4 students airlifted from head-on crash in Mt. Pleasant Township

Several Mt. Pleasant Area School District students were injured in a crash Monday evening, according to district Superintendent Timothy Gabauer.

The head-on crash in Mt. Pleasant Township resulted in four people being flown by helicopter to Pittsburgh hospitals, Kecksburg fire Chief Adam Krozel said.

According to state police, the driver of a pickup heading east on Claypike Road lost control on a curve and hit a westbound pickup head-on.

When officials arrived on scene around 5:30 p.m., they found one of the vehicles on fire, but it was quickly extinguished, a Westmoreland County Public Safety dispatcher said. The crash closed part of Claypike Road called Snake Hill near Ankey Hill Road.

State police said both drivers and four passengers were taken for medical treatment. No information on the drivers or passengers was released, including which of the two vehicles the passengers were in.

“Our entire community prays together for a full recovery of everyone involved,” Gabauer said in an email to the Tribune-Review. “The district’s crisis teams will be available tomorrow morning to assist other members of our MP family as we continue thinking of our friends.”

Further information on the student’s conditions was not immediately available.