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Woman identified after fatal crash in the Poconos

BARRETT TWP., MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Monroe County coroner has identified the woman killed in a crash over the weekend.

Monroe County Coroner Thomas A. Yanac says Linda Knecht, 63, of Barrett Township, was pronounced dead just after 8:30 p.m. at the scene of the crash on April 5.

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Pocono Mountain Regional Police were called to the one-car crash on Route 447 between Long and Gravel roads just before 7:30 p.m.

Pocono Mountain Mountain Regional Police is handling the investigation.

Yanac says Knecht died of blunt force trauma and her death has been ruled accidental.