Crash on Route 51 sends seven to hospital
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Seven people were injured in a traffic accident Friday in Pleasant Hills on a stretch of Route 51 where construction has made the road prone to collisions, Pleasant Hills police said.
Paramedics from several South Hills communities were dispatched around 7:40 p.m. to the accident involving two vehicles on Route 51 near Coal Valley Road. One car was carrying members of a wedding party, KDKA-TV reported.
Two of the seven were injured critically, and one was flown to UPMC Presbyterian by helicopter. The remaining victims were transported to UPMC Mercy.
The accident was the fourth to occur in that stretch of Route 51 Friday evening. The first three did not involve injuries.
Officers were still reconstructing the accident Friday night with the help of county police investigators. They said construction on that stretch of road has reduced traffic to one lane in each direction.
The accident reduced Route 51 to one lane, which was used for alternating northbound and southbound traffic.
First Published June 12, 2010 12:00 am
