PennDOT: Portion of Allegheny County road closed due to crash
PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR AT FOUR STARTS NOW. HEY, EVERYBODY. THANKS FOR JOINING US HERE FOR PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR AT 4:00. I’M KELLY SASSO AND GOOD AFTERNOON I’M ANDREW STOCKEY. HERE’S WHAT’S HAPPENING AND WHAT WE’RE WORKING ON, BEGINNING WITH YOUR TOP FOUR STORIES AT 4:00. TODAY IS AN IMPACT DAY IN THE PITTSBURGH AREA. WE’RE EXPECTING TODAY’S RAIN TO TURN TO SNOW AT ABOUT 6:00. AFTER THIS SYSTEM, WE’RE ALSO GOING TO BE GETTING HIT WITH SOME PLUMMETING TEMPERATURES. BREAKING NEWS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON. TWO PEOPLE ARE CHARGED AFTER A DECOMPOSED BODY WAS FOUND INSIDE A HOME IN CANTON TOWNSHIP. JAMES AND DEBBIE BELL FACED A JUDGE YESTERDAY RELATING TO THE DEATH OF 64 YEAR OLD MICHAEL BEBOUT. POLICE SAY HIS BODY WAS DISCOVERED IN HIS BED IN AN ADVANCED STATE OF DECOMPOSITION. THAT WAS BACK IN JANUARY. A SECOND LAWSUIT HAS NOW BEEN FILED AGAINST THE PITTSBURGH ZOO AND AQUARIUM. THE NONHUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT IS ALLEGING THE ZOO USES COERCIVE BREEDING PRACTICES, WHICH INCLUDE PHYSICAL RESTRAINT, FORCED SEPARATION OF MOTHERS AND CALVES, AND LONG TERM CONFINEMENT IN BARNS. THIS LAWSUIT PERTAINS TO TWO ELEPHANTS, WHICH WERE JUST MOVED FROM THE ZOO TO THE ZOO’S INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION CENTER IN SOMERSET COUNTY BACK IN OCTOBER. THE SUIT IS DEMANDING A RIGHT TO LIBERTY FOR THOSE ANIMALS. AND BIG NEWS FOR YOUR MONEY THIS AFTERNOON, FEDERAL RESERVE IS CUTTING INTEREST RATES ONCE AGAIN. IT’S THE THIRD CUT IN A ROW, AND IT’S NOT THE LOWEST. IT’S BEEN NEARLY THREE YEARS. THE FED HAS SIGNALED THAT RATE MAY HOLD FOR A WHILE. THOSE ARE YOUR TOP FOUR STORIES. AT 4:00 ON THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. TIME NOW TO FOCUS, AS WE HAVE BEEN ALL DAY LONG ON PITTSBURGH’S ACTION WEATHER. YEAH, THAT RAIN HAS BEEN COMING DOWN ALL DAY. METEOROLOGIST BRIAN HUNT JUNIOR IS HERE WITH US. BRIAN, YOU SAID THAT’S GOING TO BE CLICKING OVER TO SNOW HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. YES. COLDER AIR ARRIVES. WE’LL SEE THAT CHANGE OVER. AND EVEN THOUGH WE’RE GOING TO SEE A CHANGE TO SNOW, NOT EXPECTING MUCH ACCUMULATION FOR MOST OF US IT’S JUST YOU WANT TO SEE SNOWFLAKES INSTEAD OF RAINDROPS AND RAIN SHOWERS WORKING THROUGH PORTIONS OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY. NOW THAT ALSO STRETCHING INTO WESTMORELAND AND ARMSTRONG COUNTY MAY SEE A BIT OF MIXING IN ARMSTRONG COUNTY, PERHAPS SOME RAIN SNOW MIX AGAIN, SOME HEAVIER DOWNPOURS MARCHING RIGHT DOWN THE PARKWAY EAST, BACK OVER TOWARDS PLUM AND ABOUT TO BE OVER TOP OF MONROEVILLE AND DOWN TOWARDS BENTLEYVILLE AS WELL. SHORTLY WE STILL HAVE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES IN EFFECT FOR THE I-80 CORRIDOR AND THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS. THOSE CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER FEW HOURS. BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE ALSO STILL UP FOR PRESTON AND GARRETT COUNTIES. PARTS OF THOSE TWO COUNTIES, AS WE CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. THOSE LAST UNTIL TOMORROW. WE’RE BACK OFF TO FLURRY CHANCES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. HIGHS