State police investigating vehicle-pedestrian accident in Hempfield

Paul Peirce | Thursday, January 14, 2021 4:35 p.m.

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State police are investigating a vehicle-pedestrian accident Thursday in a Westmoreland County Housing Authority complex in Hempfield.

An unidentified man was taken by Mutual Aid Ambulance to Forbes Hospital in Monroeville with multiple injuries after being hit by a vehicle along Lenhart Avenue in the West Hempfield Townhomes complex, according to Adamsburg Volunteer Fire Chief Don Thoma.

The crash occurred at 1:28 p.m. and police were immediately called to the scene, according to a county 911 dispatch supervisor.

Thoma declined to release further details. A state police report was not available.