1 flown to hospital after crash in West Kittanning, Armstrong County
FOUR STARTS NOW. AND RIGHT NOW, SEVERE WINTER WEATHER HITTING OUR AREA. AN ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR MANY. AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES FOR OTHERS. ICE ACCUMULATING ON ROADS AND VISIBILITY FOR MANY IS LIMITED. ALL OF THIS LEADING TO SOME TRICKY DRIVING CONDITIONS AS WE LEAVE BEHIND CHRISTMAS. WE ARE TRACKING THE SEVERE WEATHER ALERT DAY HERE ON PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR AT 4:00. I’M KRISTEN POWERS IN FOR KELLY SASSO. I’M ANDREW STOCKEY AND WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE FOR YOU ON THE CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. REPORTER JASMINE RODRIGUEZ AND ED DIORIO STANDING BY TO UPDATE US ON THE ROADS. BUT FIRST, LET’S CHECK IN WITH OUR CHIEF METEOROLOGIST, MIKE HARVEY. WITH THE CONDITIONS CURRENTLY AT THIS HOUR, MIKE, AS WE TAKE A LOOK OUTSIDE, IT IS A SEVERE WEATHER ALERT DAY AS WE ARE SEEING STILL RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN THAT IS MOVING ACROSS THE REGION AS WARM ENOUGH. NOW IN PITTSBURGH WHERE IT IS ALL RAIN AND HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS UP TOWARDS NORTHERN BUTLER AND OVER TOWARDS INDIANA ARMSTRONG COUNTY AND ALONG I-80, WHERE WE’VE SEEN SEVERAL CAR CRASHES IN THOSE AREAS THERE STILL SEEING FREEZING RAIN COMING DOWN IN ICING IN THESE AREAS. A LITTLE CLOSER LOOK HERE, OIL CITY AND UP TOWARDS VENANGO, FOREST COUNTY, CLARION COUNTY. ALL STILL SEEING FREEZING RAIN AT THIS TIME. YOU CAN SEE THE LINE RIGHT HERE GOING THROUGH NORTHERN AND NORTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF ARMSTRONG COUNTY AND DOWN INTO INDIANA COUNTY AS WELL. NOW THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH OUT. WARM AIR WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE OUT, BUT WE’RE STILL GOING TO BE SEEING FREEZING RAIN IN THESE AREAS FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS, TEMPERATURE WISE IN AND AROUND PITTSBURGH. VERY WARM AS THAT WARM AIR IS MOVING IN, BUT UP TOWARDS DUBOIS AND OUT TOWARDS THE EAST. STILL GOING TO BE SEEING FREEZING RAIN. SO TRAVEL OUT THAT WAY IS GOING TO BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. WE GO LATER TONIGHT AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE’LL HAVE SOME RAIN IN AND AROUND THE AREA. WE DO HAVE AN ICE STORM WARNING THAT IS IN EFFECT FOR INDIANA. ARMSTRONG, CLARION COUNTY AND OUT TO THE EAST, THESE ARE THE AREAS WHERE WE STILL COULD HAVE SOME SNOW OR, EXCUSE ME, SOME ICE ACCUMULATION IN THOSE AREAS. AND AS WE HEAD TOWARDS THE WEEKEND, WE CALM IT DOWN ON SATURDAY. 40 DEGREES FOR YOUR HIGH TEMPERATURE AND IMPACT DAY ON SUNDAY AS WE WILL HAVE WARM TEMPERATURES BUT HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES. OKAY MIKE, THANK YOU. OF COURSE WE STILL HAVE TO GET THROUGH TODAY. HELP US TRACK THOSE ROAD CONDITIONS. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER YASMIN RODRIGUEZ LIVE INSIDE LIV DRIVE FOR THIS AFTERNOON. YASMIN, WHERE ARE YOU RIGHT NOW AND HOW ARE THINGS LOOKING? WHERE YOU ARE. ANDREW. RIGHT NOW WE’RE IN CLARION COUNTY AND I HAVE TO SAY, ROAD CONDITIONS OUT HERE ARE NOT GREAT. IF YOU TAKE A LOOK, I’M GOING TO SHOW YOU NOW WHAT THAT ROAD LOOKS LIKE. PRETTY RAINY. AND THAT’S WHERE IT LOOKS TRICKY, BECAUSE AS SOON AS YOU STEP OUT INTO THOSE ROADS, IT IS INCREDIBLY ICY OUT HERE. ICE HAS EVEN MANAGED TO FORM AROUND ROADSIDES. I MEAN, THE MINUTE YOU STEP OUTSIDE, IT FEELS LIKE YOU ARE ICE SKATING AND THAT FREEZING RAIN IS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT STORY. ALMOST EVERY AREA IN CLARION IS COVERED IN ICE. WE DID MANAGE TO SEE A FEW SALT TRUCKS THAT REALLY HASN’T DONE MUCH, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, BECAUSE IT IS INCREDIBLY COLD AND ICY OUT HERE. WE’VE BEEN DRIVING AROUND CLARION FOR ABOUT AN HOUR NOW, AND I HAVE TO SAY ROAD CONDITIONS HERE AND TEMPERATURES HAVE NOT IMPROVED IN THE SLIGHTEST. WE WILL BE STAYING IN THIS AREA THE NEXT TIME WE CHECK IN WITH YOU GUYS. HOPEFULLY CONDITIONS IMPROVE, BUT I HAVE TO SAY, NOT THE BEST TRAVEL DAY FOR THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS, BUT WE’LL CHECK BACK IN A LITTLE BIT LATER. FOR NOW. COVERING CLARION COUNTY AND CLARION YASMIN RODRIGUEZ, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. YASMIN, THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE AND DO BE CAREFUL OUT THERE WITH THOSE CONDITIONS. YASMIN JUST SHOWED US THERE ARE SOME RESTRICTIONS ON SEVERAL MAJOR ROADWAYS IN OUR AREA. YEAH. HERE’S A LIST OF ALL THE MAJOR ROADS SEEING TIER THREE RESTRICTIONS RIGHT NOW. THAT MEANS NO COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ARE ALLOWED ON THE ROADS, BUSSES, MOTORCYCLES, RVS AND VEHICLES. TOWING TRAILERS ARE ALSO PROHIBITED. SPEED LIMITS FOR ALL VEHICLES ON THESE ROADS ARE DOWN TO 45MPH. NOW, CREWS IN OUR AREA HAVE BEEN PREPARING FOR THESE CONDITIONS ALL THROUGHOUT THE WEEK. WE SPOKE WITH PENNDOT OFFICIALS ABOUT THE STEPS THEY’VE BEEN TAKING. A LOT OF TIMES, IF WE KNOW ROADS WILL BE ICED, WE WILL USE A MIXTURE OF SALT AND ANTI-SKID, WHICH GIVES THE MELTING PROPERTIES OF THE SALT, AS WELL AS THE ANTI-SKID, WHICH HELPS WITH SOME TRACTION. WE ARE ENCOURAGING FOLKS IF THERE’S NOT A NEED TO TRAVEL DURING THIS STORM, TO PLEASE DON’T. ICE IS A VERY DIFFERENT ANIMAL ON ROADWAYS THAN WHAT SNOW CAN BE. PENNDOT ALSO PROVIDING A LONG LIST OF WINTER DRIVING TIPS THAT INCLUDES TURNING ON YOUR HEADLIGHTS, USING YOUR DEFROSTER AND WIPERS. KEEP WINDOWS AND MIRRORS FREE OF SNOW AND ICE. AND HERE’S A BIG ONE DO NOT STOP THE FLOW IN THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC, BECAUSE THIS COULD CAUSE A CHAIN REACTION COLLISION. NOW, ONE PLACE WHERE WE’VE ALREADY SEEN AN ACCIDENT THIS AFTERNOON IS LIGONIER, WESTMORELAND COUNTY. THAT’S WHERE WESTMORELAND BUREAU REPORTER AND JOINS US LIVE FROM. EDITOR HOW ARE THE CONDITIONS THERE AS FAR AS YOU’RE SEEING? WELL, KRISTEN, THE THING ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC PORTION OF WESTMORELAND COUNTY HERE IN LIGONIER TOWNSHIP IS THAT WE’RE IN THE ELEVATED PORTION UP ON TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN, JUST AS YOU’RE ABOUT TO HEAD INTO SOMERSET COUNTY IS WHERE YOU FIND ME RIGHT NOW. AND THIS IS ROUTE 30. IT’S BEEN TREATED, BUT THERE WAS A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON THIS ROAD WITHIN A HALF MILE OF WHERE WE’RE STANDING, WHERE ONE CAR BASICALLY RAN INTO THE BACKSIDE OF ANOTHER THAT WAS TRYING TO TAKE IT, SLOW DOWN THE MOUNTAIN, AND THEN THE ICE MADE THAT CAR SKID AND COLLIDE WITH EACH OTHER. THERE WERE NO MAJOR INJURIES AND BOTH DRIVERS WERE OKAY. BUT THAT JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT THIS ICE IS ACCUMULATING QUICKLY, BECAUSE WE SAW A LOT OF RAIN FOR HOURS IN THE EARLY PORTION OF THE AFTERNOON, NOT JUST HERE IN WESTMORELAND, BUT WE WERE UP IN INDIANA COUNTY EARLIER. WE SAW IT UP THERE, TOO. AND NOW THAT THE TEMPERATURES, IF THEY’RE COLD ENOUGH, THIS ICE CAN ACCUMULATE QUICKLY. JUST TAKE A LOOK HERE. THIS IS OUR TRIPOD WE NORMALLY USE FOR OUR CAMERAS, STABILIZE OUR SHOTS. WE KEPT THIS OUT HERE FOR ABOUT A HALF HOUR. RAIN GOT ON IT AND TEMPERATURES CAUGHT UP QUICKLY. AND NOW THIS IS JUST ONE BIG ICICLE. KIND OF A THREE LEGGED ICICLE, IF YOU COULD. BUT THAT JUST GOES TO SHOW. AND THAT’S THE SAME THING ON OUR CAR. SIDE VIEW MIRRORS, THE HANDLES. IT’S ALL THE SAME. SO THIS ICE CAN ACCUMULATE QUICKLY AND FREEZE UP. BUT THAT’S WHY PENNDOT CREWS HAVE BEEN OUT. WE’VE BEEN SEEING THEM ALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY. AND I’M GOING TO SHOW A LITTLE BIT MORE WHY THAT PRETREATMENT IS IMPORTANT. IMPORTANT COMING UP WITHIN THE HALF HOUR. AND I’LL CHECK BACK IN SOON. COVERING WESTMORELAND COUNTY IN LIGONIER TOWNSHIP AT DIORIO PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. ALL RIGHT. AND WE’LL SEE YOU SOON. AND ANOTHER BIG IMPACT OF THIS ROUGH WEATHER IS ON FLIGHTS. ACCORDING TO FLIGHTAWARE, THERE HAVE BEEN 18 FLIGHTS CANCELED AT PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TODAY AND ANOTHER 50 DELAYED. THOSE NUMBERS JUMPED TO OVER 1400 CANCELLATIONS AND OVER 5700 DELAYS NATIONWIDE, WITH MANY OTHER AREAS AROUND THE COUNTRY DEALING WITH ROUGH WEATHER OF THEIR OWN. NOW, IF YOU HAVE A FLIGHT, MAKE SURE TO STAY AND WATCH THOSE UPDATES ON THE STATUS AHEAD OF TIME. AND OUR WTAE APP IS A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN STAY UP TO DATE. WITH ALL OF THESE CONDITIONS, ROAD RESTRICTIONS, AND OF COURSE EVERYTHING RELATED TO THIS ALERT DAY. MAKE SURE TO TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS TO GET WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES SENT STRAIGHT TO YOUR LOCK SCREEN. NOW WE’RE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS THIS AFTERNOON. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING IN HOMESTEAD BOROUGH. POLICE TELL US THERE WAS A SHOOTING ON EIGHTH AVENUE AROUND 11 THIS MORNING. A MAN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. ANOTHER MAN DETAINED. NOW, POLICE DID NOT GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE VICTIM’S CONDITION. AND COUNTY POLICE ARE OVER THIS INVESTIGATION. I GUESS I WANT TO BE CRYSTAL CLEAR ABOUT ONE THING. I DIDN’T USE ANY RACIAL SLURS. NO HATE SPEECH. I MEAN, NONE OF THAT STUFF AT THE GAME. THAT IS THE LIONS FAN INVOLVED IN THIS ALTERCATION WITH STEELER RECEIVER DK METCALF, WHO WANTS TO CLEAR HIS NAME. RYAN KENNEDY AND HIS LEGAL TEAM SAY THEY HAVE BEEN RUMORS GOING AROUND ONLINE THAT OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE WAS USED IN THAT INCIDENT. WELL, SPEAKING TO THE MEDIA TODAY, HE CALLED ON METCALF USING HIS FULL FIRST NAME TO DISPEL THOSE RUMORS. IF YOU’RE WATCHING THIS MAN, JUST IF YOU COULD JUST SAY THAT, PLEASE. LIKE MY FAMILY’S GETTING THREATS AND STUFF AND IT’S NOT COOL. AND THIS ISN’T JUST ME SAYING IT. FORD FIELD SECURITY INVESTIGATED THE INCIDENT AND ALLOWED MR. KENNEDY TO RETURN TO HIS SEAT AFTER IT WAS DETERMINED THAT NO CODE OF CONDUCT VIOLATION OCCURRED. KENNEDY’S LEGAL TEAM, ALSO ACKNOWLEDGING A PREVIOUS INTERACTION