Evan Matthew Gingo, 18, a Mt. Lebanon High School graduate and Slippery Rock University freshman, was killed Friday, Feb. 6, in a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 79 in Butler County.

Gingo died in a chain-reaction crash along northbound I-79 in Jackson Township at about 10:30 a.m., according to Pennsylvania State Police. The crash occurred during snowy, icy conditions and involved more than two dozen vehicles.

A 2025 graduate of Mt. Lebanon High School, Gingo was returning to campus when his vehicle lost control on the slick roadway and collided with a trailer, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Several other people were injured and taken to area hospitals.

Gingo was a first-year student at Slippery Rock majoring in exercise science.