{"id":245690,"date":"2026-07-17T10:16:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T10:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/245690\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T10:16:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T10:16:20","slug":"detectives-investigate-vehicle-vs-pedestrian-collision-in-south-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/245690\/","title":{"rendered":"Detectives Investigate Vehicle vs. Pedestrian Collision in South Side"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"published-on small-text\">Published on July 15, 2026<\/p>\n<p>       &#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;<br \/>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"main-page-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/public-safety_alert.jpg\" alt=\"Public Safety Alert Graphic\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>At approximately 7:45 p.m., Pittsburgh Police from Zone 3, Pittsburgh Fire, and Pittsburgh EMS were dispatched to S. 28th Street at Sidney Street in the South Side Flats for reports of a vehicle versus pedestrian collision.<\/p>\n<p>Arriving responders located an adult male victim in the roadway with injuries consistent with having been struck by a vehicle. He was transported to an area hospital by Pittsburgh EMS in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses told officers that the male victim had been working an outdoor event and staffing a nearby barricade when an unauthorized vehicle entered the area and struck both the victim and the barricade.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle, believed to be driven by an adult male actor, then fled the scene.<\/p>\n<p>A short time later, the vehicle was located abandoned in the 4700 block of Baum Boulevard. It was recovered and will be processed for additional evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Collision Investigation Unit detectives are investigating. The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>        Contact: Emily Bourne<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published on July 15, 2026 &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; At approximately 7:45 p.m., Pittsburgh Police from Zone&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245691,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74],"class_list":["post-245690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245690","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=245690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}