Pa. State Police trooper injured after being struck by vehicle in Butler County

Pa. State Police trooper injured after being struck by vehicle in Butler County

TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO DROP. NOW WE’LL BE DEALING WITH THE SNOW AND CONTINUING GUSTY WINDS. I’LL LET YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT WILL LAST AND HOW MUCH SNOW YOU CAN EXPECT. NOW AT NOON. TALKS TO RESOLVE THE CRISIS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. COME TO THE U.S. THE MEETING IS SCHEDULED TO HAPPEN THIS AFTERNOON BETWEEN PRESIDENT TRUMP AND ISRAEL’S PRIME MINISTER. PLUS, COMING DOWN TO THE WIRE TO MAKE THE CUT FOR THE POSTSEASON. THE STEELERS, NOW PREPARING FOR AN ABSOLUTE MUST WIN AGAINST BALTIMORE. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR AT NOON STARTS NOW, AND THE NEWS AT NOON STARTS OFF WITH PITTSBURGH’S ACTION WEATHER ON THIS MONDAY. AS WE’RE HELPING YOU NAVIGATE THIS IMPACT DAY. A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN THIS MORNING, DROPPING TEMPERATURES NOW, PLUS STRONG WINDS AND EVEN SOME LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS. A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING IN THE FORECAST FOR TODAY. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I’M ELENA LAQUATRA AND METEOROLOGIST ASHLEY DOCKER JOINING JOE HARDY. JOINING US THIS AFTERNOON WITH A LOOK AT THAT CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST. AND I GRABBED THE HAT AND GLOVES HEADING OUT THE DOOR THIS MORNING THINKING IT WAS COLD THIS MORNING, WHICH IT WASN’T. BUT THAT’S CHANGING NOW. YEAH. WE WERE HITTING IN THE LOW 60S EARLIER. NOW WE’RE DOWN INTO THE 30S. WIND CHILLS. I JUST CHECKED IN NEWCASTLE TEN DEGREES, SO IT IS DEFINITELY COLD. WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE GUSTY WINDS. AND NOW THE SNOWFLAKES ARE STARTING TO FLY. AND AGAIN WE’RE NOT EXPECTING A LOT OF ACCUMULATION. BUT IT DOES NOT TAKE A LOT TO CAUSE SOME ICY CONDITIONS ON THOSE ROADWAYS. SO JUST BE AWARE OF THAT. ESPECIALLY AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO DROP. AND WE ARE DEALING WITH THE ROAD, TEMPERATURES CONTINUING TO DROP. IMPACT DAY ON TUESDAY. STILL SOME SCATTERED FLAKES AND WINDY CONDITIONS. THEN AS WE GET INTO NEW YEAR’S EVE WE’VE UPGRADED TO AN IMPACT DAYS. WE’LL HAVE SNOW SHOWERS AS WE GET INTO THE EVENING, AND AS WE ARE RINGING IN THE NEW YEAR, WE’RE LOOKING AROUND 1 TO 2IN. LOOK AT THESE WIND GUSTS RIGHT NOW. 47MPH IN PITTSBURGH, CLOCKING AT 62 IN GREENSBURG. SO ALL AROUND THE AREA AROUND 30 TO 50MPH WITH SOME ISOLATED SPOTS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER IN MONROEVILLE JUST JUMPING UP TO 50. OUR CURRENT TEMPERATURES MID TO UPPER 20S AND LOW 30S. LOOK AT THE WIND CHILLS THOUGH. 15 IS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE IN PITTSBURGH. TEN NEW CASTLE AND FRANKLIN, 22, IN GREENSBURG FEELS LIKE IT’S 16 IN BUTLER. PLUS, WE GOT THE SNOWFLAKES STARTING TO ROLL IN. WE’RE SEEING SOME OF THIS LIGHT SNOW ALREADY IN MERCER VENANGO CLARION REALLY TO OUR COUNTIES NORTH. THIS IS INCLUDING BUTLER, LAWRENCE NOW INTO BUTLER, ESPECIALLY NORTH OF 422 AND EDGING INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF ARMSTRONG COUNTY. CAMERAS STILL SHAKING. WE WILL HAVE THESE GUSTY WINDS, THESE SNOWFLAKES AND CONTINUING TO SEE THESE TEMPERATURES PLUMMETING JUST A FEW MORE DEGREES. BUT OVERALL, I WILL BE TIMING OUT THE SNOW NOT ONLY FOR TONIGHT, BUT ALSO INTO TUESDAY AND FOR YOUR NEW YEAR’S EVE FORECAST AS WE RING IN 2026. ALL OF THAT HERE IN JUST A BIT, ELENA. ALL RIGHT. ASHLEY. THANK YOU. