{"id":211735,"date":"2026-06-05T17:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T17:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/211735\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T17:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T17:34:10","slug":"large-metal-piece-pierces-through-windshield-on-i-70-seriously-injuring-passenger-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/211735\/","title":{"rendered":"Large metal piece pierces through windshield on I-70, seriously injuring passenger, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police are asking for help tracking down the driver of a pickup truck after troopers said a &#8220;large, sharp piece of metal&#8221; flew off a flatbed trailer, pierced the windshield of the vehicle behind it, and seriously injured a passenger on Interstate 70 in Washington County.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania State Police said the crash happened around 11:30 a.m. on Friday near the Jessop Place and Route 40 Chestnut Street exits.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The driver of a transport van told police they were driving westbound on I-70 behind a black pickup truck that was towing a flatbed trailer. Troopers said the van driver reported that &#8220;while the vehicles were in motion, a large, sharp piece of metal flew off from the trailer, traveled through the van&#8217;s windshield, and struck the second-row middle passenger in the head.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The passenger was treated at the scene before she was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital, police said. She is currently listed in serious condition.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Troopers said the pickup truck didn&#8217;t stop after the crash. People are asked to keep an eye out for the truck, which police said may also have flags attached to its flatbed trailer.<\/p>\n<p>PennDOT said the crash closed I-70 westbound in both directions, but it has since reopened.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who has information or may have seen the truck is asked to call Pennsylvania State Police&#8217;s Washington barracks at 724-223-5200.<\/p>\n<p>Police said they&#8217;re continuing to investigate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n          More from CBS News\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police are asking for help tracking down the driver of a pickup truck after troopers said a &#8220;large,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":128194,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[12056,18311,1224,73,75,74,437],"class_list":["post-211735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-hit-and-run","tag-interstate-70","tag-pennsylvania-state-police","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-washington-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211735","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=211735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}