2-car crash briefly closes Route 30 in Hempfield

Patrick Varine | Friday, May 28, 2021 1:07 p.m.

Joe Napsha | Tribune-Review

State police talk with motorists involved in a crash near Denny’s on Route 30 in Hempfield, on Friday, May 28, 2021.

Two people were taken by ambulance from the scene of a two-car crash shortly before noon Friday on Route 30 in Hempfield, fire officials said.

The crash involving an Equinox sport utility vehicle and a Subaru was reported around 11:45 a.m. at the West Road intersection with eastbound Route 30, at the Denny’s restaurant.

“Route 30 (eastbound) was closed for about 15 minutes when we had to extricate one of the patients,” Hempfield Deputy Fire Chief John Storey Jr. said.

South Greensburg firefighters assisted on the call.

State police at Greensburg investigated the accident.