BACK TO AND BELOW FREEZING. ANOTHER SYSTEM IS HERE ON SATURDAY THAT WILL BRING SOME SNOW SHOWERS LATE. RIGHT NOW, NOT EXPECTING MUCH ACCUMULATION, BUT IT PLUNGES US VERY COLD. ON SUNDAY WE’LL WAKE UP IN THE TEENS TO SINGLE DIGITS SUNDAY MORNING, STRUGGLE BACK TO THE 20S THROUGH THE DAY. WIND CHILLS WILL MAKE IT FEEL WORSE THAN THAT. SO SUNDAY IS GOING TO BE ROUGH AND DOESN’T GET MUCH BETTER FOR YOUR STEELERS MONDAY. YOU’RE SAYING ARCTIC BLAST? YES. YEAH, THIS WILL THIS LIKELY WILL BE. ACTUALLY, IF WE GET THAT COLD WILL BE THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON SO FAR. I ASKED HIM, I SAID ARE WE IS THAT YOU KNOW, THE THE DRAMATIC WAY TO EXPLAIN IT OR IS THAT ACTUALLY I KNOW THAT’S THE SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION. PITTSBURGH’S GETTING AN ARCTIC BLAST. WE CAN VISUALIZE THAT. YEAH. YES. ALL RIGHT, BRIAN, THANKS SO MUCH. WE’LL SEE YOU HERE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. AND WE’RE GOING TO STAY WITH THE WEATHER HERE. AS SPEED REDUCTION IS NOW IN EFFECT ON I-79. THIS IS FOR THE STRETCH BETWEEN ROUTE 208 AND 258 ALL THE WAY TO THE END OF I-79 IN ERIE COUNTY. DURING THIS TIME, COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ALSO MUST MOVE TO THE RIGHT LANE. PENNDOT ALSO REDUCED THE SPEED LIMIT ON I-80 IN OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES, THE LIMIT IS NOW 45 MILES AN HOUR FOR ALL VEHICLES FROM THE OHIO PENNSYLVANIA STATE LINE TO THE US. 219 DUBOIS BROCKWAY EXIT. ANYTIME WE HAVE CHANGING CONDITIONS, IT’S A GOOD TIME TO REMIND YOU TO HAVE THAT FREE WTAE APP DOWNLOADED AND READY TO GO. THAT WAY, YOU CAN ACCESS OUR LIVE RADAR TO TRACK THE RAIN, THE SNOW, AND THOSE TEMPERATURES WHILE YOU’RE AT HOME. OR IF YOU’RE ON THE GO. IF YOU TURN ON THE ALERTS. YOU’LL ALSO BE THE FIRST TO KNOW ABOUT ANY BREAKING NEWS STORIES, PLUS TRAFFIC OR SCHOOL DELAYS. NEW ON FOUR THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAN IS ACCUSED OF BURGLARY AT A CHURCH IN ROCHESTER, BEAVER COUNTY, EARLIER THIS WEEK. HAS BEEN ARRESTED. ROCHESTER POLICE SAY ARTHUR JACK WAS ARRESTED IN NEW YORK CITY LAST NIGHT. THEY SAY THEY’RE NOW TRYING TO GET HIM BACK TO PENNSYLVANIA. OF COURSE, WE’LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS CASE AND WE WILL LET YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS. AND RIGHT NOW, A SHOOTING INVESTIGATION IS HAPPENING IN WILKINSBURG. ALLEGHENY COUNTY POLICE SAY A MAN WAS SHOT WHILE INTERRUPTING A BURGLARY AT HIS HOME COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY FOR US THIS AFTERNOON IN WILKINSBURG. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER KALEA GUNDERSON LIVE WITH THE VERY LATEST. KELLY. WELL, ANDREW KELLY COUNTY POLICE TELL ME THE MAN SHOT THIS HAPPENED AS HE ARRIVED TO HIS HOME AND FOUND SOMEONE ELSE INSIDE. THEY SAY HE IS STABLE NOW AFTER INITIALLY BEING TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION. NOW TAKE A LOOK AT THE SCENE. AS OUR CAMERAS WERE ROLLING. POLICE SAY THAT THIS HAPPENED ALONG MCNARY BOULEVARD AROUND 8:00 TUESDAY EVENING. THEY SAY WHEN THE MAN GOT HOME, THE SUSPECTED BURGLARY WAS HAPPENING INSIDE HIS HOME AND THE MAN WAS SHOT IN THE TORSO. AND FORTUNATELY ONLY INJURED. NOW, AT THIS POINT, POLICE SAY NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE. KELLY. ANDREW KELLY, DO WE