Woman in stable condition after crashing vehicle off Penn Township road
A woman who crashed her vehicle over a hillside along Paintertown Road in Penn Township Monday morning is in stable condition, according to Ed Grant, Penn Township Ambulance operations director.
The vehicle went over a steep embankment, rear end first, shortly after 10:45 a.m., traveling about 30 feet down from the surface of the road. It is unclear what caused the vehicle to leave the road, Grant said.
Penn Township Ambulance’s technical rescue team created a rope system and lowered a paramedic down to the vehicle to assess the driver for injuries. She was conscious, alert and talking, Grant said. Her name was not available.
Two Penn Township firefighters secured the vehicle while the technical rescue extracted the woman — who was taken to a local trauma center in stable condition. This took about a half an hour, Grant said.
A tow service pulled the vehicle from the embankment, Grant said. Paintertown Road was closed for about an hour.
Quincey Reese is a TribLive reporter covering the Greensburg and Hempfield areas. She also does reporting for the Penn-Trafford Star. A Penn Township native, she joined the Trib in 2023 after working as a Jim Borden Scholarship intern at the company for two summers. She can be reached at qreese@triblive.com.
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