50-year-old woman struck, killed by PRT bus
A 50-year-old woman was struck and killed Monday afternoon by a Pittsburgh Regional Transit Bus in Pittsburgh’s Spring Hill neighborhood,
The crash occurred around 12:15 p.m. near the intersection of Rhine and Buente streets, according to Pittsburgh Regional Transit spokesperson Adam Brandolph.
The woman’s name was not provided Monday night. She was unresponsive when paramedics arrived and died about a half hour later at Allegheny General Hospital, Brandolph said.
The bus driver is on paid leave, pending a drug and alcohol test. The bus was towed from the scene. Port Authority Police are investigating, Brandolph said.
Quincey Reese is a TribLive reporter covering the Greensburg and Hempfield areas. She also does reporting for the Penn-Trafford Star. A Penn Township native, she joined the Trib in 2023 after working as a Jim Borden Scholarship intern at the company for two summers. She can be reached at qreese@triblive.com.
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