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION TRAFFIC HELPING YOU GET AROUND THIS CRASH ON THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE THIS MORNING. THE CRASH INVOLVED TWO TRACTOR TRAILERS. HAPPENED AROUND 6:00 CLOSING THE EASTBOUND LANES ENTIRELY AT NEW STANTON. ALL DRIVERS WERE FORCED OFF. NO WORD ON ANY INJURIES THIS NOON. LUCKILY FOR DRIVERS, THOUGH, THAT ROADWAY REOPENED BY BY ABOUT 915 THIS MORNING. THE CLOSURE, THOUGH, IN THAT THREE HOUR STRETCH, FORCED DRIVERS ON A 127 MILE DETOUR. WE ALSO HAD THIS STORY THIS MORNING, AN EARLY MORNING HOUSE FIRE UNDER INVESTIGATION IN MOUNT OLIVER, ALLEGHENY COUNTY. THAT FIRE WAS REPORTED AROUND 4:00 ALONG PARKWOOD ROAD. WE ARE TOLD ONE PERSON DID MAKE IT OUT OF THE HOME, AND THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF ANY INJURIES. 1202 IS THE TIME IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT IS MOURNING THE LOSS OF ONE OF ITS STUDENTS AFTER THEY WERE HIT BY A CAR AND LATER DIED OVER THE WEEKEND, COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER CARLOS FLORES HAS THE DETAILS ABOUT HOW THE DISTRICT. WE KNOW THIS IS STILL VERY MUCH AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION AND THAT THIS SITUATION SHOCKED AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY. OFFICIALS WITH WEST MIFFLIN POLICE SAY THEY RESPONDED TO KENNYWOOD BOULEVARD AROUND 5 P.M. SATURDAY FOR REPORTS OF A CRASH. POLICE DID NOT GIVE ANY DETAILS ABOUT THE INCIDENT AND IF ANYONE WAS CHARGED AT THIS TIME. OFFICIALS WITH EAST ALLEGHENY SCHOOL DISTRICT DID RELEASE A STATEMENT SAYING THE STUDENT KILLED WAS A SIXTH GRADER FROM LOGAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NAMED TERREL BYERS JUNIOR. THAT STATEMENT WOULD GO ON TO SAY, OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH THE STUDENT’S FAMILY, FRIENDS, CLASSMATES AND TEACHERS DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME, THE DISTRICT WILL BE OFFERING COUNSELING SERVICES TODAY AND TOMORROW STARTING AT 10 A.M. UNTIL 2 P.M. THEY WILL BE OFFERING ADDITIONAL COUNSELING SERVICES WHEN CLASSES RETURN ON JANUARY 5TH, BUT FOR NOW COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY IN NORTH VERSAILLES. CARLOS FLORES, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. POLICE ARE HOPING DOORBELL CAMERAS CAN HELP THEM IDENTIFY A SUSPICIOUS PERSON SPOTTED IN A LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD. SHALER POLICE SHARED THIS RING CAMERA FOOTAGE ON SOCIAL MEDIA OVER THE WEEKEND. OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A HOUSE IN THE HOLLY RIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD SATURDAY NIGHT FOR REPORTS OF A SUSPICIOUS PERSON. THAT HOME SECURITY CAMERA CAPTURED THE PERSON WEARING A HOODED SWEATSHIRT AND GLOVES. THEY WERE GONE BY THE TIME OFFICERS ARRIVED, BUT POLICE ARE ASKING IF YOU SEE ANYTHING SIMILAR ON YOUR CAMERAS TO GO AHEAD, GIVE THEM A CALL RIGHT AWAY. T SYSTEM INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, SCHEDULED TO MEET FACE TO FACE TODAY IN FLORIDA. THIS COMES AMID FRAGILE MOMENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THE DELICATE CEASE FIRE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS IS HOLDING. AND NOW IRAN’S PRESIDENT