2 injured after vehicle crashes into woods off Route 30

Two people were hospitalized after their vehicle crashed down a steep embankment in a wooded area off Route 30 in Southwest Greensburg.

Westmoreland County Public Safety officials said state police responded to the wreck on the eastbound side of Route 30 near the Route 119 exit around 10:10 p.m. Tuesday.

A vehicle went off the road and into the woods. One patient was flown by medical helicopter and one was transported by ambulance, both to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, according to Mutual Aid Ambulance spokesperson Shawn Penzera.

Route 30 was temporarily closed from the Route 136 exit in Hempfield to the Route 119 exit.

Firefighters used lights to illuminate the area while rope systems were set up to reach the vehicle and patients, Southwest Greensburg Fire Department said in a social media post.

“Crews used saws to cut a path through the woods, located two patients and performed a rescue using a Stokes basket system to bring them up the hillside,” the post said.

Firefighters stayed at the scene for several hours providing light for state troopers while they reconstructed the crash and for PennDOT until the vehicle was recovered. State police had not issued any details about the crash.