{"id":66907,"date":"2025-12-21T16:43:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T16:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/66907\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T16:43:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T16:43:07","slug":"17-year-old-girl-identified-after-killed-by-sliding-vehicle-in-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/66907\/","title":{"rendered":"17-Year-Old Girl Identified After Killed By Sliding Vehicle In Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ishara<\/p>\n

Ishara Kami \u2014 Courtesy of GoFundMe “In Loving Memory of a Beautiful Soul Ishara Kami”\/Reshma Biswa<\/p>\n

A teenage girl has been identified after she was struck and killed by a vehicle that slid off the roadway on Saturday, Dec. 20, authorities announced.<\/p>\n

Emergency crews were called around 2:50 p.m. to the intersection of Brownsville Road and Woodford Avenue, where a vehicle traveling along Brownsville Road began to slide, struck a utility pole, and continued moving before hitting 17-year-old Ishara Kami, Pittsburgh Public Safety said.<\/p>\n

Medics began CPR at the scene before transporting Kami to a hospital in critical condition. She was later pronounced dead, officials confirmed.<\/p>\n

The driver remained at the scene following the crash. It was not immediately clear whether charges will be filed. The investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh Public Schools confirmed Kami was a senior at Carrick High School and released a statement acknowledging her death.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe District is deeply saddened to report the passing of Pittsburgh Carrick student Ishara Kami,\u201d officials said, adding that counseling and support services are being coordinated for students and staff.<\/p>\n

According to the district, Kami was enrolled in the Health Tech program and was remembered by staff for her kind spirit, helpful nature, and positive presence in the classroom.<\/p>\n

School officials extended condolences to Kami\u2019s family, friends, classmates, teachers, and the Carrick school community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ishara Kami \u2014 Courtesy of GoFundMe “In Loving Memory of a Beautiful Soul Ishara Kami”\/Reshma Biswa A teenage…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65286,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[22874,6983,35504,28,30,29,6975,940],"class_list":["post-66907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-brownsville-road","tag-carrick-high-school","tag-ishara-kami","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-pittsburgh-public-safety","tag-pittsburgh-public-schools"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66907","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=66907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}