CLAIMS HIS COUNTRY IS AT WAR WITH THE U.S., ISRAEL AND EUROPE. ABC’S PERRY RUSSOM IS IN WASHINGTON WITH THE LATEST. A HIGH STAKES MEETING TODAY AT MAR A LAGO. PRESIDENT TRUMP AND ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU MEETING FACE TO FACE AS IRAN’S PRESIDENT MASOUD PEZESHKIAN SAYS HIS COUNTRY IS IN A FULL SCALE WAR WITH THE U.S., ISRAEL AND EUROPE, CLAIMING ALL THREE DO NOT WANT IRAN TO STAND ON ITS OWN FEET. NETANYAHU THIS MORNING MEETING WITH SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO. TENSION BETWEEN ISRAEL AND IRAN HAS BEEN SIMMERING SINCE THE ATTACKS ON IRAN’S NUCLEAR FACILITIES OVER THE SUMMER. BACK IN JUNE, ISRAEL AND IRAN EXCHANGING ATTACKS BEFORE THE U.S. GOT INVOLVED. PRESIDENT TRUMP ORDERING THE ATTACK ON THREE NUCLEAR FACILITIES IN IRAN USING BUNKER BUSTER BOMBS. AT FIRST, TRUMP CLAIMED THE FACILITIES HAD BEEN DESTROYED, BUT U.S. INTELLIGENCE NOW BELIEVES IRAN’S STOCKPILE OF ENRICHED URANIUM AND ITS CENTRIFUGES WERE NOT ELIMINATED. IRAN’S PRESIDENT SAYS HIS MILITARY IS NOW STRONGER THAN IT WAS DURING THAT ATTACK. ISRAEL’S DELICATE CEASEFIRE IN GAZA IS EXPECTED TO BE ANOTHER MAJOR TOPIC FOR TRUMP AND NETANYAHU TO DISCUSS. THE CEASEFIRE IS BROADLY HOLDING. IT’S STILL IN ITS FIRST OF THREE PROPOSED PHASES. DETAILS OF THE SECOND PHASE HAVE NOT YET BEEN AGREED TO, EVEN WITH THE CEASE FIRE. THERE HAVE BEEN SPORADIC ATTACKS BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS. ISRAEL IS ALSO CARRYING OUT STRIKES IN LEBANON. THE IDF SAYS THEY ARE ATTACKING TERRORISTS. PERRY RUSSOM, ABC NEWS, WASHINGTON. BACK HERE AT HOME, A WOMAN WAS FOUND DEAD ON WATSON BOULEVARD. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING WHAT THEY’RE CALLING A SUSPICIOUS DEATH ON SUNDAY MORNING IN THE PERRY NORTH SECTION OF PITTSBURGH. POLICE RESPONDED TO THAT AREA FOR REPORTS OF AN UNRESPONSIVE FEMALE, 44 YEAR OLD MICHELLE STURDIVANT WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. MEANWHILE, IN PITTSBURGH’S ALLENTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD, POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING EARLY SUNDAY MORNING JUST AFTER 4 A.M., OFFICERS FOUND A MAN WITH MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO BOTH HIS HEAD AND STOMACH ALONG MOUNTAIN WAY. THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION. NO WORD THIS AFTERNOON ON ANY ARRESTS. AND A MAN IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AND KILLING HIS MOTHER FRIDAY IN FREEPORT TOWNSHIP, GREENE COUNTY. THAT PERSON IS NOW IN CUSTODY. POLICE CHARGING JARED NOLL WITH CRIMINAL HOMICIDE AND ATTEMPTED CRIMINAL HOMICIDE. KNOWLES PARENTS WERE DISCOVERED AT A HOME ON GARRISON RIDGE ROAD. HIS MOTHER DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. HIS FATHER HAS SINCE BEEN RELEASED. NOLL IS NOW BEING HELD IN JAIL IN WETZEL COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. THE STEELERS HAD A CHANCE TO CLINCH THE AFC NORTH AND A SPOT IN THE PLAYOFFS YESTERDAY, BUT THEY LOST TO THE CLEVELAND BROWNS 13 SIX. NOW IT IS A WIN AND YOU’RE IN SITUATION IN THE FINAL WEEK OF THE REGULAR SEASON, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION SPORTS REPORTER ASHLEY LOTUS WAS IN CLEVELAND AND SPOKE TO THE STEELERS ABOUT THIS COMING SUNDAY SHOWDOWN FOR THE AFC NORTH TITLE. THE STEELERS CAME INTO CLEVELAND WITH ONE JOB TO WIN. THEY HAD A CHANCE TO CLINCH THE DIVISION AND THEY COULDN’T GET IT DONE. NOW IT’S