{"id":109451,"date":"2026-02-09T22:00:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T22:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/109451\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T22:00:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T22:00:47","slug":"driver-runs-after-hitting-pedestrian-on-busy-pittsburgh-street-but-is-quickly-apprehended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/109451\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver runs after hitting pedestrian on busy Pittsburgh street, but is quickly apprehended"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bdaca6b425732970f10d3421289272f1.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">An investigation is underway after a man was hit by a vehicle in Pittsburgh\u2019s East Allegheny neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A Pittsburgh Public Safety spokesperson says police responded to the intersection of East Ohio Street and East Street around 2:45 p.m. Monday for the reported hit-and-run crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Medics took the pedestrian to an area hospital. The injuries he suffered during the crash weren\u2019t immediately known.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The driver ran from the scene but was quickly apprehended on Tripoli Street.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Tonight on Channel 11 at 5 p.m., reporter Gabriella DeLuca talks to witnesses who captured the moment the driver took off. <\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:FREE WPXI News app;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Twitter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Watch WPXI NOW;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An investigation is underway after a man was hit by a vehicle in Pittsburgh\u2019s East Allegheny neighborhood. A&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109452,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[24897,34344,52459,73,75,74],"class_list":["post-109451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-east-allegheny","tag-east-ohio-street","tag-east-street","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}