(Credit for Photo: Photo Courtesy of Smitty’s Place (McKeesport)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(McKeesport, PA) A Pittsburgh-area restaurant is remembering one of its employees who was killed in a five-vehicle crash near the Fort Duquesne Bridge on Wednesday.

According to authorities, Danielle Jackman, 58, of Churchill, was removed from a vehicle by first responders and taken to a hospital in critical condition, where she later died.

On Thursday morning, Smitty’s Place shared a social media tribute to Jackman, who worked as a cook at the restaurant on Tuesdays and Sundays.

“Danielle was an amazing person, a valued friend, and a dedicated co-worker of David’s at Pittsburgh Mercy,” the post stated.

The restaurant said Jackman also worked as a DUI and AOD counselor and “touched the lives of many with her compassion, kindness and caring spirit.”

A balloon release in her memory is scheduled for May 15 at 7 p.m. at Smitty’s Place on Walnut Street in McKeesport.

The crash occurred around 3 p.m. Wednesday near the split of Route 28 and Route 65 by the Fort Duquesne Bridge.

Authorities identified the second victim as Michael Smith, 52, of Sheraden, who was inside an SUV that went over the side of the bridge and landed on Reedsdale Street on Pittsburgh’s North Side near Acrisure Stadium.

Officials said the other four vehicles involved in the crash remained on the ramp above Reedsdale Street.