Charges withdrawn for Hookstown man who caused a single-vehicle crash in Pittsburgh

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Pittsburgh reported via release yesterday that charges were withdrawn from sixty-two-year-old Ernest Nero of Hookstown after he caused a single-vehicle crash in Pittsburgh yesterday evening. At 6:09 p.m., Nero was traveling on I-376 East onto exit ramp 72A and he veered off of the left side of the ramp, hitting his head on an impact attenuator. Nero was on route to the VA before he sustained blood loss, which caused him to black out, and he was evaluated by EMS before being transported to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital for further evaluation. The vehicle of Nero was also damaged.