(File Photo of 3rd Ave. in New Brighton)
Story by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano
(New Brighton, Pa.) New Brighton Police Chief Ron Walton reported this morning that a 27 year -old male in a wheelchair was struck by a pickup truck at 12th Street and 3rd Avenue in the borough on Tuesday, April 27 The unidentified male sustained moderate injuries and is still in the hospital, the chief reported.
Traffic was backed up in the area with limited view of the crosswalk and the pickup driver, identified as Arthur Crawford, 66 of Beaver Falls struck the male in the wheelchair.
New Brighton Police charged Crawford with failure to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk.