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Driver strikes Shaler police vehicle responding to car crash

Justin Vellucci
By Justin Vellucci
1 Min Read Nov. 18, 2024 | 2 years ago
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A driver was hospitalized Monday after striking a Shaler police vehicle en route to a car crash.

Shaler police were dispatched about 7 a.m. to Kittanning Street after a car flipped onto its side near the intersection with Badali Drive, Chief Sean Frank said.

Firefighters and paramedics extricated the driver, whom Frank did not name, and took him to a hospital.

The driver was the only person in the car, Frank said. Police do not know the extent of the injuries.

A police officer was responding to the crash when another motorist struck the police vehicle at Catherine Street and Route 8 in Etna, an intersection dubbed the Mae West Bend, Frank said.

The driver in the second crash also was hospitalized, Frank said. The officer was not injured.

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Justin Vellucci is a TribLive reporter covering crime and public safety in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. A longtime freelance journalist and former reporter for the Asbury Park (N.J.) Press, he worked as a general assignment reporter at the Trib from 2006 to 2009 and returned in 2022. He can be reached at jvellucci@triblive.com.

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