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A man is fighting for his life after a car crash on Roosevelt Boulevard in the Hunting Park section of the city.
Officials say one car struck another in the southbound lanes of the Boulevard near 9th Street shortly after 4 a.m. The collision caused the second car to strike a tree and a guard rail.
The male driver was trapped for about 10 minutes until rescue crews arrived. He was taken to Temple University Hospital where he is currently in critical condition.
The other driver was not hurt in the accident. Officials say charges are not expected.
A 41-year-old man was killed Sunday night in a two-vehicle crash that caused his car to slam into a Duquesne apartment building.
The Allegheny County medical examiner's office identified the man as Parrish Parker, of Duquesne.
Duquesne police said Mr. Parker was the driver of a vehicle that stopped around 9:30 p.m. for oncoming traffic near the 200 block of North Second Street and Route 837.
An Indiana County woman was killed late Sunday night in a two-vehicle crash north of Indiana, Pa.
Mary Jo Scott, 60, of Indiana, was driving south on Route 119 a half-mile south of Chambersville Road in Rayne when she lost control of her Pontiac Sunfire shortly after 11:15 p.m., according to a press release from the Indiana County coroner's office.
Ms. Scott, who was not wearing a seatbelt, crossed the center line into the path of an oncoming tractor-trailer, the coroner's office said. She died instantly at the scene.
A West Mifflin man was one of two people killed in a two-vehicle collision Saturday in Somerset County, the county coroner said.
Ryan Stallard, 25, died of injuries suffered in the crash, which occurred around 11:30 a.m. Saturday in Milford, according to the Somerset County coroner.
The driver of the second vehicle, Roger D. Hay, 61 of Somerset, also was killed.
Police are seeking the public's help in identifying the driver in a hit-and-run crash late Thursday that left a man clinging to life.
The victim, a 53-year-old man, was crossing Domino Lane near Harmon Road in Upper Roxborough when he was struck by a vehicle that fled the scene, police said. He was taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center, where he remained in extremely critical condition last night.
Beaver County woman was killed late Thursday night in a two-car collision on Route 19 in Butler County.
Pennsylvania State Police identified her as Emily Hilliard, 21, of Rochester.
Ms. Hilliard was driving a Toyota Paseo southbound on the highway in Muddy Creek shortly after 10:15 p.m. when she veered off the road onto the shoulder, Pennsylvania State Police said.
She got back onto the road but into the path of a Nissan Altima driven by Susan Graham, 54, of Butler, who struck Ms. Hilliard's car head-on, police said in a press release.