{"id":164258,"date":"2026-02-04T23:07:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T23:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/164258\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T23:07:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T23:07:56","slug":"woman-21-recovering-after-being-hit-by-prt-bus-in-pittsburgh-crosswalk-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/164258\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman, 21, recovering after being hit by PRT bus in Pittsburgh crosswalk, officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"

PITTSBURGH \u2014 Brand new surveillance video shows the moments right before a young woman was\u00a0hit by a PRT bus while walking in a\u00a0crosswalk in North Oakland.\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

The crash happened around 7 p.m. on Neville Street and Fifth Avenue, near Carnegie Mellon University\u2019s campus.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve learned the victim is a 21-year-old CMU student who is expected to be released from the hospital on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The driver who hit the young woman, trapping her under the bus, is a 25-year veteran of Pittsburgh Regional Transit. She is off the job while a full investigation is done. That will include standard drug and alcohol testing and a review of cameras inside the bus.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe saw the bus and we saw someone under the bus and their hands were moving,\u201d Abdul Brooks tells Channel 11.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That witness said good Samaritans jumped out of their cars as first responders raced to the scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThey got a bunch of wood planks, at least 30 and levied the top of the bus up just enough,\u201d Brook added. \u201cThey grabbed her out and put her right on the stretcher.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the video, you can see the PRT bus as it turns left from Neville Street onto Fifth Avenue in North Oakland.\u00a0At the same time, the woman is crossing Fifth Avenue in the crosswalk\u00a0when she was hit by the bus. The video then shows people pulling over and jumping out of their cars to help while first responders race to the scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw about 4-5 cop cars, maybe more and an ambulance,\u201d Grace Burdee tells Channel 11.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m not surprised. I\u2019ve had close calls on this intersection right here, making the crosswalk, and you think you have the right of way and the bus makes a big turn and maybe doesn\u2019t see you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other students say they\u2019ve had very different experiences in this area.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m shocked,\u201d Alden Grover tells us. \u201cI\u2019ve never had any issues with PRT and I\u2019ve never had any issues with this crosswalk.\u201d<\/p>\n

Neighbors tell us this is a busy intersection. They\u2019d like to see the walk signs light up only when traffic is stopped at red lights, not when cars and buses are driving through.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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