EAST LACKAWANNOCK TOWNSHIP. Pa. - State Police have released the name of the driver killed when her car rear-ended a truck outside Mercer early Thursday.

Police say 24-year-old Soundarya Bhaskar of Troy, Michigan died when the Honda Accord she was driving ran into a Peterbuilt tractor traveling in front of her along Route 62 just west of the borough at around 6:30 a.m.

Rescue crews first called for a medical helicopter, but then canceled the call, asking instead for the Mercer County Coroner.

Bhaskar was pronounced dead at the scene. The truck driver was not injured.

Route 62 was closed in the area while the accident was being investigated.