A motorist was trapped in a vehicle that went over a guardrail and overturned off Route 356 in Allegheny Township on Friday night, according to dispatches from Westmoreland County Department of Public Safety.
Emergency responders were at the scene around 7:45 p.m. and were cutting brush around the vehicle to remove the person by using a Stokes basket, a kind of stretcher that immobilizes the patient while being moved to safety. A brush fire had started around the vehicle.
A landing zone for an emergency medical helicopter was being set up at Kiski Area High School but then was canceled.
Allegheny Township police could not be reached for comment late Friday night. Additional details were not available.
