Crime & Safety
UPDATE: Driver in Critical Condition from I-79 Crash
Kevin A. Conwell, 20, of Pittsburgh taken to Allegheny General Hospital.
UPDATED -- The 20-year-old Pittsburgh man who was injured Monday morning in a one-car crash on I-79 south of the Wexford exit is listed in critical condition, according to a Allegheny General Hospital spokesperson.
Kevin A. Conwell was traveling north on I-79 in the left lane when his 2001 Buick Century went off the left side of the highway, traveled along the berm and grass roadside before hitting a guide rail crash cushion, according to a report from the Pennsylvania State Police.
The car continued pushing and crumpling the guide rail, and then entered the sunken portion of the median where the driver-side wheel dug into the ground, forcing the car to roll, said the report.
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The driver was ejected and the vehicle came to rest on its roof, the report said. He was taken to Allegheny General Hospital by Franklin Park EMS.
Traffic on I-79 was slowed for hours Monday morning because of the accident.
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