POINT TOWNSHIP - Police here said a third person has died as a result of Friday's three-vehicle crash along Route 11 near the intersection with Ridge Road.
Derl Kieffer, 83, of Dornsife, died at 11 a.m. Saturday at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, police reported. His wife, Faye, 85, died at the scene of Friday's 10:52 a.m. crash five miles north of Northumberland.
Police said the driver of a van that crashed into the Kieffers' vehicle may have been suffering a medical emergency that led to the crash.
Jeffrey Robinson, 60, of Northumberland, was traveling south by himself when his green 1998 Ford Windstar van crossed into the northbound lanes of Route 11 and crashed head-on into the Kieffers' 2005 silver
Ford Taurus. Robinson, who was extricated from the vehicle and rushed by emergency personnel to Geisinger Medical Center, was pronounced dead at the Danville hospital at 12:05 p.m. Friday.
Police reported Saturday the possibility of a medical situation for Robinson, but offered no further details on the subject.
When the van struck the car, it continued out of control, rolled over an embankment and came to rest on its roof on the North Shore Railroad tracks adjacent to the highway.
Meanwhile, a third vehicle, a red 2010 Toyota RAV4 being driven by David Sickle, 78, of Sunbury, struck the Taurus as it spun in the middle of the highway, police said.
Sickle was taken by a personal vehicle to Sunbury Community Hospital, where he was treated and discharged the same day, according to a nursing supervisor there.
Route 11 was closed in both directions for most of the afternoon while police reconstructed the scene. Route 11 north of Northumberland reopened for traffic at 2:20 p.m., PennDOT reported.
Point Township Police were assisted on scene by Northumberland and Sunbury police departments, the state police at Stonington and the Northumberland County Sheriff's Office.
Emergency medical agencies on scene included Americus Ambulance, AREA Services and Danville Ambulance. Fire and rescue services were performed by Point Township Fire Department, Northumberland Fire Department, Sunbury Fire Department, Danville Fire Department and Upper Augusta Fire Department. Point Township Fire Police and PennDOT provided traffic control and detours during the investigation.