School van driver dead after crash on Pittsburgh’s North Side

Natalie Miller

April 29, 2024 at 9:09 AM·1 min read

The driver of a school van died after a crash in Pittsburgh Tuesday morning.

Crews were called around 7:20 a.m. to the area of W. North Avenue and Arch Street in the city’s Allegheny Center neighborhood for a report of a vehicle into a pole.

First responders found the 67-year-old driver unresponsive and trapped in the van. No students were on board at the time.

The driver is suspected of having a heart attack. He was extricated from the van and EMS gave him aid.

As he was being taken to a local hospital in critical condition, the driver went into cardiac arrest.

He was pronounced dead at the hospital a short time later.

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