BETWEEN THE TWO WHEN METCALF WAS IN SEATTLE BUT SAY KENNEDY WAS CLEARED FROM THAT INCIDENT AS WELL. NOW, RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE WEIGHING FURTHER ACTION. METCALF, BY THE WAY, SUSPENDED FOR THE REST OF THE REGULAR SEASON AS A RESULT OF THAT ALTERCATION. MEANTIME, STEELERS ARE IN THE THICK OF THE PLAYOFF HUNT. IN FACT, THE MAGIC NUMBER IS ONE, WHICH MEANS A WIN OR RAVENS LOSS SECURES A POSTSEASON BERTH. REPORTER CARLOS FLORES JOINS US LIVE ON THE NORTH SHORE. CARLOS, YOU SPOKE WITH SOME PLAYERS TODAY. HOW ARE THEY FEELING? I CAN TELL YOU WHAT THEY’RE FEELING READY. THEY’RE READY TO GO. IT’S ALL IT’S GAME ON PRETTY MUCH FOR THE REST OF THE REGULAR SEASON. NOW OF COURSE, WITH THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS IN THE HEAT OF THE PLAYOFF HUNT, THIS COULD BE THE FIRST TIME THEY COULD CLINCH THE AFC NORTH FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FIVE YEARS. SO TODAY AT PRACTICE, THEY COMPLETELY TUNED OUT THE NOISE AND ALL EYES ARE FOCUSED ON WINNING AGAINST THE CLEVELAND BROWNS. NOW SUNDAY WILL BE THE ONE WILL BE ONE OF TWO GAMES THE STEELERS WILL BE WITHOUT. STAR WIDE RECEIVER DK METCALF, WHO WAS SUSPENDED BY THE NFL FOLLOWING AN ALTERCATION HE HAD WITH A FAN AT THE DETROIT LIONS GAME. BUT AT TODAY’S FRIDAY PRACTICE, IT WAS BUSINESS AS USUAL. ALL EYES WILL BE ON THE REST OF THE WIDE RECEIVER GROUP, HOWEVER, TO STEP UP IN METCALF’S ABSENCE. QUARTERBACK AARON RODGERS SPOKE EARLIER THIS WEEK NOT ONLY STANDING BY DK BUT BELIEVING IN OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR ARTHUR SMITH TO KEEP THIS OFFENSE MOVING. SURE, WE’LL HAVE A GOOD PLAN FOR ALL THAT, AND OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MARQUEZ AND ADAM AND HOPEFULLY ROMAN AS WELL. NOW, ANDREW MENTIONED EARLIER THE MAGIC NUMBER IS ONE ONE WIN. NOW THERE ACTUALLY IS TWO PATHS. HOWEVER, FOR THE STEELERS TO REALLY KIND OF GET THIS DONE. THE FIRST IS OF COURSE WINNING AGAINST THE CLEVELAND BROWNS. IF THEY DO THAT, THEY CLINCH THE DIVISION. THEY’RE IN THE PLAYOFFS. THE OTHER IS IF THE RAVENS LOSE TO THE GREEN BAY PACKERS ON SATURDAY. THAT WILL ALSO SEAL THEIR PLAYOFF SPOT FOR THE REST OF THE POSTSEASON. BUT FOR NOW, COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY FROM THE NORTH SHORE. CARLOS FLORES, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. ALL RIGHT, CARLOS, THANK YOU. A CAR CRASHES INTO THE CORNER OF A HOME. THIS IS IN PENN HILLS, PENN HILLS NUMBER SEVEN VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY POSTING THIS PICTURE RESPONDING TO ARBOR ROAD AROUND 5:00 THIS MORNING. OFFICIALS SAY NO ONE WAS IN THE CAR WHEN POLICE ARRIVED, AND THEY BELIEVE THE DRIVER RAN OFF. NO ONE ELSE WAS INJURED, BUT THERE WAS SOME DAMAGE TO THE WALL HIT THERE. THE CAUSE OF THIS CRASH IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. NOW LET’S HEAD TO MCKEESPORT, WHERE CREWS RESPONDED TO A FIRE INSIDE AN ALDI. OFFICIALS SAY THERE WAS A REPORTED FIRE INVOLVING A REFRIGERATED COOLER AT THE FRONT OF THE STORE. EMPLOYEES EVACUATED. NOBODY WAS HURT. THE FIRE WAS BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL AND CREWS STAYED ON SCENE TO HELP VENTILATE THE BUILDING OF RESIDUAL SMOKE. TWO A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL STORY THE U.S. CARRYING OUT STRIKES IN NIGERIA. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS ACCUSED ISIS OF KILLING CHRISTIANS. ABC’S OLIVIA RUBIN HAS THE DETAILS OF THE STRIKE AND WHAT COMES NEXT. TODAY, NEW IMAGES FROM NIGERIA DOCUMENTING THE AFTERMATH OF PRESIDENT TRUMP’S STRIKE ON WHAT HE SAYS ARE ISIS TARGETS THERE. VIDEO SHOWING ONE OF THE POSSIBLE STRIKE SITES, A SMALL CRATER AND CHARRED GRASS. POLICE BLOCKING OFF THE AREA. GLORY BE TO GOD. THERE WAS NO LOSS OF LIFE. THE PENTAGON POSTING THIS VIDEO ON SOCIAL MEDIA SHOWING THE CHRISTMAS NIGHT MISSILE LAUNCHES. NIGERIA SAYS THE STRIKES WERE CARRIED OUT IN COORDINATION WITH THEIR AUTHORITIES, BUT U.S. AFRICA COMMAND SAYS THE STRIKE DID KILL. QUOTE, MULTIPLE ISIS TERRORISTS. PRESIDENT TRUMP CLAIMS ISIS TERRORISTS IN NIGERIA ARE SLAUGHTERING CHRISTIANS. THE PRESIDENT, PREVIOUSLY WARNING OF A U.S. ATTACK. I’M HEREBY INSTRUCTING OUR DEPARTMENT OF WAR TO PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE ACTION. IF WE ATTACK, IT WILL BE FAST, VICIOUS AND SWEET, JUST LIKE THE TERRORIST THUGS ATTACK OUR CHERISHED CHRISTIANS. AND WHILE NIGERIA’S PRESIDENT DOESN’T DENY VIOLENCE THERE, HE HAS REFUTED SUCH CLAIMS, SAYING, QUOTE, THE CHARACTERIZATION OF NIGERIA AS RELIGIOUSLY INTOLERANT DOES NOT REFLECT OUR NATIONAL REALITY. SOME EXPERTS NOW WONDERING IF THE STRIKES WILL HAVE ANY EFFECT AT ALL. I DON’T THINK A STRIKE LIKE THIS IS GOING TO IS GOING TO DETER ANYONE FROM DOING ANYTHING. QUITE FRANKLY, ISIS HAS BEEN THERE FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS IN THE FORM OF THE WEST AFRICAN PROVINCE, WHICH IS PROBABLY THE FOLKS THAT WERE NOT TARGETED. THE RECENT ATTACKS BETWEEN CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS HAS BEEN GOING ON IN THE MIDDLE BELT OF NIGERIA. SO THEY’RE NOT EVEN GEOGRAPHICALLY VERY CLOSE. AND THE U.S. IS WARNING OF MORE STRIKES. OLIV
1 flown to hospital after crash in West Kittanning, Armstrong County
Updated: 5:11 PM EST Dec 26, 2025
One person was flown to the hospital following a rollover crash in Armstrong County early Friday morning. VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 on Dec. 26, 2025 Our news partners at the Trib said dispatchers confirmed one person was flown by medical helicopter to a local hospital after a crash near the intersection of Route 268 and Butler Road. The incident occurred in West Kittanning around 7 a.m. Officials have not provided any information on what led to the crash or the current condition of the victim. Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 is working to learn more about this incident and will provide updates as they are made available. Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.
WEST KITTANNING, Pa. —
One person was flown to the hospital following a rollover crash in Armstrong County early Friday morning.
VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 on Dec. 26, 2025
Our news partners at the Trib said dispatchers confirmed one person was flown by medical helicopter to a local hospital after a crash near the intersection of Route 268 and Butler Road.
The incident occurred in West Kittanning around 7 a.m.
Officials have not provided any information on what led to the crash or the current condition of the victim.
Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 is working to learn more about this incident and will provide updates as they are made available.
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