KNOW IF ANY OF THE NEIGHBORS HEARD OR SAW ANYTHING THAT COULD HELP? WELL, SOME SAW THAT ROW OF POLICE CARS LINING UP OUTSIDE THE HOME AS THEY RESPONDED TO THIS. THEY HEARD THE SIRENS. THEY DESCRIBED A VERY CHAOTIC SCENE AT THIS HOME, BUT MANY OF THEM ARE JUST HOPING FOR ANSWERS LIKE, WE ARE UNSURE HOW THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED, BECAUSE THEY SAY IT’S SO RARE THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENED IN THEIR QUIET COMMUNITY. YOU CAN HEAR FROM THEM COMING UP TONIGHT AT 5:00 COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY TONIGHT IN WILKINSBURG, KALEA GUNDERSON PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. OKAY, KELLY. THANK YOU. AND STAYING IN WILKINSBURG, ABOUT A MILE AWAY FROM THAT SHOOTING FIRE CONSUMED A HOME ON NORTH AVENUE AT THE SCENE, THE FIRE CHIEF TOLD PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR THEY BELIEVE THE HOUSE WAS ABANDONED. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. ALL NEW THIS AFTERNOON. THE PITTSBURGH ZOO AND AQUARIUM IS FACING A SECOND LAWSUIT. THIS SURROUNDS TWO ELEPHANTS WHO WERE JUST MOVED FROM THE ZOO TO THE ZOO’S CONSERVATION CENTER IN SOMERSET COUNTY. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER YASMINE RODRIGUEZ HERE NOW JOINS US IN THE NEWSROOM. AND, YASMINE, WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS NEW CASE? YEAH, GUYS. SO THE MAIN DIFFERENCE HERE IS THAT THE CASE THAT WAS FILED ON BEHALF OF THE NONHUMAN RIGHTS PROJECT, IT INVOLVES THESE TWO ELEPHANT SISTERS, VICTORIA AND ZURI. NOW, THIS WAS FILED TO STOP THE TRANSFER OF THOSE SISTERS TO THE CONSERVATION CENTER. BUT IT WAS TOO LATE. THE NHRP LEARNED ABOUT THIS TRANSFER AT A HEARING. IT WAS BACK ON OCTOBER 20TH AT THE NHRP FILED THE SUIT TO SEEK THE RELEASE OF ALL FIVE ELEPHANTS TO AN ACCREDITED SANCTUARY. THEY WOULD EVEN BEAR THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT TRANSFER. ON OCTOBER 27TH, THE ZOO TRANSFERRED ZURI AND VICTORIA, BUT IT WASN’T UNTIL NOVEMBER 10TH THAT THE LEARNED ABOUT THAT TRANSFER. AT THE HEARING IN REGARD TO THAT TRANSFER. NOW, THE PETITION DETAILS THE PITTSBURGH ZOO AND THE INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION CENTER FORCED AN UNNATURAL BREEDING PROCESS, INCLUDING RESTRAINING ELEPHANTS, FORCIBLY SEPARATING MOTHERS FROM CALVES SHORTLY AFTER BIRTH, AND FORCIBLY SEPARATING BONDED ELEPHANTS. ALSO, IN THIS CASE, VICTORIA AND ZURI WILL BE FORCIBLY BRED. THEY’LL HAVE NO CHOICE OVER THEIR SEXUAL PARTNER, AND WITH WILD ELEPHANTS, CHOICE IS AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT TO THEIR LIVES. NOW, THE PITTSBURGH ZOO AND AQUARIUM DOES SAY, AS WITH ALL AZA ACCREDITED MEMBERS, ANIMAL CARE AND WELL-BEING IS THE HALLMARK OF THE PITTSBURGH ZOO AND AQUARIUM. AND ELEPHANTS THERE ARE THRIVING UNDER THE COMPASSIONATE CARE OF THEIR DEDICATED AND EXPERT PROFESSIONAL STAFF. NOW COMING UP AT FIVE, I’LL TELL YOU GUYS THE ZOO’S MORE EXCUSE ME, MORE ON THE ZOO’S RESPONSE TO THAT LAWSUIT. SO LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM, YASMIN. ALL RIGHT, GUYS, WE’LL SEE YOU AT 5:00. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. WE’LL TURN TO THIS NOW. LOCAL NURSES ARE SPEAKING OUT THIS AFTERNOON ABOUT A RECENT MOVE BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. IT COULD PUT THINGS LIKE FUNDING AND LOANS IN JEOPARDY. