{"id":187102,"date":"2026-05-08T11:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T11:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/187102\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T11:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T11:42:10","slug":"police-arrest-robbery-suspect-after-hit-and-run-injures-2-girls-in-wilkinsburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/187102\/","title":{"rendered":"Police arrest robbery suspect after hit-and-run injures 2 girls in Wilkinsburg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Allegheny County robbery suspect also accused of hitting 2 teens with vehicle, fleeing<\/p>\n<p>George Mitchell was taken into custody on Frankstown Road Friday morning<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCARNEGIE TO THE FORT PITT TUNNEL THIS MORNING. TURNING BACK TO THAT BREAKING NEWS, WE DID JUST CONFIRM WITH WILKINSBURG POLICE THAT A MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY HIT AND SERIOUSLY INJURED TWO TEENAGE GIRLS WITH HIS CAR WAS JUST TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. PITTSBURGH\u2019S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER AVA RASH JUST INTERVIEWED THE MOTHER OF ONE OF THOSE GIRLS WHO HAD TO UNDERGO A MAJOR SURGERY AS A RESULT. EVA, YOU\u2019RE LIVE AT THE WILKINSBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT\u2019S BEEN A VERY BUSY COUPLE OF HOURS FOR YOU. WHAT\u2019S THE LATEST ON THIS CASE? OH MY GOSH, JANELLE AND ELEANOR, THERE ARE SO MANY MOVING PARTS TO THIS. SO WE\u2019RE GOING TO BREAK IT DOWN FOR YOU. THE FIRST THING THAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT I SPOKE WITH WILKINSBURG POLICE, AND THEY TELL ME THAT GEORGE MITCHELL THE SECOND, WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY ALONG FRANKSTOWN ROAD EARLIER THIS MORNING. HE IS ACCUSED OF HITTING TWO TEENAGE GIRLS HERE IN WILKINSBURG ON DOYLE STREET YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, CAUSING SERIOUS INJURIES TO BOTH OF THEM. NOW, AT THIS POINT, WE DO KNOW THAT HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AFTER A QUICK SEARCH OF THE AREA. HE ALLEGEDLY CRASHED HIS CAR THERE. HE IS NOW BEING TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. NOW, I SPOKE WITH ANGELA. SHE IS THE MOTHER OF PRUDENCE, A 14 YEAR OLD GIRL WHO WAS HIT HERE YESTERDAY, SERIOUSLY INJURED. HER MOM SAYS THAT SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH TWO BROKEN LEGS WHENEVER SHE GOT ON SCENE. PRUDENCE WASN\u2019T MOVING HER LEGS. A REALLY SCARY SITUATION, TRAUMATIZING FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED. SHE HAD TO GET A SURGERY AND HER PARENTS SAY IT\u2019S JUST ONE OF MANY THAT SHE\u2019S GOING TO NEED. THEY DO SAY THAT SHE IS DOING WELL. SHE\u2019S A TOUGH GIRL. THEY JUST CAN\u2019T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED TO HER. TAKE A LISTEN. THEY\u2019RE KEEPING HER INTUBATED THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT, SO WE REALLY CAN\u2019T WATCH HER SLEEP, HOLD HER HAND AND CRY. SO WE\u2019RE GOING TO BE BACK UP HERE SOON. WE HAVE A 16 YEAR OLD SON, AND HE CAN\u2019T BE UP THERE IN THE ICU WITH US. SO WE DIDN\u2019T WANT TO LEAVE HIM ALONE BECAUSE HE\u2019S HE\u2019S TRAUMATIZED. HE SAW HIS SISTER LYING ON THE GROUND. JUST A HORRIBLE SITUATION. WE ARE SENDING OUR PRAYERS TO PRUDENCE AND THE OTHER GIRL IN THIS SITUATION. WE\u2019RE GOING TO KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THIS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. OF COURSE, SO MANY MOVING PARTS TO THIS. WE\u2019RE WAITING ON CHARGES, WAITING ON A FEW OTHER THINGS IN CONNECTION TO THIS CASE. SO WE\u2019RE GOING TO KEEP YOU UPDATED HERE AND ONLINE@WTAE.COM FOR NOW. COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY LIVE IN WILKINSBURG, AV\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Allegheny County robbery suspect also accused of hitting 2 teens with vehicle, fleeing<\/p>\n<p>George Mitchell was taken into custody on Frankstown Road Friday morning<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769019068_844_wtae.png\" class=\"lazyload lazyload-in-view branding\" alt=\"WTAE logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tUpdated: 7:15 AM EDT May 8, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/article\/hearst-television-news-policy-statements\/14471973\" class=\"editorial-standards border-left\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA man was taken into custody Friday morning after Wilkinsburg police said he hit two teen girls with a car Thursday. According to police, George Mitchell II was taken into custody on Frankstown Road after he crashed a car. There was a search for him, and he was taken into custody and later taken to the hospital. Wilkinsburg police said Mitchell was a robbery suspect in Penn Hills and left there in a black Cadillac sedan.Police said then the hit-and-run happened along Doyle Street Thursday afternoon. Both girls were taken to the hospital.  Pittsburgh&#8217;s Action News 4 spoke with Angela Sibley. She said her daughter, Prudence, was one of the girls hit. She said her daughter has two broken legs and had to get surgery. She will need more moving forward. This is a developing story. Stick with Pittsburgh&#8217;s Action News 4 for the latest information.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tWILKINSBURG, Pa. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>A man was taken into custody Friday morning after Wilkinsburg police said he hit two teen girls with a car Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>According to police, George Mitchell II was taken into custody on Frankstown Road after he crashed a car. There was a search for him, and he was taken into custody and later taken to the hospital. <\/p>\n<p>Wilkinsburg police said Mitchell was a robbery suspect in Penn Hills and left there in a black Cadillac sedan.<\/p>\n<p>Police said then the hit-and-run happened along Doyle Street Thursday afternoon. Both girls were taken to the hospital.  <\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh&#8217;s Action News 4 spoke with Angela Sibley. She said her daughter, Prudence, was one of the girls hit. She said her daughter has two broken legs and had to get surgery. She will need more moving forward. <\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story. Stick with Pittsburgh&#8217;s Action News 4 for the latest information.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Allegheny County robbery suspect also accused of hitting 2 teens with vehicle, fleeing George Mitchell was taken into&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187103,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2376,83496,83497,83498,12056,6111,73,75,74,206,12242,83499,868],"class_list":["post-187102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-breaking-news","tag-doyle-street","tag-frankstown-road","tag-george-mitchell-ii","tag-hit-and-run","tag-hospital","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-police","tag-surgery","tag-teen-girls","tag-wilkinsburg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187102","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=187102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}