(File Photo: Source for Photo: Photo Courtesy of WPXI-TV Pittsburgh, Posted on March 2nd, 2026)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A pickup truck crashed into a pole and a car dealership parking lot along a busy road in the Beechview neighborhood of Pittsburgh this morning. The road between Curranhill and Pioneer Avenues in the Beechview and Brookline area of the Steel City is closed. The crash occurred shortly before 6:30 a.m. near the intersection of West Liberty and Cape May avenues in the parking lot of Newman Motors Inc. According to Public Safety, the driver of the truck was taken to a hospital in critical condition. Heavy backups were being reported in the South Hills, especially on Banksville Road, for the traffic headed toward I-376. The cause of this crash is unknown at this time.