Public Safety Blotter Articles

Police Investigate After Vehicle Crashes into Three Parked Vehicles, Damages Building

Date: July 20, 2023
Incident Type:
Location: Zone 5
Summary:

Pittsburgh Police from Zone 5 were alerted overnight after three vehicles and an apartment building were damaged by an out of control vehicle on Apple Street.

The initial investigation shows that a GMC vehicle traveling down Apple Street sideswiped a car and continued down the street where it hit another vehicle, spun it around a telephone pole and into the porch of an apartment building, damaging the bricks and taking out a gas meter. 

The GMC then continued on, ramming into a truck where the driver got out and fled on foot.

Police are investigating. The Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire also responded to the scene.


Reporting PIO:
Cara Cruz

2023-07-20
PIO@pittsburghpa.gov