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We are learning of a crash that took place in North Braddock in early January that should leave all of us cautious when we are outside of our vehicles. A woman was trying to put gas in her Buick Terraza at around 7 p.m. on January 7. She had pulled her vehicle into the right lane of traffic on Route 30 and was walking behind the vehicle when a 70-year-old driver in a Chevy Cruze struck her. The 28-year-old woman was pinned between the two vehicles. EMS arrived and transported her

When Ami Demi was attacked by three German shepherds while she was working last August, the only thing she was focused on was getting away and getting to the hospital. She certainly did not anticipate the attack, which happened quickly. “I pulled up, beeped the horn,” she said. “The first dog came right at me. The dog ripped my calf open, it looked like a shark bite. The two other dogs followed.”Demi says the attack felt like it took forever to end. This case just went to court over whether

The last thing you want to think about when you buy some candy for you and your family to eat is that you might be eating something that could cause you to get a disease. Unfortunately, that is a possibility. The FDA has said there is a recall for Bauer’s Candies Modjeskas because they may be contaminated with Hepatitis A. These individually wrapped marshmallow candies apparently came into contact with a worker at the facility who tested positive for the disease. The FDA is saying that any of these candies bought

A woman from Penn Township was arrested last week after a hit-and-run incident that sent a man to the hospital. The man who was struck by Maria Ann Martini, 32, said that he was walking towards a restaurant when a green Honda struck him from behind. The woman got out of the car to see if he was okay but took off when he said the police needed to be called. When police caught up with Martini, they found what they believed to be heroin or fentanyl inside of the vehicle. Martini

When a dog decides that it is going to attack a person, the results are rarely good. Even worse, children are especially vulnerable due to their size and inability to defend themselves. We are learning of a situation in nearby Duquesne in which a man intervened after he heard two children being attacked by dogs on the loose. “I realized the dogs look like they were attacking them and I heard the one kid screaming for help and I had to do something,” said Randy Jubak. He said that the children were

A college student in Oakland (Pittsburgh) was struck by a Port Authority bus the other day as she was crossing the street. The area where she was struck is a busy intersection according to other students. The University of Pittsburgh student was taken to the hospital along with a passenger on the bus and the bus driver. Port Authority Police say that the bus driver will undergo drug and alcohol testing as per protocol. While we await the results of those tests, we do know that it is up to everyone,