Morning Parkway East crash shut down highway for about an hour

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Patrick Varine | Sunday, February 3, 2019 8:31 a.m.

WPXI

Above, WPXI video of the Parkway East near Oakland, where the eastbound lanes were closed Sunday morning following a crash around 6:45 a.m.

The eastbound lanes of the Parkway East near Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood are back open following an early-morning closure due to a crash.

PennDOT officials reported the crash around 6:45 a.m. on Route 376 near the Forbes Avenue/Oakland exit.

Trib news partner WPXI reported that a damaged pickup truck was towed from the scene. The road reopened around 7:30 a.m.

Patrick Varine is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Patrick at 724-850-2862, pvarine@tribweb.com or via Twitter @MurrysvilleStar.