State College man killed in two-vehicle crash in Antis Township

August 4, 2026

A 40-year-old State College man was killed in a two-vehicle crash on I-99 in Antis Township shortly after midnight Tuesday. According to state police and the Blair County Coroner’s Office, Joshua Russell Brown was driving…

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