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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; Authorities have released the name of the woman who was killed <a href="https://www.timesleader.com/news/612224/one-injured-in-single-car-crash-on-market-street-wilkes-barre" target="_blank">in a one-car crash Thursd</a>ay.</p><p>Theresa Poplasky, 79, of Plains Township, was behind the wheel of the white Toyota when it slammed head-first into a light post at Pennsylvania Avenue and Market Street, according to the Luzerne County Coroner&#8217;s Office.</p><p>Poplasky was transported to an area hospital where she later died. The coroner&#8217;s office said county Coroner Bill Lisman ruled the cause of death &#8220;accidental&#8221; due to &#8220;multiple traumatic injuries.&#8221; Poplasky &#8220;may have&#8221; had a medical emergency, such as a heart attack, at the time of the accident, but her injuries were the cause of death, Mary Wallace, the coroner&#8217;s secretary, said.</p><p>Police on scene said the crash happened around 4:30 p.m. The front end of the vehicle was badly damaged, and the airbag was deployed.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">A Wilkes-Barre firefighter works the scene of a one-car accident, which took the life of 79-year-old Theresa Poplasky Thursday. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/web1_web1_mvapennave-2.jpg</photo0><caption0>A Wilkes-Barre firefighter works the scene of a one-car accident, which took the life of 79-year-old Theresa Poplasky Thursday. </caption0><photoCredit0>Pete G. Wilcox | Times Leader </photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Melanie Mizenko</p><p>mmizenko@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Melanie Mizenko at 570-991-6116 or on Twitter @TL_MMizenko</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Coroner: Plains Township woman died in one-car crash