The Centre County Coroner’s Office has identified the driver who died on Sunday after crashing into a wall at a State College construction site.
Benjamin Bae, 83, of Boalsburg, died as a result of chest trauma following the single-vehicle crash, Coroner Scott Sayers said on Tuesday.
Bae was driving a a Hyundai Elantra at about 1 p.m. Sunday through the parking lot of Schlow Centre Region Library, 211 S. Allen St., when he accelerated into A Alley, which runs behind the library and State College Municipal Building, borough police wrote in a press release on Monday.
He then struck a concrete wall bordering the the former Days Inn property, where a six-story student apartment building is under construction.
A 78-year-old female passenger sustained “severe” injuries, police said, and was flown to Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, where she is listed in stable condition.
An investigation is ongoing. Drugs and alcohol are not believed to be factors in the crash, according to police.
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