According to published reports and a video, a one vehicle crash late Saturday night resulted in the fatality of a Union teenager after brake failure left his car helplessly careening down Bridge Street.
The accident happened around 9:45 p.m. on Wampum Avenue at Bridge Street. According to reports, police said the driver had been trying to use his hand brake to stop the vehicle, but that also failed. His vehicle went over the embankment, striking at least two trees and rolling over, although it did not end up in the Connoquenessing Creek below.
The emergency brake apparently gave out coming down Bridge Street near the old Saint Agatha School.” said Wayne Parsons, of the Ellwood City Police Department in a WPXI video report. “He came down through Orchard Avenue, past Hazel Avenue, across State Route 65, across First Street, and across Wampum Avenue, through a parking lot, then over the embankment.”
Two women were able to escape the crashed vehicle. They were taken to the hospital, treated, and released.
Ellwood City fire and police were on the scene along with North Sewickley, Franklin Township and Wampum fire departments.
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