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MVA with injury, 142 Pittsburgh Road

 April 29, 2022 7:17 AM
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Audio clips and several small details have been added to this incident page as of 5/28.

Reported 1 vehicle accident across from Burger King with a person thrown from the vehicle, laying in the old Days Inn parking lot in Butler Township.

07:17: Butler Township Station 3, Butler City Station 1, and Butler Ambulance Station 99 alerted.

Stations 3, 1 and 99 alerted for a vehicle accident with injury and ejection.

07:18: Butler Township Captain 3 en route to the scene. Butler City Engine 1 and Tower 1 en route.

07:19: Township Chief 3 en route to the scene, requesting a helicopter on standby.

Butler Township Chief 3 requesting a helicopter on standby.

07:21: Butler Township Station 3-2 in Lyndora acknowledged the call with 1 man on station; Engine 1 on location.

07:22: Chief 3, 99-21 on scene. 18 seconds later the helicopter is urgently requested in the air. LifeFlight 4 is at home at the Butler Airport with a 10 minute ETA to the old Days Inn.

Butler Ambulance 99-21 arrives on scene and 18 seconds later urgently requests the helicopter be launched.

07:27: Rescue 3 arriving to establish the LZ.

07:28: Command is requesting Control notify West Penn Power, Armstrong Cable, and CenturyLink of a cracked pole, still standing, not on the roadway, at the corner of Pittsburgh Road and Bean Street.

07:30: LF4 airborne from the Airport.

07:34: LifeFlight 4 is inbound with the landing zone in sight.

LifeFlight 4 is approaching the landing zone, taking the LZ brief from Butler Township units.

07:37: LF4 on the ground at the old Days Inn.

07:41: There is apparently an unidentified male on the scene for an unknown reason; an unidentified unit states he needs to stay off the road or police will get involved.

An unknown male in a tie is apparently trying to get on the scene – possibly a reporter.

08:00: LF4 is still on the ground, no further word. Traffic sounds like it is 1-way.

08:02: Traffic stopping for LF to take off due to possibility of debris flying.

Traffic is stopping while LifeFlight 4 takes off from Days Inn due to the possibility of flying debris.

08:03: LF4 airborne to Pittsburgh.

LifeFlight 4 is off the ground, airborne to Pittsburgh. The ambulance did not specify which hospital.

08:14: Traffic controllers are trying to open up and clear some of the backlog, but it is still 1-way.

08:17: LifeFlight is on the helipad at AGH.

08:20: Power company trucks are arriving, also stuck in traffic.

08:27: Butler Township Squad 3-2 is instructed by Pittsburgh Road Command to reopen the road.

Command instructing Squad 3-2 to reopen Pittsburgh Road.

09:30: Pittsburgh Road Command terminated, all Butler Township Fire Department units are back in service.

Pittsburgh Road Command terminated.

By May 02, 2022, the driver in this crash had reportedly passed away, per Butler Radio Network.

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