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Smithton police chief speaks out months after he was hit by car while helping driver stopped on bridge Share Updated: 7:15 PM EDT Jul 5, 2021 Share Updated: 7:15 PM EDT Jul 5, 2021
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Show Transcript HITTING HIM PREPARES TO FACE A JUDGE LATER THIS WEEK. REPORTER: THE POLICE CHIEF SSAY HE CROSSES THIS BRIEDG DAILY UNDER MEMBERS THAT ACCIDENT THAT CHANGED HIS LIFE BACKN I FEBRUARY. HE HAS A MESSAGE HE WANTS TO SHE ARWITH DRIVERS. HE SAID THAT THE ROAD TO RECOVERY HAS BEEN DIFFICULT. I DIVED OUT OF THE WAY AND THAT IS A LAST THING I REMEMBERED FOR A WEEK. REPORTER: THEY STOP ALONG THE BEELL VERNON BRIDGE FOR A CAR STOPPED IN ETH FAST LANE AND THE DRIVER SLUMPED OVER THE STEERING WHEEL. WITNHI A MINUTE OR TWO,E H ABSOLUTELY SCREAMS IN PURE PANIC. I TURNED AND LOOKED AND THERE IS A CACOR MING ALONG IN THE FAST LANE DIRECTLY AT US. REPORTER: THESE PICTURES SHOW THE AFTERMATH. HE HAD A SEVERE ADHE INJURY ALTHOUGH HE
Rostraver Central Fire Department
Vehicles that were involved in a crash on the Belle Vernon-Speers Bridge on eastbound Interstate 70 on Saturday, Feb 6.
Rostraver Central Fire Department
Vehicles that were involved in a crash on the Belle Vernon-Speers Bridge on eastbound Interstate 70 on Saturday, Feb 6.
Rostraver Central Fire Department
A car that was involved in a crash on the Belle Vernon-Speers Bridge on eastbound Interstate 70 on Saturday, Feb 6.
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A few people were hurt in a Saturday morning crash that closed a portion of Interstate 70 on the Belle Vernon-Speers Bridge at the border of Westmoreland and Washington counties, according to a Westmoreland 911 dispatcher.