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A light pole fell from a bridge in Swisshelm Park, startling a couple driving below, as PennDOT investigates the cause<\/p>\n

\"Kaye<\/a>PITTSBURGH \u2014<\/p>\n

A light pole fell from the newly replaced Commercial Street Bridge on the Parkway East, startling a couple driving below as PennDOT investigates the incident. <\/p>\n

“I remember screaming, ‘Something’s falling off the bridge.’ All of a sudden, my husband’s kind of looking side to side, and I’m like, ‘Stop,’ and as soon as we slammed on the brakes, this pole just plummeted into the road,” Erin Milanovich said.<\/p>\n

Milanovich described the moment as “beyond scary” and said she and her husband were stunned by what had happened. <\/p>\n

“We both were just sitting there, jaws dropped, like, oh my gosh,” Milanovich said. <\/p>\n

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PennDOT confirmed that a light pole had fallen from the bridge but said they are unsure why. The bridge was replaced<\/a> over the summer in a $95 million project, which involved using a massive lateral slide and hydraulic jacks to move it into place. <\/p>\n

Milanovich shared the incident in a local Facebook group to warn neighbors, and they contacted local officials. <\/p>\n

“We just want to know that it is being taken care of by all of the agencies that should be on top of this — the construction agency, the PennDOT state inspectors, health and safety,” said Christina Cerkevich, chair of the community group Swisshelm Forward.<\/p>\n

Milanovich is grateful that she and her husband were unharmed.<\/p>\n

“We were seconds away from it. If it would have landed on our car, it could have had a drastically different turn for us. It was very startling,” Milanovich said. <\/p>\n

PennDOT is continuing to investigate how the pole fell.<\/p>\n

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