Mahoning Township looking to improve dangerous intersection

HILLSVILE, Pa. — Mahoning Township supervisors are looking for a way to improve a dangerous intersection after the traffic death of a local man there Aug. 18.

Township resident Joseph Nestasie attended a supervisors’ meeting last week and submitted a petition with the names of 61 residents asking that Browning-Ferris Industries pay a guard to be stationed round-the-clock at the intersection of Main Street and a private road leading into the BFI landfill off U.S. Route 224.

Residents have long complained about truck traffic leaving the Poland Township landfill in Mahoning County without stopping at the public road, which is in Mahoning Township.

Mark McConnell II, 22, of Edinburg, died after his car collided with a tractor-trailer that was northbound on the private road, according to a published report.

About 25 people attended the meeting, and many of them suggested other solutions.

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