{"id":259868,"date":"2026-08-05T20:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T20:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/259868\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T20:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T20:08:09","slug":"overturned-semi-truck-shuts-down-i-79-ramp-in-allegheny-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/259868\/","title":{"rendered":"Overturned semi-truck shuts down I-79 ramp in Allegheny County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Overturned semi-truck shuts down I-79 southbound ramp in Allegheny County<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/853c053a-375d-4f49-afda-568da22e36ea_1727472834.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Caitlyn Scott\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>ALLEGHENY COUNTY, Pa. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">A ramp along part of I-79 was blocked to traffic on Wednesday after a semi-truck overturned in Allegheny County.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">WATCH SKY 4 VIDEO IN THE PLAYFINDER ABOVE <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">Sky 4, Pittsburgh&#8217;s only news chopper, flew over I-79 south near the Deer Run overpass, where a semi-truck with a flatbed had overturned. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">Multiple first responders could be seen in the area working to remove the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/a8900e60-4274-47b1-969e-8bcfc8f622a5.jpg\" alt=\"Image no longer available\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" draggable=\"true\" class=\"css-fphibt\"\/><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/a8900e60-4274-47b1-969e-8bcfc8f622a5.jpg\" alt=\"Image no longer available\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"css-hr9vxw\"\/><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/b14fac51-12b8-4cc7-8ad6-87b25312357f.jpg\" alt=\"Image no longer available\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" draggable=\"true\" class=\"css-fphibt\"\/><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/b14fac51-12b8-4cc7-8ad6-87b25312357f.jpg\" alt=\"Image no longer available\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"css-hr9vxw\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\">Allegheny County dispatchers told Pittsburgh&#8217;s Action News 4 that no injuries have been reported. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\">According to PennDOT&#8217;s website, 511PA, the incident is expected to be cleared by 4:30 p.m. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"8\">This is a developing story.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"9\"> to stay connected with breaking news.  to get breaking news in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Overturned semi-truck shuts down I-79 southbound ramp in Allegheny County ALLEGHENY COUNTY, Pa. \u2014 A ramp along part&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259869,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[26560,900,894,110255,3568,95260,110252,6016,73,75,74,8636,110253,1704,420,110254,5696,2583,10254],"class_list":["post-259868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-511pa","tag-action-news","tag-allegheny-county","tag-deer-run-overpass","tag-i-79","tag-i-79-ramp","tag-i-79-southbound","tag-part","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-playfinder","tag-semi-truck-overturn","tag-traffic","tag-video","tag-watch-sky","tag-website","tag-wednesday","tag-wtae"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259868","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=259868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}