Death of driver who crashed into a Pittsburgh plasma clinic killing 2 employees inside is ruled a suicide

The death of a driver who crashed into plasma clinic in Pittsburgh’s Manchester neighborhood in June killing two more people and injuring others, has been ruled a suicide, according to an Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office report released Thursday.

Ronald Morgan, 50, of McKeesport died around noon on June 12 from thermal and inhalation injuries, the report said.

Morgan was one of three people who ended up dead that day after his SUV crashed into Biomat USA along the 1300 block of Western Avenue.

The other two were Laura Elaine Meneski, 35, of Pittsburgh and Parveena Begum Abdul, 55, of Clairton. Both were Biomat employees.

“The manner of death for the two other other individuals, as a result of the collision, is homicide,” Public Safety spokeswoman Cara Cruz reported Thursday. “As the driver died as a result of the collision, no charges can be sought in this case.”

Witnesses at the time of the crash said a Hyundai SUV, later identified as Morgan’s vehicle, came off the West End Bridge and onto Western Avenue at a high rate of speed.

“I thought it was a cop car coming across the bridge, but I didn’t hear a siren,” said Jason Bezts, 37, of McKees Rocks at the time. “I heard the engine whining and watched it go through the building.

The collision left a 6-foot-high, 6-foot-wide hole in the building’s wall just on one side of the entrance.

The SUV traveled another 100 feet into the building before striking another wall, Pittsburgh police said at the time. Ten employees and five donors were inside.

The crash also caused a two-alarm fire inside the building. Another person was critically injured while and fifth was treated at the scene.