Crime & Safety

Driver, 14, Critically Injured in Chase Along Parkway East

After short police chase beginning in Penn Hills, teen is thrown from vehicle along I-376 in Churchill.

A 14-year-old male was injured in a two-car crash along the Parkway East (I-376) after a brief police chase that originated in Penn Hills.

The teen, described only as a black, non-Hispanic male, is in critical condition with non-life threatening injuries, according to Trooper First Class Robin Mungo, community relations officer for the Pennsylvania State Police

The chase began about 6:12 p.m. Sunday after Penn Hills Police Department received a report of a stolen vehicle. Police spotted the burgundy 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee on Rodi Road and gave chase for about a mile after the driver entered the Parkway East.

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The chase stopped about a mile from the scene of the crash on the westbound Parkway in Churchill, about a mile east of Wilkinsburg, according to a state police report.

Penn Hills police observed that the Jeep struck a guide rail located on the south shoulder of the roadway and overturned, coming to a rest on its roof on the north berm facing southeast. A second car was struck by debris from the Jeep while it was overturning.

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The second car was damaged on the driver's side but the driver was not injured, police said. 

The teenage driver was ejected from the car, landing about 30 feet from the Jeep's final resting point. He was transported to UPMC Mercy hospital by ambulance.

Police have not yet released information about the driver's identity.


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