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One man dead, another seriously injured, after Monroe crash

One man is dead, and another seriously injured, following a single-vehicle crash late Friday night in Coolbaugh Township.

Pocono Mountain Regional Police responded at 11:49 to the crash with entrapment on Echo Lake Road in Coolbaugh Township.

Police said the vehicle was operated by two men who were found to be entrapped in the vehicle.

The driver was identified as Isaiah Gordan, 19, of Daytona Beach, Florida, and the passenger was identified to be Dwane Richards, 18, of Tobyhanna.

Gordan was operating a newer model Mercedes-Benz c250 on Echo Lake Road when the vehicle left the road surface and struck a tree near the intersection of Hunter Drive.

Gordan was pronounced dead on scene by the Monroe County Coroner’s Office.

Richards was flown to Geisinger Wyoming Valley by helicopter with serious injuries.

Also assisting at the scene were Pocono Mountain Regional EMS, Coolbaugh Township Volunteer Fire Company, Tobyhanna Army Depot Fire Company, and Pocono Mountain Volunteer Fire Company.

Pocono Mountain Regional Police are investigating.