A student at Penn State died Monday night after sufferingcomplications from injuries sustained in a car accident earlier this month.

According to Pennsylvania State police at Phillipsburg, 19year-old Rachel Petkac was taken to Geisinger Medical Center on January 8 aftershe lost control of her mini-van on Route 550. Police say the vehicle crashedinto a telephone pole on the side of the road.

“She hit [the telephone pole] on the driver side door.”State Trooper Walter Butler said. “The vehicle as a ‘V’. The telephone polecame into the vehicle almost halfway.”

Officials for the Pennsylvania Highway Patrol say Petkac wastraveling at about 55 mph when she crashed, ten miles over the speed limit.

If you or someone you know has been injured in aPennsylvania car accident, please contact the Harrisburg personal injurylawyers of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. by calling 610-667-7511.