PITTSBURGH, PA – A fatal wreck shut down the eastbound lanes of the Fort Pitt Tunnel in Pittsburgh on Saturday afternoon, TribLIVE reported.
The multi-vehicle accident took place at about 1:45 p.m. One woman involved was pronounced dead after being taken to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. She was a 62-year-old resident of Pittsburgh’s Summer Hill neighborhood.
No one else was hospitalized, authorities said. The eastbound lanes of the tunnel were reopened to traffic about an hour after the crash once the scene had been cleared.
The cause of the incident is under investigation by Pennsylvania State Police.
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