ALL ON THE LINE AGAINST BALTIMORE NEXT WEEK. SO IS THERE ANY ADDED PRESSURE? I DON’T THINK IT’S PRESSURE. I THINK IT’S JUST YOU WANT KEEP PLAYING OR NOT. DO YOU WANT TO GET TO THE SUPER BOWL OR NOT? FOR ME, I LOOK AT IT, THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE ON STAFF ARE YOUNGER GUYS WHO COULD USE EXTRA CHECKS, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BENEFIT THEM A LOT. AND I JUST LOVE FOOTBALL. SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, I’M READY TO PLAY. YEAH, I JUST THINK WE GOT TO GO OUT THERE AND DO WHAT WE DO AND THAT’S PLAY WINNING FOOTBALL. AND YOU KNOW WE’RE GOING TO BE AT HOME. CROWD’S GOING TO BE INTO IT. AND YOU KNOW LIKE I SAID, EVERYBODY BELIEVES IN EVERYBODY IN THIS LOCKER ROOM. SO WE JUST GOT TO PLAY LIKE IT. AND IT’S GOING TO BE AN INTENSE GAME. AND YOU KNOW IT’S MOMENTS LIKE LIKE I SAID, IT’S DEFINITELY FRUSTRATING NOT GETTING IT TODAY, ESPECIALLY ON THE ROAD AGAINST A DIVISION OPPONENT. BUT WE GOT A BIG OPPORTUNITY NEXT WEEK AND WE GOT TO WE GOT TO HAVE IT. WE CONTROL OUR DESTINY. I DON’T WE DON’T HAVE TO LOOK AROUND. YOU KNOW. WEEK SEVEN. WEEK WELL 18. BALLS IN OUR HOME COURT. AND I EXPECT OUR GUYS TO BE LOCKED IN READY FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. LOCKED IN. THEY WILL BE. NO HATS AND T-SHIRTS FOR THE STEELERS THIS WEEK. BUT NO DOUBT ONE OF THESE TWO TEAMS WILL BE WEARING THEM AT THE END OF WEEK 18 IN CLEVELAND. ASHLEY OTIS, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION SPORTS. SO AGAIN, IT COMES DOWN TO THE STEELERS AND RAVENS SUNDAY NIGHT AT ACRISURE STADIUM. THE WINNER WINS THE DIVISION AND THE LOSER HAS ITS SEASON COME TO AN END. OF COURSE, WE WANTED TO FIND OUT HOW STEELERS FANS ARE FEELING AFTER SUNDAY’S LOSS AND AHEAD OF THE BIG REGULAR SEASON FINALE HERE FROM SOME OF THE BLACK AND GOLD FAITHFUL AT 1230, WE HAVE NFL ACTION ON SATURDAY HERE ON WTAE CHANNEL FOR ANOTHER WIN. AND YOU’RE IN LOSE AND YOU’RE OUT GAME BETWEEN THE CAROLINA PANTHERS AND TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS PLAYING FOR THE NFC SOUTH TITLE AT 430. THAT’S FOLLOWED BY THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS AND SAN FRANCISCO 40 NINERS WITH THE NFC WEST TITLE, THE TOP SEED AND HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE ALL ON THE LINE. ALL RIGHT, IT’S 1208 FROM THE GRIDIRON TO THE ICE. THE PITTSBURGH PENGUINS CAME BACK FROM A FEW DAYS OFF FOR CHRISTMAS AND CRUSHED THE BLACKHAWKS LAST NIGHT IN CHICAGO, SEVEN THREE. JUSTIN BRAZEAU COLLECTED HIS FIRST CAREER HAT TRICK AND BRIAN ROSS ADDED A PAIR OF GOALS. OBVIOUSLY PRETTY COOL FEELING. IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I’VE HAD ONE OF THOSE, SO IT FEELS A LITTLE WEIRD, BUT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY A GOOD FEELING FOR ME. YOU KNOW, YOU’VE SEEN IT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WITH HIM WHEN HE’S COMING BACK FROM THE INJURY. HE JUST YOU KNOW, IT ALWAYS TAKES A LITTLE BIT TO GET GET BACK AND GET GOING HERE. BUT I THINK HE’S HE’S REALLY STARTING TO YOU KNOW YOU KNOW FIND HIMSELF AND GET HIS GAME BACK TO WHERE HE KNOWS IT CAN BE. UP NEXT THE PENS HOST THE CAROLINA HURRICANES TOMORROW NIGHT. RIGHT NOW EXTREME WEATHER IS SLAMMING MUCH OF THE COUNTRY AND CAUSING MAJOR TRAVEL CHAOS DURING THIS BUSY HOLIDAY SEASON. A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS HEADED EAST, PUTTING MILLIONS ON ALERT