A man was killed in a car accident near Pymatuning State Park on Saturday

The crash was reported just before 2 a.m. Saturday on East Lake Road in South Shenango Township, north of Jamestown.

According to State Police in Meadville, a 2009 Honda Pilot was traveling southbound on East Lake Road at a high rate of speed when it went out of control on a curve, struck an embankment and trees and then rolled approximately 200 feet. The driver was thrown from the car, police reported.

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Crawford County Coroner Eric Coston said the driver of the car was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident at 3:15 a.m. Saturday. He identified the man Monday as Edward J. Lipps, who he said lived in Jamestown.