Police: Man dies in Route 28 crash after appearing to jump from moving vehicle

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Police: Man dies in Route 28 crash after appearing to jump from moving vehicle

Patrick Varine | Tuesday, February 25, 2025 8:22 a.m.

Massoud Hossaini | TribLive

Workers load one of the vehicles involved in a fatal accident along Route 28 Tuesday morning onto a flatbed truck near Etna.

A man who police believe jumped from a moving vehicle was struck and killed along Route 28 in a multi-vehicle crash Tuesday morning.

The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office identified the victim as Connell Nihei, 50, of Pittsburgh.

The crash near Etna was reported shortly before 7 a.m., according to Allegheny County Police, and shut down the northbound lanes of the highway for several hours. Authorities said it appears that Nihei jumped from a vehicle and then was struck by another vehicle.

He died at the scene.

Everyone involved in the incident remained at the scene and is cooperating with the investigation, police said.

The roadway was reopened around 10:40 a.m., according to PennDOT spokesman Steve Cowan. Both northbound lanes of Route 28 had been closed between Exit 4 (Butler Street) and Exit 5 (Route 8).

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