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One person is dead after a driver ran a red light, leading to a serious crash in West Philadelphia Saturday night.
A gray Camaro and blue Buick were travelling eastbound on Chestnut Street near 58th Street around 6:30 p.m. when the two vehicles struck a silver Nissan Altima that ran a red light, according to reports.
Officials confirm the Nisan's driver, a 53-year-old female, was pronounced dead at 7:30 p.m. at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
A 24-year-old woman was killed early this morning in a vehicle crash in Wilkinsburg.
Christina Graham-Pinkney was a passenger in a vehicle that collided with another vehicle around 1:30 a.m. in the 2100 block of Robinson Boulevard, according to the Allegheny County medical examiner's office. She died at the scene.
Wilkinsburg police said Robinson Boulevard remained closed between Wilner and Douglass drives as of 7:15 a.m.
Allegheny County police are leading the investigation and were not immediately available.
A motorist is dead following a collision involving a taxi cab in the Philadelphia's Olney section early Friday morning.
The accident happened around 1:40 a.m. on the 7100 block of Old York Road.
A witness stated that a vehicle was attempting to make a turn when it was struck broadside by a taxi cab.
Police say both drivers were taken to Einstein Medical Center.
The cab driver, believed to be in his 40s, suffered head, back and chest injuries.
A man was killed when the car he was in collided with a cement mixer truck in Levittown, Bucks County Thursday morning.
The crash happened at 8:52 a.m. Thursday at the intersection of Edgely Road and Goldenridge Drive.
According to investigators, the cement mixer was traveling south on Edgely Road and the Buick was traveling east on Goldenridge Drive.
The 85-year-old Levittown man behind the wheel of the Buick was transported to St. Mary Medical Center by Levittown Fairless Hills Rescue Squad where he was pronounced deceased.
Rescue crews are on the scene of a head-on between a car and a minivan in Paoli, Chester County.
The accident occurred around 11:00 a.m. on Route 252 near Hilltop Road.
At least one person was trapped in the minivan. Rescue crews worked to free that person from the wreckage.
That person and two others were taken to area hospitals. Their conditions are unknown.
Route 252 is closed at Hilltop Road while the accident investigation continues.