Pittsburgh police free elderly couple from car on railroad tracks

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Paula Reed Ward | Saturday, May 15, 2021 12:01 p.m.

Courtesy of Pittsburgh Department of Public Safety

An elderly couple was removed from this car on the CSX tracks on West Carson Street on Saturday, May 15.

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.