A hit-and-run crash Saturday in East Pittsburgh left a Monroeville man dead, state police said.
James Haberfield, 72, was pronounced dead at about 4:45 p.m. at Forbes Hospital in Monroeville, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office.
The crash occurred shortly before 4 p.m. as Haberfield was driving south in the left lane of Braddock Avenue, at the intersection of Cable Avenue, police said.
According to police, another vehicle that was headed south in the right lane moved into the left lane without clearance and struck Haberfield’s vehicle.
After the impact, Haberfield’s vehicle struck a concrete barrier on the left side of the road and then traveled across to the opposite side of the road, striking a concrete wall.
Police said the other driver fled on foot.
Haberfield was taken by ambulance to the hospital.
