FORT LITTLETON, Pa. — Authorities say a turnpike employee and another worker were killed in an attempted robbery on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in which the suspect was also shot and killed.
State police say the crime occurred just before 7 a.m. Sunday at the Fort Littleton Interchange in Fulton County in south-central Pennsylvania.
"On behalf of my fellow Turnpike commissioners and everybody in the PA Turnpike family, we are all deeply saddened by this horrific tragedy," said Turnpike Chairman Sean Logan. "Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of the deceased victims, the turnpike employee and the contractor. We cannot imagine what the families must be feeling right now. Certainly, today will be a day that none of us will soon forget."
Police said a turnpike employee and another worker employed by a contractor were shot and killed. Officials said troopers were on the scene "in minutes" and killed the suspect in an exchange of gunfire.
Turnpike chairman Sean Logan said commissioners and other officials were "deeply saddened by this horrific tragedy."
Names of the deceased weren't immediately released. Coroner Berley Souders said his office was waiting for a state police forensic team. Officials said more information would be released later Sunday.
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