Woman Injured in Two-Vehicle Accident Friday
One woman was trapped in the back of a four-door sedan as the result of a two-vehicle accident along State Route 422 in Kittanning Township late Friday night. She was pulled out by responding firefighters, but had to be transported to a regional hospital with arm and head injuries.
by Jonathan Weaver
A female passenger was transported to a regional hospital after a two-vehicle accident late Friday night.
The crash occurred about 11:40PM along State Route 422 in Kittanning Township near the intersection with Simpson Church Road between two vehicles: a red four-door Nissan Altima and a red Dodge 4×4 truck.
Kittanning Township, Manor Township and Rayburn Township volunteer fire fighters all responded to the scene after hearing the woman was trapped in the vehicle. According to responding firefighters, the woman was trapped in the backseat, but did not suffer life-threatening injuries. Responders later identified a possible fractured left arm and internal head injury before transport.
Kittanning #6 Ambulance emergency responders were to transport Shivani Brahmbhatt, 19, of Indiana, PA to ACMH in East Franklin Township, but instead went to UPMC-Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh.
The Nissan driver – identified by State Police as Harvinder Saggi, 20, of Hamburg, PA - allegedly was driving toward Indiana, but lost control of his vehicle and spun into the guardrail on the other side of the highway. As it was spinning, it’s rear bumper impacted the front bumper of the Dodge truck.
Saggi, and another passenger - Singh Bhupinder, 20, of Enola, PA and the unidentified Dodge truck driver were not injured and remained on-scene until Pennsylvania State Police troopers arrived. State Police Trooper Jerry Zundel stated that all occupants were wearing seat belts at the time of the crash.
Though it is estimated only two inches of snow fell on the area, responding emergency crews battled near-blinding conditions and hazardous road conditions approaching the scene. PennDOT crews were notified to respond, but ambulance responders had to remain at the top of one of the hill dips due to slick conditions.
Manor Township and Rayburn Township crews shut down traffic on either side of the accident for about an hour before opening up only the eastbound lane.
Remaining fire crews left the scene about two hours after the initial dispatch – as snow was starting to slow.
About an hour into the incident, Rayburn Township firefighters also responded to a possible vehicle accident along Clearfield Pike.
Local News | jweaver January 26, 2015
