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Truck Drives Through Brick House in Beltzhoover, Injuring Local Resident

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  Sheesh. A SUV slams THROUGH a brick house in Beltzhoover neighborhood in Southside Pittsburgh, and PINNED a resident or visitor who was inside the house underneath the truck. Luckily, no one died.  Remember Pittsburgh drivers: When you're at the wheel, keep it between the lines. Else you'll end up in someone's living room along with a gaggle of police officers and first responders.  Ay yai yai. *** Per the Trib-Live :  One person was hospitalized early Monday after Pittsburgh police said a vehicle they were pursuing crashed into a house in Beltzhoover. Police from Zone 3 said they had initiated a traffic stop around 3 a.m., when the driver fled from them “at a high rate of speed” down Michigan Street. The driver hit a curb at the intersection of Michigan and Montooth streets, crashing into a residence in the 700 block of Montooth, police said. A female inside the home was injured after being pinned under the car, police said. She was extricated and taken to an area...
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Failing the test: student driver crashes into Penn Hills driver's license center while learning to drive

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  (Credit: KDKA) Some of these missives practically write themselves. This is one. A student driver in Penn Hills managed to crash their car into the Penn Hills Driver's License Center on the evening of January 9, a Thursday. The crash caused some damage to the building's windows and exterior, but the car did not fully enter the building. No one was hurt.  Still, here's some advice from an old pro to all of the student drivers in the greater Pittsburgh area: crashing your car into the location of the folks who will decide whether or not you are granted a license is bad for your chances of getting a license.  Word to the wise. Source: CBS Pittsburgh
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Car smashes through front of West Homestead laundromat

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  (Credit: KDKA) A car crashed into a laundromat in West Homestead on January 9, a Friday afternoon. (#TGIF!)  The crash happened at the Maytag Coin Laundry along West Run Road.  The car smashed through the glass front door and plowed into the machines.  (Credit: KDKA)  No one was injured. Source : CBS Pittsburgh .  
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Woman loses control of car, careens into house in Brightwood

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(Credit: KDKA) A woman was taken to the hospital after she lost control of her vehicle and crashed into a building in Pittsburgh. The crash occurred on Friday, February 19, on Brighton Road in the city's Northside, in the early morning hours.  The woman reportedly had hit a parked vehicle, lost control and drove her car into the building. She was taken to the hospital, but the building appears to have suffered more serious injuries than she did. She was discharged with no serious injuries, but that house looks FUBAR. 
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Upping the ante: Pittsburgh PD cruiser crashes into Northside home

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(Photo Credit: KDKA) As this blog showcases, an unusual number of cars crash into houses and other buildings here in Pittsburgh. But it isn't everyday that the car crashing into a house is a Pittsburgh PD cruiser. (!) Well, it happened on the city's Northside on February 14th. Valentine's Day probably wasn't so sweet for the officer who cranged his SUV into the side of a house. The officer was taken to the hospital following the crash, which happened along Milroy Street around 6:30 a.m. when the officer was responding to a collision in Zone 1. For more on the incident, see CBS Pittsburgh's report .
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Garbage truck smashes into Baden home

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  This time, it wasn't a car crashing into a house in Pittsburgh. It was a garbage truck.  Wtf? It happened around 6:20 A.M. on Thursday, February 11, 2021. The roads were wintery, but don't appear treacherous in the photo above. Baden police chief David Christner reportedly said the truck was unable to stop as it careened down Wilson Street and crossed Berry before slamming into the house, hitting its porch and living room. The entire cab of the garbage truck smashed through the front of the house and ended up in a sleeping family of five's living room. Here's a link to the TribLive story on the crash.
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Car Crashes into Northside California-Kirkbride house, house condemned, driver trapped

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  From the Post-Gazette : A house in the city’s California-Kirkbride neighborhood was condemned after a man crashed a car into it Wednesday, [October 28, 2020] according to Pittsburgh public safety spokesman Chris Togneri. Debris from the three-story house trapped the driver after he was ejected from the vehicle, Mr. Togneri said. Pittsburgh police, firefighters and emergency medical service personnel responded to the crash about 5 p.m. near the intersection of Brighton Road and Brighton Place.  First responders had to dig the driver, a 24-year-old man, out of the debris, Mr. Togneri said. He was being treated at a hospital. Two people were inside the home when the crash occurred but were not injured, Mr. Togneri said.  The house’s back wall sustained major damage, and a city Department of Permits, Licenses and Inspections investigator condemned the residence, Mr. Togneri said. The American Red Cross was assisting the residents in finding shelter for the night, he said. P...
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