Several are injured after an ambulance and a car collided in Salem Township. Early Monday morning, around 3:00 a.m., an ambulance crashed into the side of a white Toyota. The ambulance was carrying four people at the time of the accident: the driver, a female medic, a 7-month-old baby and her mother. One person had to be extracted from the ambulance. All were taken to a local hospital for treatment. The ambulance was from John Carrol Area...
A window washer has died after his bucket truck hit power lines Tuesday morning. The man was working at the Metropolitan Condominiums on North Neville Street when the accident occurred. The victim had backed the bucket into the power lines and was roughly 30-40 feet in the air. Duquesne Light was called to turn off the electricity so emergency responders could bring the man down. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the accident.
Graco, a popular children’s products manufacturer, is recalling more than 25,000 car seats due to defective webbing in the car seat’s harness. The harness webbing can break in the event of an accident leaving the child unprotected. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, strength of the webbing was tested and Graco traced the problem to a specific batch of webbing. The affected car seats are certain My Ride 65 convertible...
One man has died and several others have been injured after a multi-vehicle accident in Washington Township. Early Monday morning, around 8:52 a.m., an accident occurred near the intersection of Route 66 and Poke Run Church Road. Authorities say the first vehicle was attempting to make a left turn when the car behind him did not stop, the car behind that vehicle did not stop and a fourth vehicle failed to stop as well causing a pile up. Then a fifth car...
Popular hot dog brand, Nathan’s, is recalling 200,000 pounds of their ready-to-eat hot dogs due to a possible metal contaminiation. The hot dogs being pulled from the shelves are: Nathan’s Skinless 8 Beef Franks with a use by date of August 19, 2017 and Curtis Beef Master brand beef franks with a use by date of June 15, 2017. So far, three people have filed complaints with the manufacturer which led to the recall issued on May 19, 2017....