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER CHANDI CHAPMAN LIVE IN PITTSBURGH’S SOUTH OAKLAND NEIGHBORHOOD THIS AFTERNOON, WITH ONE NURSE’S CONCERNS. CHANDI. YES, NURSES ACROSS THE STATE, INCLUDING ONES HERE IN PITTSBURGH, ARE UPSET BECAUSE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PLANS TO EXCLUDE THEM FROM THE PROFESSIONAL CATEGORIES OF COLLEGE DEGREES, AND THAT COULD PUT A CAP ON THEIR STUDENT LOANS. NURSES SAY THE PLAN THAT’S PART OF THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL WOULD HAVE A TRICKLE DOWN EFFECT THAT WILL AFFECT PATIENTS AND THE CARE THEY GET. NURSES SAY FEWER PEOPLE WILL WANT TO BECOME NURSES DURING A TIME WHERE THERE’S ALREADY A SHORTAGE. EVERY TIME THEY GO TO AN EDITOR AND THE WAIT IS FIVE, SIX, SEVEN HOURS, EVERY TIME THEY TRY TO GET AN APPOINTMENT AND THEY WAIT MONTHS. CHRONIC ILLNESSES WILL GET WORSE. ACUTE ILLNESSES WILL GET WORSE, AND PEOPLE WILL, YOU KNOW, STOP, STOP SEEING PROVIDERS, YOU KNOW, JUST GET SICKER AND CHANDI, YOU KNOW, WE HEAR SO MUCH ABOUT THE NURSING SHORTAGE. DO WE KNOW WHERE PENNSYLVANIA STANDS WHEN IT COMES TO THE SHORTAGE? WELL, THE UNION SAYS PENNSYLVANIA HAS A SHORTFALL OF 20,000 PRACTICING NURSES, AND THAT IS THE WORST IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. NOW, COMING UP, WE’LL TELL YOU WHAT OTHER CAREERS COULD BE AFFECTED BY THIS CHANGE. COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY AND SOUTH OAKLAND CHANDI CHAPMAN PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR MONEY. THIS AFTERNOON, THE FEDERAL RESERVE HAS ONCE AGAIN CUT INTEREST RATES. IT’S THE THIRD STRAIGHT TIME THEY’VE DONE THAT. AND ONCE AGAIN, IT’S A QUARTER POINT DROP. THE KEY RATE NOW BETWEEN THREE AND A HALF AND THREE AND THREE QUARTERS PERCENT. THIS CUT WAS MADE OVER OBJECTIONS FROM SOME FED OFFICIALS, WHO BELIEVE A FOCUS ON THE HIGHER COST OF LIVING SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED. ALL THIS, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IS HAVING AN IMPACT ON LATE DAY TRADING ON WALL STREET. IN FACT, HERE’S A LIVE LOOK AT THE BIG BOARD. THE CLOSING BELL RINGING. JUST MOMENTS AGO, THE DOW UP NEARLY 500 POINTS. LOOK AT THE REST OF THE DAY ON WALL STREET A BIT LATER IN THIS NEWSCAST. AND ALL THIS COMES HOURS AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP TOUTED HIS ECONOMIC AGENDA DURING A RALLY IN THE POCONOS. ABC’S PERRY RUSSOM IS HERE NOW WITH A CLOSER LOOK AT HOW AMERICANS FEEL ABOUT AFFORDABILITY. FOR THE THIRD TIME THIS YEAR, THE FEDERAL RESERVE CUTS INTEREST RATES AGAIN BY 0.25%. CONSUMER SPENDING APPEARS TO HAVE REMAINED SOLID, AND BUSINESS FIXED INVESTMENT HAS CONTINUED TO EXPAND. IN CONTRAST, ACTIVITY IN THE HOUSING SECTOR REMAINS WEAK. THE CUT WILL IMPACT WHAT YOU PAY ON EVERYTHING FROM CREDIT CARDS TO BUYING A HOME. BEFORE THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE, TOP OFFICIALS AT THE FED HAD DISAGREED PUBLICLY OVER THE CUT. AS INFLATION HAS GONE UP IN RECENT MONTHS AND HIRING HAS SLOWED DOWN. IT COMES AS PRESIDENT TRUMP STARTS GOING BACK ON THE ROAD TALKING THE COST OF LIVING. I HAVE NO HIGHER PRIORITY THAN MAKING AMERICA AFFORDABLE AGAIN. THAT’S WHAT WE’RE GOING TO DO. A NEW REUTERS IPSOS POLL SHOWS 56% OF AMERICANS DISAPPROVE OF HOW THE PRESIDENT IS HANDLING THE COST OF LIVING. 