AP) - An Ohio college athlete is dead and six
others are in the hospital after a minivan veered off a Pittsburgh-area highway and careered into the woods.

Kelly Roggensack, a sophomore cross-country runner for Franciscan University in Steubenville, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash that occurred about 4:20 p.m. Tuesday.

Two of Roggensack's teammates were flown to a Pittsburgh hospital. Four others in the vehicle are being treated in a hospital in Weirton, W.V. Those injuries are not believed to be serious.

Police say the driver apparently tried to avoid a tire on a road about 26 miles west of Pittsburgh and lost control of the car.

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