{"id":115007,"date":"2026-02-16T04:35:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T04:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/115007\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T04:35:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T04:35:18","slug":"pedestrian-struck-killed-after-vehicle-crash-in-new-castle-lawrence-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/115007\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedestrian struck, killed after vehicle crash in New Castle, Lawrence County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A pedestrian was struck and killed following a vehicle crash in New Castle, Lawrence County, officials said Sunday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Officers with the New Castle Police Department were called to the scene along Wilmington Road at the intersection with Edison Avenue shortly after 7 p.m., authorities said via a media release.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said the roadway was expected to be closed for an extended period as crews worked at the scene. Drivers were urged to avoid the area and seek alternate routes.<\/p>\n<p>New Castle Police Department Chief David Cumo confirmed the fatality to KDKA-TV on Sunday night, adding that New Castle police are continuing the investigation, while the Pennsylvania State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Specialists unit was requested to assist with accident reconstruction.<\/p>\n<p>The identity of the victim was not immediately available as of Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>\n          More from CBS News\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A pedestrian was struck and killed following a vehicle crash in New Castle, Lawrence County, officials said Sunday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115008,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[7674,73,75,74,1704],"class_list":{"0":"post-115007","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh","8":"tag-lawrence-county","9":"tag-pittsburgh","10":"tag-pittsburgh-headlines","11":"tag-pittsburgh-news","12":"tag-traffic"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115007","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=115007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}