{"id":12560,"date":"2012-11-19T09:28:10","date_gmt":"2012-11-19T14:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=12560"},"modified":"2012-11-19T09:28:10","modified_gmt":"2012-11-19T14:28:10","slug":"two-die-in-rt-41-crash-with-tractor-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=12560","title":{"rendered":"Two die in Rt. 41 crash with tractor-trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><em><strong>Police said Wilmington pair had just left Mexican restaurant<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Route41.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-12561\" style=\"margin: 4px;\" title=\"Route41\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Route41-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a>KENNETT \u2014 A crash between an SUV and a tractor-trailer Sunday evening proved fatal for the two people in a gray Toyota Highlander, state police said this morning.<\/p>\n<p>Police from the Avondale barracks said Matthew Petke, 39, of Wilmington, was attempting to make a left-hand turn to head south from the Taqueria Moroleon restaurant on Rt. 41 near Skyview Lane in Kennett Township at 6:29 p.m. \u00a0Petke pulled in front of a tractor-trailer heading north, which struck the Highlander on the driver&#8217;s side, police said. Both Petke, and his passenger, Branda Petke, 45, also of Wilmington, were killed.<\/p>\n<p>Police, who were assisted by fire companies from Kennett Square Borough, Kennett, Avondale, and Longwood Fire Companies and multiple ambulance units, said the driver of the the tractor-trailer, a 35-year-old man from New Bethlehem, was not injured. 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