FOR DANGEROUS RAIN, SNOW AND ICE. ABC’S REENA ROY HAS THE LATEST FROM NEW YORK LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN NEW JERSEY. FROM HEAVY RAIN, SNOW AND HIGH WINDS, MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE ON ALERT FOR EXTREME WINTER WEATHER DURING THE HEIGHT OF HOLIDAY TRAVEL. A BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT ACROSS PARTS OF MICHIGAN. HEAVY SNOW AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50MPH, SLAMMING THE REGION. IN IOWA, A 14 CAR PILEUP ON I-35 IN NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. ZERO VISIBILITY IN MINNESOTA, DRIVERS ALSO NAVIGATING TREACHEROUS ROADWAYS. YOU’RE REALLY GOING TO SEE A LOT OF THIS LIGHT SNOW BLOWING AROUND AND REALLY CREATING SOME VISIBILITY PROBLEMS. FIRST RESPONDERS IN FREEBORN COUNTY SO OVERWHELMED BY WEATHER RELATED ROAD INCIDENTS, GOVERNOR TIM WALZ ACTIVATING THE NATIONAL GUARD TO HELP SUPPORT EMERGENCY RESPONSE. THE POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM FIRST HITTING THE PLAINS STATES AND NOW MOVING INTO THE NORTHEAST. YESTERDAY, MORE THAN 8000 FLIGHT DELAYS AND OVER 1300 CANCELED FLIGHTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE TSA EXPECTING 2.9 MILLION PEOPLE TO TRAVEL HOME FROM THE HOLIDAYS AND TO NEW YEAR’S CELEBRATIONS. AND AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO THE REST OF THE WEEK, WE COULD SEE YET ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW HERE IN THE NORTHEAST ON NEW YEAR’S EVE, WHICH COULD MEAN EVEN MORE TRAVEL ISSUES AT NEWARK AIRPORT IN NEW JERSEY. REENA ROY ABC NEWS WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP HERE. THE PITTSBURGH ZOO AND AQUARIUM IS UNEXPECTEDLY CLOSED FOR THE DAY. THIS IS BECAUSE OF A WATER MAIN BREAK. SO WILD ILLUMINATIONS WILL BE CLOSED. IF YOU PLAN ON GOING TONIGHT, DONATION DAY TOMORROW WILL BE RESCHEDULED. HOWEVER, THE EDUCATION W

Pa. State Police trooper injured after being struck by vehicle in Butler County

Updated: 4:46 PM EST Dec 29, 2025

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An investigation is underway after a Pennsylvania State Police trooper was struck by a vehicle in Butler County. VIDEO: Top stories on Dec. 29, 2025 According to a release, state officials responded to reports of a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 79 north near the 422 exit Monday. Police were called to the scene at 2 p.m. While on the scene, a state trooper was struck by a vehicle and sustained injuries. The trooper was taken to a hospital and is said to be in stable condition. The driver of the vehicle that struck the officer remained on the scene. An investigation is ongoing. Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.

BUTLER COUNTY, Pa. —

An investigation is underway after a Pennsylvania State Police trooper was struck by a vehicle in Butler County.

VIDEO: Top stories on Dec. 29, 2025

According to a release, state officials responded to reports of a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 79 north near the 422 exit Monday. Police were called to the scene at 2 p.m.

While on the scene, a state trooper was struck by a vehicle and sustained injuries.

The trooper was taken to a hospital and is said to be in stable condition.

The driver of the vehicle that struck the officer remained on the scene.

An investigation is ongoing.

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