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Second crash victim ID'd

The second victim in a double fatal accident that occurred Thursday evening in Berks County has been identified.

State police at Hamburg said Jacob T. "Jakey" Troxell, 15, of Winter Mountain Road, Andreas, died in the accident. He was a passenger in the vehicle.Also killed was the driver Daniel I. Miller, 21, of South Tamaqua. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.The crash occurred along SR143 just north of Bailey Road. Miller was operating a Dodge Dakota pickup northbound on the wet roadway. Miller was unable to negotiate a right curve in the road which caused the truck to go onto the berm.The truck then struck a series of four trees. After impact the truck began to spin counter-clockwise and came to rest facing southbound and off the road. After that the truck became engulfed in flames.Both Miller and Troxell were found inside the vehicle deceased.An obituary for Miller appeared in Saturday's TIMES NEWS and one for Troxell appears in today's edition.

ANDREW LEIBENGUTH/TIMES NEWS Pictured is a charred tree along Route 143 in Albany Township, Berks County. This is where two young men from West Penn lost their lives in a fiery crash Thursday night. Black charring on the tree reached just over 20 feet high.