Blog: Car Accidents

Springdale Township accident kills 11-year-old boy, injures two others

Jan 6, 2014

A two-vehicle accident this past Friday sent to two people to the hospital and took an 11-year-old boy's life. The accident happened on Riddle Run Road in Springdale Township, just near the Freeport Road intersection. Police say that shortly before 4 p.m. on Friday afternoon a Mitsubishi Eclipse, being driven southward by the boy's mother, spun out of control due to what officials are now calling "slick conditions. Witnesses say that the Mitsubishi spun sideways...

One dead after school bus accident in New Kensington

Jan 3, 2014

Emergency crews and first responders were called to the scene of a motor vehicle accident involving a school bus in New Kensington on Friday around ten o'clock in the morning. One person was pronounced dead at the scene. Witnesses told investigators that a northbound Pontiac crossed the center line on Route 366 near Marlborough Drive and Memorial Park, driving head-on into the path of the school bus, on what area drivers call "a very dangerous...

New car seat rules to take effect in 2014

Dec 30, 2013

As of the beginning of the year, new recommendations may change the way your child should be buckled into a car seat so as to improve their chances of staying safe in the event of a car accident. Beginning Thursday, a new countrywide recommendation will be submitted to parents about their children's car seats. The recommendation says that a car seat's LATCH system should not be used when the combined weight of the child and...

Deadly Clarion crash kills one, injures two

Dec 29, 2013

State police report that they think alcohol may have been involved in a single-vehicle car accident. The accident happened just before 5:00 a.m. on Sunday morning. The driver, a 24-year-old man from Butler, was killed when he was ejected from the vehicle during multiple rollovers. Two other men, a 23-year-old from Chicora and a 23-year-old from Butler, were injured in the accident. Police say the 24-year-old East Butler man was driving his Ford F-150 in...

Hit-and-run in O’Hara Township has police searching

Dec 29, 2013

Pennsylvania State Police from Kittanning are currently searching for the driver of a hit-and-run accident that happened around 5:30 p.m. on Saturday evening on Route 28 in O'Hara Township. Although no injuries have yet been reported, police say the hit-and-run driver damaged at least three vehicle and other personal property. Police report that a case of confused driving looked to be the initial cause of the accident, but that the hit-and-run driver made matters much...

Commercial vehicle accident ultimately involved 3 vehicles

Dec 27, 2013

A chain-reaction accident on Interstate 75 near Lima, Ohio, resulted in injuries to several people. The incident began when a tractor-trailer ran into a barrier. The weekday afternoon commercial vehicle accident ultimately involved three vehicles. The location of the accident was in between exits at state Route 81 and the Bluelick Road in close proximity to milepost 129. The semi, driven by a 66-year-old woman, was moving south on the highway at approximately 4:37 p.m...

Aggressive driving plagues holiday season

Dec 26, 2013

As you got ready for the holidays this year did you notice angry, aggressive drivers on the road? Even though it is the day after Christmas, are you seeing more and more people trying to get somewhere and not caring who they are cutting off along the way? This kind of driving can make Pittsburgh's roads particularly dangerous and even cause serious car accidents. Even though it is the holiday season and people are supposed...

One man dead, one arrested on suspicion of DUI in Pittsburgh

Dec 23, 2013

One person is dead, another is arrested, and more are injured after a three vehicle accident that took place in the Duquesne Heights section of Pittsburgh on Sunday evening. The accident happened around 9 p.m. at the intersection of Route 51 and Woodruff Street. Witnesses say they saw a car swerving in and out of lanes and a man flailing his arms just before the crash. The car crossed the center double yellow line and...

Safety top of mind for ODOT officials for final weeks of 2013

Dec 21, 2013

The Ohio Department of Transpiration has tracked traffic-related fatalities since 1936. During 2012, a total of 1,122 people died in motor vehicle or traffic-related accidents. This year, ODOT officials are hoping to keep that number at its current 945 which would make 2013 the least deadly year on record. During the final two weeks of 2013, many Ohioans are expected to take to the roads to celebrate the holidays with family and friends. The increase...

Two car collision involving drunk driver injures Erie man

Dec 20, 2013

A car accident involving a drunk driver injured one person in Erie last evening. The accident involved two vehicles and took place around 10:30 p.m. in Millcreek Township. Police, ambulance, and emergency crews were called to the intersection of West 12th Street and Filmore Avenue late last night. According to local police, a sport utility vehicle was headed westbound on 12th Street when the driver made a sudden left turn onto Filmore Avenue without signaling...