Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Monday, Sept. 23
I-70 crash in South Strabane sends 7 to hospitals
A Sunday afternoon crash involving four vehicles on Interstate 70 in South Strabane sent seven motorists to area hospitals.
Four patients were flown by medical helicopter as a result of the wreck at about 2 p.m. in the area where Interstate 79 North merges with I-70 West in Washington County. Three others were taken by ambulance to UPMC Washington Hospital, according to South Strabane Township emergency officials.
Firefighters from South Strabane and North Strabane departments freed motorists from two different vehicles. The crash also involved a boat that was being hauled on a trailer.
One patient was transferred from an ambulance to a helicopter at the Washington Hospital helipad while three other helicopters landed on the highway.
The crash disrupted traffic in multiple lanes of both interstates, township officials said.
Details of the patients’ conditions and how the wreck occurred weren’t immediately available.
Fayette fire displaces dozen apartment dwellers
At least 12 residents in second- and third-floor apartments were displaced and a firefighter was injured when fire broke out Sunday evening in a Fayette County building that houses a pub.
Fire officials told TribLive news partner WTAE all residents made it safely out of the building at 101 High St. in Brownsville, but a firefighter was taken to a hospital for treatment of a twisted ankle. Officials said there were heavy flames on two of the floors in the 6 p.m. fire
The cause of the fire is under investigation. The extent of the damage wasn’t clear.
Pickers Pub & Grub, which is located on the first floor, said in a Facebook post: “We are devastated. Thank God all the tenants got out safely and none of our staff was at Pickers.”
Pennsylvania Turnpike construction closes Cranberry ramp
Reconstruction of the Cranberry interchange on the Pennsylvania Turnpike is triggering closure of a ramp beginning Monday.
Motorists who normally would use the ramp from Route 19 South to head west on the turnpike will follow a detour through Oct. 24, according to turnpike officials.
The detour through the interchange takes drivers a short distance east of Route 19 before looping west again to access the turnpike.
