Pittsburgh teenager charged after causing three-vehicle crash in Robinson Township

(File Photo of a Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Car)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Robinson Township, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Pittsburgh reported that a 19-year-old Pittsburgh man was charged following a three-vehicle crash Friday in Robinson Township.

According to police, Tyler Adams was driving on Interstate 376 West at about 5:20 p.m. when traffic slowed and the vehicles driven by 83-year-old Nicholas Catanese of Heidelberg and 47-year-old Jennifer Beckner of Moon Township came to a stop.

Police said Adams struck Catanese’s vehicle from behind, causing it to hit Beckner’s vehicle.

The seventeen-year-old passenger that was in Adams’ vehicle was transported after suffering a suspected minor injury.