2 people rescued after vehicle travels over Highland Park hillside
Two people in a Jeep SUV were injured after it careened over a Highland Park hillside and into the woods Monday afternoon, police said.
The accident scene was at Reservoir Drive and Farmhouse Drive.
First responders found an adult female driver and an adult male passenger trapped in the SUV about 40 feet down the embankment, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety officials.
Paramedics rescued the pair with a rope system and edraulic tools, which were used to remove the vehicle’s doors.
The man and woman were pulled up the hillside in a Stokes basket while being tended to by paramedics.
Both were taken away in an ambulance to a local hospital, shortly before 5 p.m. Police said they were in stable condition Monday;
At 5:30 p.m., a tow truck company pulled the mangled red Jeep from the wooded hill.
BREAKING: Earlier this evening a car with two passengers went over the side of a hill in Highland Park at the corner of Farmhouse Drive and Reservoir Drive.
The car, a dark red Jeep, was pulled back up the hill by 5:30 p.m. and loaded onto a truck. @TribLIVE pic.twitter.com/wO61BDASpq
— Megan Trotter (@meganktrotter) June 16, 2025
Megan Trotter is a TribLive staff writer. She can be reached at mtrotter@triblive.com.
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