\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTwo people were killed in a five-car crash near the Fort Duquesne Bridge ramp in Pittsburgh on Wednesday. Danielle Jackman, 58, a beloved cook and Steelers fan, was killed in the crash. Pittsburgh police said 52-year-old Michael Smith was the driver of the car that crashed over the ramp, landing on Reedsdale Street below and killing him. Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 has been working to contact his family in an effort to share more information about him.Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 learned Thursday that Jackman worked as a cook for several years at Duke\u2019s Rodi Lounge in Penn Hills, where she was remembered fondly by friends and colleagues.\u201cThe world definitely is a lot less brighter without her in it,” said Robert Eaton, a regular customer at the lounge.\u201cI miss her. I will always remember her, and she was a beautiful person,\u201d said Debra Atkins, another regular customer.Eaton also recalled Jackman\u2019s love for the Pittsburgh Steelers.\u201cShe was a die-hard Steeler fan. I used to love coming in here watching her go crazy during the games,” he said. “It’s definitely not going to be the same.\u201d Jackman had joined the team at Smitty\u2019s Place in McKeesport about five months ago. David Faynor, the bar\u2019s manager, shared an image of Jackman and announced plans to honor her on May 15. In a statement, Faynor said, \u201cDani will be remembered for her kindness, her humor, her creativity in the kitchen, and the impact she made on everyone fortunate enough to know her. She will be deeply missed by her friends, family, coworkers, and all of the customers whose lives she touched.\u201d Jackman\u2019s family has declined to speak publicly at this time, and efforts are ongoing to contact Smith\u2019s family. An active investigation into the crash is underway.Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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Two people were killed in a five-car crash near the Fort Duquesne Bridge<\/a> ramp in Pittsburgh on Wednesday. <\/p>\n Danielle Jackman, 58, a beloved cook and Steelers fan, was killed in the crash. <\/p>\n Pittsburgh police said 52-year-old Michael Smith was the driver of the car that crashed over the ramp, landing on Reedsdale Street below and killing him. Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 has been working to contact his family in an effort to share more information about him.<\/p>\n Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 learned Thursday that Jackman worked as a cook for several years at Duke\u2019s Rodi Lounge in Penn Hills, where she was remembered fondly by friends and colleagues.<\/p>\n \u201cThe world definitely is a lot less brighter without her in it,” said Robert Eaton, a regular customer at the lounge.<\/p>\n \u201cI miss her. I will always remember her, and she was a beautiful person,\u201d said Debra Atkins, another regular customer.<\/p>\n Eaton also recalled Jackman\u2019s love for the Pittsburgh Steelers.<\/p>\n \u201cShe was a die-hard Steeler fan. I used to love coming in here watching her go crazy during the games,” he said. “It’s definitely not going to be the same.\u201d <\/p>\n Jackman had joined the team at Smitty\u2019s Place in McKeesport about five months ago. David Faynor, the bar\u2019s manager, shared an image of Jackman and announced plans to honor her on May 15. <\/p>\n In a statement, Faynor said, \u201cDani will be remembered for her kindness, her humor, her creativity in the kitchen, and the impact she made on everyone fortunate enough to know her. She will be deeply missed by her friends, family, coworkers, and all of the customers whose lives she touched.\u201d <\/p>\n Jackman\u2019s family has declined to speak publicly at this time, and efforts are ongoing to contact Smith\u2019s family. <\/p>\n An active investigation into the crash is underway.<\/p>\n Download the WTAE app<\/a> to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters<\/a> to get breaking news in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two people were killed in a five-car crash near the Fort Duquesne Bridge ramp in Pittsburgh on Wednesday.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":186786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[900,83324,83323,347,83318,83322,83319,16197,1510,7562,16699,7201,6465,73,45754,75,74,83321,83326,83325,83320],"class_list":["post-186785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-action-news","tag-beautiful-person","tag-beloved-cook","tag-crash","tag-danielle-jackman","tag-david-faynor","tag-dukes-rodi-lounge","tag-effort","tag-family","tag-fort-duquesne-bridge","tag-friend","tag-mckeesport","tag-penn-hills","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-crash","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-regular-customer","tag-robert-eaton","tag-rodi-lounge","tag-smittys-place"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186785","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=186785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}