{"id":13138,"date":"2025-10-24T00:58:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T00:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/13138\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T00:58:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T00:58:07","slug":"support-requested-for-12-year-old-student-westinghouse-academy-staff-member-hit-by-suv-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/13138\/","title":{"rendered":"Support requested for 12-year-old student, Westinghouse Academy staff member hit by SUV \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 Pittsburgh Public Schools is rallying support for a student and staff member hit by an SUV outside Westinghouse Academy last week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PREVIOUS COVERAGE &gt;&gt;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/2-people-hit-by-vehicle-outside-pittsburghs-westinghouse-academy\/ZTF3ANYPWRCGNJTMYZ7OERYH6Q\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/2-people-hit-by-vehicle-outside-pittsburghs-westinghouse-academy\/ZTF3ANYPWRCGNJTMYZ7OERYH6Q\/\">12-year-old boy, adult woman hit by SUV outside Pittsburgh\u2019s Westinghouse Academy<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The two victims, a 12-year-old boy and an adult woman, were walking near the school on Oct. 15 when they were struck.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Both were seriously hurt and are now recovering after multiple surgeries, PPS posted on social media Thursday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/photos-accident\/XE5BVZ2GQBHGNPRJLAJNXHUC7Y\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/photos-accident\/XE5BVZ2GQBHGNPRJLAJNXHUC7Y\/\">&gt;&gt;&gt; PHOTOS: Accident investigators respond to crash that hurt 2 people outside Westinghouse Academy &lt;&lt;&lt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The school district shared a fundraising campaign and asked for public support as the victims heal. Funds raised by the campaign will go toward medical expenses, rehabilitation costs and other essential needs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">\u201cWe ask that you continue to keep our fellow Bulldogs and their families in your thoughts and prayers,\u201d the district said. \u201cYour compassion, kindness and generosity remind us what it means to stand together as one community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The campaign shared photos of the student who was injured, but did not name him or the staff member.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">If you\u2019d like to make a donation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/support-westinghouse-accident-victims?fbclid=IwY2xjawNnVKRleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF6bUprUzU3RmxxZ0d5eEp3AR4snJr3beN4aUWWGSUHzgW1OzWOdxoN-_5Mn2Y03DaCP48EeXGvsmAKoXKyuA_aem_jSrfrvZccxYLIFRJCFXQyA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/support-westinghouse-accident-victims?fbclid=IwY2xjawNnVKRleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF6bUprUzU3RmxxZ0d5eEp3AR4snJr3beN4aUWWGSUHzgW1OzWOdxoN-_5Mn2Y03DaCP48EeXGvsmAKoXKyuA_aem_jSrfrvZccxYLIFRJCFXQyA\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92025 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 Pittsburgh Public Schools is rallying support for a student and staff member hit by an SUV&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13139,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[10087,10093,2350,10091,10063,10086,10092,1020,73,75,74,940,10090,10089,10088,2957,2920,10085,890,2164],"class_list":{"0":"post-13138","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh","8":"tag-12-year-old-boy","9":"tag-campaign","10":"tag-fundraiser","11":"tag-funds","12":"tag-gofundme","13":"tag-hit","14":"tag-medical-expenses","15":"tag-pedestrian","16":"tag-pittsburgh","17":"tag-pittsburgh-headlines","18":"tag-pittsburgh-news","19":"tag-pittsburgh-public-schools","20":"tag-request","21":"tag-school-district","22":"tag-staff-member","23":"tag-strike","24":"tag-support","25":"tag-suv","26":"tag-victim","27":"tag-westinghouse-academy"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13138","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=13138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}