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Police, Fire, EMS Respond for Fatal Vehicle Collision on Brownsville Road

Date: August 21, 2023
Incident Type: Collision
Location: Zone 3
Summary:

UPDATE: Brownsville Road has reopened.

Original post:

At 1:30 a.m., Police, EMS, and Fire were called to the 2300 block of Brownsville Rd. for reports of a single vehicle into an electric pole.

Responding units located a male victim on the road who had been ejected from the vehicle and was pronounced deceased at the scene. There were

no passengers in the vehicle.

Duquesne Light was notified and responded to fix the downed pole and wires.

Brownsville Rd. between Becks Run and Maytide Street is closed until further notice while the Collision Investigation Unit detectives work at the scene.

The investigation is ongoing.


Reporting PIO:
Cara Cruz

2023-08-21
PIO@pittsburghpa.gov