A Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus crashed into a home in the city’s Homewood South neighborhood after a police chase involving another vehicle Tuesday afternoon.The homeowner, Dennis Williams told Pittsburgh's Action News 4, his home is structurally safe, but his front porch which caught the force of the bus is condemned. He was inside his home at the time of the crash but was unharmed."I was on my second floor in my TV room. I heard a loud crash and bang," Williams said. "Basically the porch absorbed the energy from the bus crashing into it, and when I looked out of the window, I saw the top of the bus where my porch used to be.”Sky 4, Pittsburgh’s only news chopper, captured a large, accordion-style PRT bus that had crashed through the front porch of a house near the intersection of Hamilton and Brushton avenues. PRT said in a statement posted to X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, that the bus crashed into the Hamilton Avenue home after it was hit by a vehicle fleeing from police. Two people, the driver of the bus and a passenger, were taken to a nearby hospital, PRT said. Those injuries are “not thought to be serious.” About eight passengers were on board at the time of the crash.According to PRT, officers from the Monroeville Police Department were reportedly chasing a vehicle that hit the bus. The bus then went off the road and into the house."I had to come out of my back door, and this is what I was presented with, so it's been a long tedious day here," Williams said. Witnesses on scene told Pittsburgh's Action News 4 reporter Kalea Gunderson that police were chasing a vehicle that ran a red light. It then hit the bus before the bus crashed into the home. The suspect who police were pursuing fled the scene. Officials have not yet said what led up to the pursuit.Sources tell Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 that a Monroeville police officer involved in the chase was also taken to the hospital with a broken leg.A WTAE crew on scene saw a Kia SUV with a busted front end getting towed from the scene. An alert from PRT on X said the 71D bus that normally stops here is now out of service both inbound and outbound. Pittsburgh's Action News 4 has reached out to Monroeville Police with questions.
PITTSBURGH —
A Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus crashed into a home in the city’s Homewood South neighborhood after a police chase involving another vehicle Tuesday afternoon.
The homeowner, Dennis Williams told Pittsburgh's Action News 4, his home is structurally safe, but his front porch which caught the force of the bus is condemned. He was inside his home at the time of the crash but was unharmed.
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"I was on my second floor in my TV room. I heard a loud crash and bang," Williams said. "Basically the porch absorbed the energy from the bus crashing into it, and when I looked out of the window, I saw the top of the bus where my porch used to be.”
Sky 4, Pittsburgh’s only news chopper, captured a large, accordion-style PRT bus that had crashed through the front porch of a house near the intersection of Hamilton and Brushton avenues.
PRT said in a statement posted to X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, that the bus crashed into the Hamilton Avenue home after it was hit by a vehicle fleeing from police.
Two people, the driver of the bus and a passenger, were taken to a nearby hospital, PRT said. Those injuries are “not thought to be serious.” About eight passengers were on board at the time of the crash.
According to PRT, officers from the Monroeville Police Department were reportedly chasing a vehicle that hit the bus. The bus then went off the road and into the house.
"I had to come out of my back door, and this is what I was presented with, so it's been a long tedious day here," Williams said.
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One of our buses crashed into a house in Homewood this afternoon after it was struck by a vehicle that was fleeing from police.
— Pittsburgh Regional Transit (@PGHtransit) August 13, 2024
Two people, including the driver of the bus, were taken to a local hospital. Their injuries are not thought to be serious. No other injuries were… pic.twitter.com/Dt6rY9y03o
Witnesses on scene told Pittsburgh's Action News 4 reporter Kalea Gunderson that police were chasing a vehicle that ran a red light. It then hit the bus before the bus crashed into the home.
The suspect who police were pursuing fled the scene. Officials have not yet said what led up to the pursuit.
Sources tell Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 that a Monroeville police officer involved in the chase was also taken to the hospital with a broken leg.
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— Kalea Gunderson - WTAE (@KaleaGunderson) August 13, 2024BREAKING — @PghTransitAlert bus crashed into a home on Hamilton Ave.
Witnesses say a car was being was chased by police and ran a red light. They say the bus hit the car and then crashed into a house.
We’re working to confirm the cause of the crash with police. pic.twitter.com/UYhRWYkRUP
A WTAE crew on scene saw a Kia SUV with a busted front end getting towed from the scene.
An alert from PRT on X said the 71D bus that normally stops here is now out of service both inbound and outbound.
Pittsburgh's Action News 4 has reached out to Monroeville Police with questions.
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