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PALMYRA TOWNSHIP, PA — A single-vehicle crash occurred in Palmyra Township, Wayne County, on Texas Palmyra Highway (Route 6 West) on Saturday night at approximately 9:50 p.m.  The collision resulted in a fully involved vehicle fire. 

The Office of the Wayne County Coroner was dispatched at 10:14 p.m. to respond to the scene.

Timothy D. Hnatko, 24, of Hawley, PA was pronounced dead in the vehicle, at the scene, at 11:01 p.m. by Edward R. Howell, Wayne County Coroner. The cause of death was Carbon monoxide poisoning due to a vehicle fire resulting from a motor vehicle accident.