6 injured, hillside rescue required in North Fayette crash
Six people were transported to local hospitals after a crash Sunday morning required multiple emergency crews and a hillside rescue in southern Allegheny County, firefighters said.
First responders were called to Mahoney Road around 3 a.m. Sunday in North Fayette for a report of a single-vehicle crash. Three people who told firefighters they were thrown from the vehicle had to be rescued after falling about 50 feet over a hillside, North Fayette VFD officials said.
Due to the steepness of the slope, rescuers employed a rope system to load patients into a stable basket and bring them up the hillside.
Two more people who’d been injured were trapped in the vehicle, and a sixth person was wounded but walking when emergency crews arrived, according to fire officials.
All six people were flown or transported to area hospitals. Their conditions were not released.
Patrick Varine is a TribLive reporter covering Delmont, Export and Murrysville. He is a Western Pennsylvania native and joined the Trib in 2010 after working as a reporter and editor with the former Dover Post Co. in Delaware. He can be reached at pvarine@triblive.com.
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