Crash sends motorcycle passenger over Pittsburgh's 31st Street Bridge onto train tracks below
A motorcyclist struck a concrete barrier on the 31st Street Bridge early Monday, sending a female passenger over the bridge onto train tracks below, Pittsburgh police said.
The crash closed the bridge to traffic for about two hours.
Authorities responded to the incident around 4:30 a.m. Police spokeswoman Cara Cruz said the male driver suffered head and arm injuries, while police and EMS found the female passenger near the train tracks, near River Avenue, in critical condition.
Both were taken to the hospital in critical condition, Cruz said. Neither was identified.
The crash remains under investigation.
Justin Vellucci is a TribLive reporter covering crime and public safety in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. A longtime freelance journalist and former reporter for the Asbury Park (N.J.) Press, he worked as a general assignment reporter at the Trib from 2006 to 2009 and returned in 2022. He can be reached at jvellucci@triblive.com.
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