Published September 16. 2025 02:48PM
A man has died following a two-vehicle crash early Saturday morning in Monroe County.
Pocono Mountain Regional Police responded at 2:26 a.m. to a crash involving an ATV and sedan on Route 115 Tunkhannock Township.
The preliminary investigation revealed that the ATV, operated by Dymtro Prokopets, 22, of Brooklyn, New York, with a passenger, Andrii Zhyryk, 19, also of Brooklyn, was traveling in the northbound lane of Route 115 when it was struck from behind by a 2018 Nissan Sentra operated by Tshilonda Sabwa, 57, of Albrightsville.
Zhyryk was flown by helicopter to Geisinger Wyoming Valley with serious injuries.
Prokopets was pronounced dead at the scene by the Monroe County Coroner’s Office.
Neither ATV rider was wearing any protective gear and both were wearing dark clothing.
Assisting at the scene were the Tobyhanna and Tunkhannock Township fire departments, along with Pocono Mountain Regional EMS.
The crash investigation is ongoing.