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Route 119 southbound reopens in East Huntingdon following fatal crash

Patrick Varine
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The southbound lanes of Route 119 at Route 819 in East Huntingdon reopened just after 9 p.m., following a fatal crash involving a vehicle and pedestrian late Tuesday afternoon.

The crash was reported just after 3:45 p.m., according to a Westmoreland County 911 supervisor.

The Westmoreland County Coroner’s Office has been called to the scene, Coroner Kenneth Bacha said.

The area around the 119/819 intersection, along East Huntingdon’s eastern border, has been a trouble spot for crashes, with 28 crashes occurring in 2019, according to PennDOT statistics.

More than 20 of those crashes involved at least one injury.

Patrick Varine is a TribLive reporter covering Delmont, Export and Murrysville. He is a Western Pennsylvania native and joined the Trib in 2010 after working as a reporter and editor with the former Dover Post Co. in Delaware. He can be reached at pvarine@triblive.com.

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