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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A woman is now facing charges after police say that her vehicle hit a student and a teacher outside a Pittsburgh school last year. Online court records have shown that fifty-seven-year-old Nickeya C. Mitchell of Pittsburgh, is charged with aggravated assault by vehicle with DUI and related offenses. The crash happened on October 15th, 2025 outside Westinghouse Academy in the Homewood neighborhood of Pittsburgh. The two people that were hit were a staff member of Westinghouse Academy and a 12-year-old student. According to the criminal complaint, surveillance video showed an SUV failing to stop at a stop sign and continuing to drive onto Monticello Street. The vehicle then drove onto the sidewalk, where it hit the two victims. Police interviewed Mitchell on scene and she stated that she was heading to the store at the time and claimed she did stop at the stop sign. Mitchell reportedly told police that she swerved to avoid a vehicle right before the crash. The complaint also noted that Mitchell said: “I tried to stop and instead I accidentally put, I’m thinking, I put my foot on the accelerator instead.” A passenger that was in the SUV claimed that Mitchell had tried to stop at the stop sign, but the steering was loose. Police mentioned that they found open containers of alcohol in the vehicle, a test revealed her blood alcohol content to be .15% and Mitchell showed indicators of impairment. Mitchell was also temporarily detained. The complaint also confirms that the teacher continues to suffer pain and other symptoms after the crash and the student who was hit remains in the hospital for treatment.