Friends, co-workers remember girl killed in Old Forge wreck - Scranton Times-Tribune
OLD FORGE — Cosmo Salerno’s last memory of Mackenzie Evanusa makes him crack a smile. The owner of Cosmo’s Cheesesteaks in Scranton worked with the 18-year-old Scranton girl Sunday. Several hours after that last shift, early Monday morning, Mr. Salerno learned Ms. Evanusa got into a car wreck Sunday night. Speed may have been a factor in Sunday night’s deadly wreck in Old Forge, but police are also examining whether a mechanical problem contributed, investigators said Monday. “Our investigation continues,” Old Forge police Chief Jason Dubernas said. Evanusa, sitting in the passenger seat, was pinned by the impact and suffered fatal injuries, Lackawanna County Coroner Tim Rowland said. The driver, 21-year-old Corey Uhrin and a 16-year-old boy in the back seat were also injured, Chief Dubernas said. The 16-year-old, who the chief declined to identify, underwent surgery Monday morning and was in stable condition at Geisinger Community Medical Center by Monday afternoon, Chief Dubernas said. While police worked to process the fatal wreck, those who knew Ms. Evanusa kept her in their thoughts. Stephanie Lindberg, another Cosmo’s employee, said Ms. Evanusa had “started really maturing” at work recently and planned to. Source: thetimes-tribune.com
