Vehicle Accident - City of Pittsburgh (8/6/2003)

On Wednesday, August 6, 2003 shortly after 10:00a.m. City of Pittsburgh EOC dispatched Zone 4 police, paramedics, a rescue unit and 30Engine, to Greentree Road, on the bend just up from Woodville, for a vehicle accident head-on collision involving an SUV and a PAT bus, with reported injuries and entrapment. First arriving units reported a Jeep Cherokee head-on impact into a PAT bus, heavy damage to the Jeep, with a 19-year-old female operator of the Jeep in traumatic arrest. The female operator of the Jeep was pronounced dead. According to the report, the female's heart exploded approximately 60 seconds after impact. There was no way to save her. The bus driver was transported to Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh for treatment. The bus driver told officials, "that the operator of the Jeep was looking down, that either she had fallen asleep, or she was looking for something. The Jeep crossed the center line into his path, he tried to stop but was unable to." City of Pittsburgh Police Accident Investigation Unit and Port Authority Police Accident Investigation Unit are conducting a joint investigation into the fatal crash. Investigators are also awaiting results of toxicology tests.

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