radioNOVO News for Altoona: August 5, 2026

RNN ALTOONA 08/05/26             A 40-YEAR-OLD STATE COLLEGE MAN IS DEAD FOLLOWING AN EARLY MORNING WRONG-WAY CRASH YESTERDAY ON I-99 IN ANTIS TOWNSHIP. STATE POLICE AND THE BLAIR COUNTY CORONER'S OFFICE REPORT JOSHUA RUSSELL BROWN WAS TRAVELING NORTH IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANES AROUND 12:35 A.M. WHEN HIS PICKUP STRUCK A TRACTOR-TRAILER HEAD-ON. THE CRASH CLOSED I-99 SOUTHBOUND FOR SEVERAL HOURS TUESDAY.  A STATE POLICE INVESTIGATION REMAINS ONGOING.          THE CITY OF ALTOONA IS RECEIVING NEARLY 299-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN STATE GRANT FUNDING TO MODERNIZE LOCAL TRAFFIC SIGNALS. THE REIMBURSEMENT GRANT FROM PENNDOT'S GREEN LIGHT-GO PROGRAM WILL FUND UPGRADES AT THE INTERSECTION OF PLEASANT VALLEY BOULEVARD AND JAGGARD STREET TO HELP IMPROVE SAFETY, REDUCE CONGESTION, AND KEEP TRAFFIC MOVING SMOOTHLY.