A pedestrian was critically injured after being struck by a vehicle yesterday afternoon in Pittsburgh's Bluff neighborhood, according to police. The incident occurred just before 2:00 p.m. at the intersection of Locust Street and Pride Street, with emergency responders arriving on the scene to find an adult female victim in the road.
Early reports suggest the woman had been on the sidewalk before stepping backward into the roadway, where a pickup truck with a flatbed trailer hit her. Pittsburgh EMS has since transported her to a local hospital, where she is presently being treated for significant trauma to her leg and is described as being in critical, yet stable, condition. Details of the events leading to the collision are still to be thoroughly determined as investigators are working to piece together the full narrative.
The driver of the truck involved in the collision remained at the scene and cooperated with law enforcement officials. The Pittsburgh Police Department's Collision Investigation Unit has been called in to process the crime scene and to work to establish the sequence of events conclusively. According to the City of Pittsburgh police report, their ongoing investigation will seek to promptly understand how a routine moment transformed into a life-altering one.