31% APPROVE. OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, HEALTH CARE, CHILD CARE, GROCERIES, RENT AND ELECTRICITY HAVE ALL GONE UP. BUT THE PRESIDENT LAST NIGHT DISMISSED CONCERNS ABOUT AFFORDABILITY, CALLING THE ISSUE A DEMOCRAT HOAX AND A CON JOB. THEY SAY, OH, HE DOESN’T REALIZE PRICES ARE HIGH. PRICES ARE COMING DOWN VERY SUBSTANTIALLY, BUT THEY HAVE A NEW WORD. YOU KNOW, THEY ALWAYS HAVE A HOAX. THE NEW WORD IS AFFORDABILITY. SENATE MINORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER TODAY PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING. THEY CAN’T AFFORD BASIC NEEDS. AND DONALD TRUMP KEEPS MAKING FUN OF IT BY CALLING IT ALL A GIANT HOAX. THE FED MADE TODAY’S RATE CUT WITH MUCH LESS INFORMATION THAN HE USUALLY HAS. THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN DELAYED TWO MONTHS OF JOBS AND INFLATION DATA. PERRY RUSSOM, ABC NEWS, WASHINGTON. WELL, THE SENATE IS SET TO VOTE TOMORROW ON A REPUBLICAN BILL THAT WOULD EXPAND HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS TO HELP PEOPLE PAY FOR THEIR AFFORDABLE CARE ACT PLANS. BUT IT DOES NOT EXTEND THE SUBSIDIES DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN PUSHING TO PRESERVE. THOSE TAX CREDITS EXPIRE AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. WHY WOULD DEMOCRATS WANT TO GIVE ALL THE MONEY TO THE INSURANCE COMPANY, AS OPPOSED TO ALL THE MONEY TO THE PATIENT? WHY DO THEY WANT THEM TO HAVE A $6,000 DEDUCTIBLE AS OPPOSED TO MONEY IN THEIR PURSE, POCKETBOOK ACCOUNT BY WHICH TO PAY THOSE ADDITIONAL EXPENSES? THAT SHOULD BE THE BASIS FOR A BIPARTISAN AGREEMENT. OURS IS THE ONLY PLACE THEIR PLAN WOULD ALLOW THE TAX CREDITS TO EXPIRE. IN YOUR OWN WORDS. OUR PLAN WOULD STOP THEM FROM EXPIRING. THAT’S WHY IT’S SUPPORTED OVERWHELMINGLY BY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. DEMOCRATS CALL THE GOP PLAN A NONSTARTER. BOTH BILLS ARE EXP
PennDOT: Portion of Allegheny County road closed due to crash
Updated: 5:47 PM EST Dec 10, 2025
A portion of a busy road in Allegheny County remains closed following a crash Wednesday evening. VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 on WednesdayPennDOT officials told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 that Washington Pike (Rt. 50) is closed in both directions between Thoms Run Road and the I-79 interchange in Collier Township. Officials did not say if anyone was hurt or what led to the crash. Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 is working to learn more and will provide updates as they come into the newsroom. This is a developing story. Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.
BRIDGEVILLE, Pa. —
A portion of a busy road in Allegheny County remains closed following a crash Wednesday evening.
VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 on Wednesday
PennDOT officials told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 that Washington Pike (Rt. 50) is closed in both directions between Thoms Run Road and the I-79 interchange in Collier Township.
Officials did not say if anyone was hurt or what led to the crash.
Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 is working to learn more and will provide updates as they come into the newsroom.
This is a developing story.
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