Pittsburgh Regional Transit light rail vehicle hit by car in Mt. Lebanon, 2 taken to hospital

Raquel CiampiPITTSBURGH —

A Pittsburgh Regional Transit Light Rail vehicle was hit by a car Thursday afternoon.

Officials with PRT said a vehicle hit the Light Rail near where the Red Line crosses Poplar Drive in Mt. Lebanon.

Around 20 passengers were on board at the time of the crash.

Two people were taken to a hospital. Officials have not said whether or not those people were on the LRV or in the vehicle.

Sky 4, Pittsburgh’s only news helicopter, was over the scene when the LRV began to move once again.

The condition of those who were injured is unknown.

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