Pittsburgh police free elderly couple from car on railroad tracks
Pittsburgh first responders on Saturday morning freed an elderly couple from a car that was found on railroad tracks on West Carson Street.
A Pittsburgh police officer noticed the car, a four-door Mercury, on the tracks shortly before 9 a.m.
Medics and firefighters were able to get the man and woman out of the car and carry them over the railing.
They were taken to an area hospital and were considered to be in stable condition.
Police believe the car may have entered the CSX tracks from a service road in McKees Rocks.
Paula Reed Ward is a TribLive reporter covering federal and Allegheny County courts. She joined the Trib in 2020 after spending nearly 17 years at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, where she was part of a Pulitzer Prize-winning team. She is the author of “Death by Cyanide.” She can be reached at pward@triblive.com.
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