Wrong-way crash in tunnel critically injures 1

August 2024 · 1 minute read

Police say a wrong-way driver collided head-on with another car in a western Pennsylvania tunnel, critically injuring the other driver.

State police in Pittsburgh say the vehicle entered Route 376 traveling west in the eastbound lanes shortly before 3 a.m. Sunday.

Police said the car entered the Fort Pitt tunnel under Mount Washington, still traveling in the wrong direction, and collided head-on with another car.

The 36-year-old driver of the other car was taken to a local hospital and listed in critical condition with multiple injuries.

The other 21-year-old driver was uninjured.

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