One person died at the scene of a two vehicle crash Tuesday morning on Branchton Road in Slippery Rock Township. Nathan Bottiger/Butler Eagle

One person died Tuesday morning at the scene of an accident involving a log truck and a passenger vehicle in Slippery Rock Township.

The county coroner was called to the scene at the intersection of Route 8 and Branchton Road following the accident that took place just after 6 a.m.

Route 8 remained closed from Branchton to Franklin roads at 9:30 a.m. while state police investigate the collision.

Responding to the accident was the Slippery Rock Volunteer Fire Department and ambulance service, Harrisville and Unionville volunteer fire departments and the Pine Township Volunteer Fire Department from Mercer County.