Man, 52, killed in North Union Township, Fayette County crash
THAT FORECAST FOR THE DAY OF THE WEEK AHEAD. THAT’S RIGHT. AND THERE’S NOTHING LIKE JUMPSTARTING YOUR MARATHON WITH JUST A LITTLE COLD TO GET YOU GOING AND MAYBE THAT COLD AIR IS GOING TO ACTUALLY ALLOW MAYBE SOME OF THE ELITE RUNNERS TO SET A BRAND NEW RECORD PACE. I DON’T KNOW, I DON’T KNOW HOW YOU CALL, YOU KNOW, BODY HANDLES, BUT OBVIOUSLY SOME GREAT WORDS FROM THE DOCTOR A LITTLE BIT EARLIER TO, TO OBVIOUSLY LISTEN TO YOUR BODY GET A GOOD STRETCH. AND THAT’S ALSO THE CASE FOR ALL THE BLOCK PARTIES. AND EVERYBODY’S GOING TO BE OUT LINING THE STREETS OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH AS WE GO THROUGH THIS MARATHON SUNDAY. AS YOU SEE BEHIND US, IT IS A GORGEOUS START TO THE DAY WITH SOME OF THAT MORNING COLOR STARTING TO SHOW UP. YOUR MARATHON FORECAST, THOUGH, AT LEAST WE’RE DRY, BUT WE ARE CERTAINLY GOING TO BE CHILLY AS THINGS WILL BE KICKING OFF AT 7:00 WITH THE ELITE RUNNERS GETTING ON THEIR WAY FOR THOSE 26.2 MILES THROUGH THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH. AS WE WORK THROUGH THE MORNING, SUNSHINE HELPS US OUT, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE SHADE OF SOME OF THE BUILDINGS SO COULD KEEP THINGS A LITTLE BIT CHILLY ON THE ROAD. TEMPERATURES INTO THE MID TO EVEN UPPER 40S BY 10:00 THIS MORNING. AROUND 55 FOR A LOT OF THOSE POST RACE CELEBRATIONS LATER THIS AFTERNOON. BUT IT IS COLD OUT THERE THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS THE UPPER 20S RIGHT NOW IN BUTLER, NEW CASTLE AND BEAVER. WE HAVE 34 IN PITTSBURGH MATCHING THE MARK OVER INTO GREENSBURG. MEANWHILE, IT’S FREEZING IN WAYNESBURG, 30 IN KITTANNING. EVERYBODY STILL UNDER THAT FREEZE WARNING THAT WILL TAKE US THROUGH 9:00 THIS MORNING. A GOOD INDICATION OF HOW LONG THESE TEMPERATURES WILL BE HOVERING CLOSE TO THE FREEZING MARK AS WELL ACROSS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. A SNEAK PREVIEW FOR 4-DAY PLUS 4 MORE FORECAST. LOTS OF SUNSHINE FOR US TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARMER THAN YESTERDAY. BUT NOT TO SAY THAT WE’RE SEASONABLE BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION. ONLY AROUND 60 THIS AFTERNOON WILL PEAK AT 70 TOMORROW, A LITTLE BIT WARMER ON TUESDAY. THAT’S OUR LAST ALMOST COMPLETELY DRY DAY. WE WILL BRING RAIN BACK INTO THE PICTURE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, POSSIBLY SOME IMPACT DAYS THERE. JUST GIVEN THE TIMING OF SOME OF THAT RAIN ACROSS THE AREA. AND THEN TEMPERATURES WILL BE FALLING BACK CLOSER TO 60 TOWARDS THE TAIL END OF THE WEEK. ANOTHER GORGEOUS SHOT OVER OUR CITY. AS THINGS ARE WAKING UP ON THIS MARATHON SUNDAY, YOU SEE NOT A CLOUD IN SIGHT AND WE WILL KEEP THINGS RELATIVELY CLEAR THROUGH THE START OF THE DAY. SO REALLY, NO WORRIES ALONG THE MARATHON COURSE. AS YOU CAN SEE, NOTHING COMING UP ON RADAR AS WE INCH CLOSER TO THAT 7:00 START AGAIN, MAYBE A FEW SCATTERED CLOUDS THAT WILL BE PRIMARILY OVER INTO THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS. CLEAR VIEW, THOUGH, ACROSS ALLEGHENY COUNTY, IN THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH, WITH THAT DEFINITE CHILL NOTICE, THESE TEMPERATURES GETTING BUMPED UP INTO THE MID 40S BY 10:00 AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON, CLIMBING INTO THE UPPER 50S, CLOSE TO 60, A FEW MORE HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS WILL START TO BUILD IN. CLOUDS WILL BE A LITTLE BIT THICKER, ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO I-80. AND 422 AS WE WAKE UP TOMORROW MORNING, THAT COULD SQUEEZE OUT A STRAY SHOWER. OTHERWISE WE’RE LOOKING GOOD. MONDAY WE’LL BRING IN MORE SUNSHINE WITH TEMPERATURES TRENDING CLOSER TO 70 DEGREES INTO THE AFTERNOON AGAIN. LATE DAY TUESDAY SHOWERS SHOW UP LOOKS TO BE WETTER ON WEDNESDAY, ESPECIALLY EARLY IN THE DAY. SO GIVEN THAT TIMING, WE MAY NEED TO INTRODUCE AN IMPACT DAY THERE. A FEW MORE SHOWERS EXPECTED THURSDAY NEAR 4-DAY PLUS 4 MORE FORECAST BACK INTO THE LOWER 60S. AS W
Man, 52, killed in North Union Township, Fayette County crash
Updated: 4:02 PM EDT May 3, 2026
One person has died following an early morning crash in North Union Township, Fayette County. Bob Baker, Fayette County coroner, said his office was called to WVU Uniontown Hospital following a deadly crash that occurred on Mt. Braddock Road. The coroner’s office said Joseph Franks, 52, of Lemont Furnance, died as a result of the crash. We’re told only one vehicle was involved, and no other injuries were reported. No one else was inside Frank’s vehicle at the time of the crash. No additional information has been released.Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.
NORTH UNION TOWNSHIP, Pa. —
One person has died following an early morning crash in North Union Township, Fayette County.
Bob Baker, Fayette County coroner, said his office was called to WVU Uniontown Hospital following a deadly crash that occurred on Mt. Braddock Road.
The coroner’s office said Joseph Franks, 52, of Lemont Furnance, died as a result of the crash.
We’re told only one vehicle was involved, and no other injuries were reported. No one else was inside Frank’s vehicle at the time of the crash.
No additional information has been released.
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