Separate city accidents send two people to UPMC
Paramedics move an injured male to a waiting ambulance at the scene of a crash Saturday morning at Park Avenue and Rose Street in the city. The man was rising in a car that collided with the Honda Civic at right, police said. PHILIP A. HOLMES/Sun-Gazette
City fire trucks line Arch Street after firefighters were dispatched to a crash at Lincoln Street early Saturday afternoon. PHILIP A. HOLMES/Sun-Gazette
The collision involving this pickup and a Chevrolet Trailblazer at Arch and Lincoln streets early Saturday broke the truck's drive shaft, police said. PHILIP A. HOLMES/Sun-Gazette
City firefighters transport a woman to a waiting ambulance at Saturday's crash on Arch Street. Police said her injuries did not appear to be serious. PHILIP A. HOLMES/Sun-Gazette
Paramedics move an injured male to a waiting ambulance at the scene of a crash Saturday morning at Park Avenue and Rose Street in the city. The man was rising in a car that collided with the Honda Civic at right, police said. PHILIP A. HOLMES/Sun-Gazette
City fire trucks line Arch Street after firefighters were dispatched to a crash at Lincoln Street early Saturday afternoon. PHILIP A. HOLMES/Sun-Gazette
The collision involving this pickup and a Chevrolet Trailblazer at Arch and Lincoln streets early Saturday broke the truck's drive shaft, police said. PHILIP A. HOLMES/Sun-Gazette
City firefighters transport a woman to a waiting ambulance at Saturday's crash on Arch Street. Police said her injuries did not appear to be serious. PHILIP A. HOLMES/Sun-Gazette
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City police and firefighters responded Saturday to two injury crashes within a three-hour period.
The first accident occurred at Park Avenue and Rose Street where a Hyundai Tucson and a Honda Civic collided about 10:15 a.m., police said. A man riding in the Hyundai was taken by ambulance to UPMC Williamsport to get treatment for minor injuries, police said.
Shortly before 1 p.m., a pickup truck and a Chevrolet Trailblazer collided at Arch and Lincoln streets, in the city’s Newberry neighborhood, police said. A woman riding in the truck was taken by ambulance to the hospital to be evaluated, police said.
The collision broke the truck’s drive shaft, disabling the vehicle, police said.