A man is hospitalized after his pickup truck went over a hillside in Shaler Township not far from Route 8.

His truck hit the front of someone’s lawn, went through a wooden sign, across the street and over the hillside last evening.

April Vinski, who called 911 before rushing to help, said “The noise was like an explosion,”
“I just hoped he wasn’t dead.” She & another man lifted the mangled windshield to get to the driver.

Emergency crews used ropes to extricate the driver before he was taken to the hospital.

Police do not think drugs or alcohol played a role in the crash.