(Chippewa, Pa.) Pa State Police in Gibsonia are reporting that they were called to the scene of a one vehicle accident on Toll 376 in Chippewa at the Beaver Valley Exit around 4:30 AM on Sunday morning.
Troopers report upon arriving and investigating it was learned that 42-year-old Brain Downing from New Kensington was traveling in the right hand lane west bound on Interstate 376 when he lost control while approaching the Beaver Valley Exit. Downing’s 2021 Ford Transit van then traveled off the right side of the roadway onto the median and hit a sign and the light pole and then traveled over an embankment around 500 feet before coming to a final rest on the exit ramp facing north. Downing was transported to Heritage Valley Beaver for evaluation and he has been charged by state police with not properly driving on highways laned for traffic

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by Sandy Giordano, Beaver County Radio News Correspondent
Tuesday, October 26, 2021 at 07:44 AM
(Hopewell Twp, Pa.) Beaver County’s Highway Safety Task Force will be conducting sobriety checkpoints , and or roving patrols and mobile awareness checkpoints throughout Beaver County this weekend and next weekend in support of the state’s Halloween Impaired Driving Enforcement initiative, according to Task Force Coordinator Hopewell Township Detective Greg Durkos. The checkpoints and roving patrols will be conducted at undisclosed locations throughout the county Durkos said. He said the patrols are to keep roads safe, save lives and reduce DUI crashes. Drivers are advised to drink responsibly, assign designated drivers or make alternate arrangements to get home safely.
Detective Durkos said, :Seat Belt use is your best defense in any crash, the task force reminds all drivers to always buckle up. 19 police departments in the county are members of the task force.