Two people hurt after crash along Rt. 51 in Brentwood Borough

Two people hurt after crash along Rt. 51 in Brentwood Borough

COVERAGE. ARE YOU GETTING YOUR W-2 OR 1099 MAYBE WONDERING HOW MUCH MONEY YOU’LL GET BACK THIS YEAR, IF ANYTHING? WELL, THERE ARE SOME BIG CHANGES WHEN YOU FILE YOUR TAXES THIS YEAR. REPORTER BRIAN ABEL FROM WASHINGTON HAS MORE ON WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU FILE FILING YOUR TAXES. IT’S VERY CONFUSING AND EVEN MORE SO THIS TAX SEASON. WHY THE PASSAGE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP’S SIGNATURE LAW, THE SO-CALLED ONE BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL THAT’S USHERED IN A HANDFUL OF TAX CHANGES. LET’S HIGHLIGHT THE BIG ONES, STARTING WITH HIGHER STANDARDIZED DEDUCTIONS FOR SINGLES, IT WAS $15,000. FOR 2025, IT GOES UP TO $15,750. SALT STANDS FOR STATE AND LOCAL TAXES, AND IT WAS A KEY STICKING POINT DURING NEGOTIATIONS OF THE BILL. THERE’S A CAP ON HOW MUCH IN SALT ONE CAN PAY, DEPENDING ON ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME. THE OLD LAW WAS IT WAS A $10,000 CAP. NOW YOU CAN GET ANYWHERE FROM 10,000 TO 40,000 IN 2025. BUT JON KARP FROM ACCOUNTING FIRM WHITLEY PENN SAYS DON’T FORGET HOW THE STANDARDIZED DEDUCTIONS FACTOR IN. REMEMBER, YOU GOT TO FIRST CROSS THAT HURDLE OF THE STANDARD DEDUCTION OF $31,500 IF YOU’RE MARRIED FILING JOINT. SO IF YOU NEVER CAN GET TO YOUR ITEMIZED DEDUCTIONS, THE STATE AND LOCAL TAXES DON’T MATTER ANYWAY BECAUSE IT’S AN ITEMIZED DEDUCTION. ANOTHER CHANGE IS FOR ALL OF THE SERVERS OUT THERE. THAT’S NO TAX ON TIPS, WITH SOME CAVEATS, NO TAX ON TIPS IS CAPPED AT $25,000 PER RETURN. SO IF YOU HAVE A MARRIED FILING JOINT COUPLE, THEY ONLY GET 25,000. IT’S NOT $25,000 PER PERSON IN WASHINGTON. BRIAN ABEL REPORTING 9:00 ON THE DOT. NEWS, WEATHER AND SPORTS. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO START YOUR SUNDAY. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR CONTINUES RIGHT NOW. BREAKING NEWS TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER AN EARLY MORNING SHOOTING IN AMBRIDGE. COMING UP, WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR ABOUT THIS INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY. AND A GLASS PLANT CATCHES FIRE JUST MINUTES AWAY FROM THE BRAND NEW FIRE STATION, WHERE CREWS WERE PUT TO THE TEST RIGHT AFTER THEIR RIBBON CUTTING. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS THAT HE’S HIKING TARIFFS ON EUROPEAN COUNTRIES UNTIL A DEAL IS REACHED TO SELL GREENLAND. I’M JACKIE DEFUSCO IN WASHINGTON WITH HOW ALLIES ARE RESPONDING TO THAT ECONOMIC PRESSURE. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR THIS MORNING STARTS NOW. GOOD MORNING. WE HAVE A LOT TO GET TO AT 9:00 ON THIS SUNDAY. I’M LILY COLEMAN. YOU KNOW PITTSBURGH’S ACTION WEATHER METEOROLOGIST ASHLEY DOUGHERTY. SHE’S GOING TO KICK THINGS OFF WITH OUR CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST. COLD TODAY COLDER TOMORROW. EVEN COLDER THE NEXT DAY. TUESDAY IS JUST GOING TO BE WORSE. SO I MEAN, THERE’S NO SUGAR COATING HERE FOR SURE. IT IS A SEVERE WEATHER ALERT DAY ON TUESDAY. AND THE COLD SNAP STARTS TODAY. YOU WILL NOTICE IT OUTSIDE. THIS MORNING WE HAD SOME LIGHT SNOW MOVE THROUGH. MOST OF US SAW ABOUT A HALF AN INCH. SOME AREAS, ESPECIALLY EAST, SAW ABOUT AN INCH. INCH AND A HALF OF ADDITIONAL SNOW THAT WE SAW YESTERDAY. BUT WE GOT SOME SUNSHINE OUT THERE. SO COLD AND WINDY WITH MORE SNOW COMING ON MONDAY FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR DAY AND THEN SUBZERO WIND CHILL. SETTLE IN FOR SEVERE WEATHER ALERT DAY ON TUESDAY. WE’LL GET TO THAT HERE IN JUST A BIT. BUT RIGHT NOW, STILL A FEW FLURRIES TRYING TO LINGER. THE WORST OF THAT SNOW IS NOW WELL TO OUR EAST, AND WE GOT A LITTLE SUNSHINE TO KICK IT OFF. 18 DEGREES WINDS HAVE CALMED DOWN, SO THAT’S SOME GOOD NEWS, BUT IT’S STILL COLD NOW THE FURTHER NORTH YOU LIVE UP INTO. BUTLER LAWRENCE, ALSO INTO MERCER VENANGO YOU HAVE WIND CHILLS INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS, BUT MOST OF US ARE SITTING INTO THE MID TO UPPER TEENS AND LOW 20S, AND THAT’S REALLY WHERE WE’RE GOING TO STAY THROUGH THE DAY. WIND CHILLS WILL STAY INTO THE TEENS AS WE CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON, NOTICING SOME BREEZY CONDITIONS, ESPECIALLY AS WE CONTINUE LATER ON. BUT OVERALL, WE ARE GOING TO BE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THAT SEVERE WEATHER ALERT DAY COMING IN ON TUESDAY, SO STICK AROUND JUST ABOUT 15 MINUTES. I’LL BE TIMING IT OUT AND LET YOU KNOW HOW MUCH SNOW YOU CAN EXPECT. EVEN AS WE HEAD INTO THE UPCOMING WORKWEEK. LILY. ASHLEY. THANK YOU. AND WITH THOSE FRIGID COLD TEMPERATURES THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED, THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH WILL BE OPENING UP WARMING CENTERS AT FIVE HEALTHY ACTIVE LIVING CENTERS. THOSE ARE THERE ON YOUR SCREEN. THESE ARE ACTIVATED WHEN 20 DEGREES OR LOWER IS THE FORECASTED HIGH. THE CENTERS WILL BE OPEN TUESDAY FROM 8 A.M. TO 7 P.M. AND REMEMBER, YOU CAN KEEP THAT FORECAST HANDY ALL WINTER LONG. DOWNLOAD OUR FREE APP AND BE SURE TO SIGN UP FOR ALERTS TO KNOW TO KEEP YOU AND YOUR FAMILY SAFE. AT 902, WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW BREAKING NEWS OUT OF AMBRIDGE, BEAVER COUNTY, WHERE POLICE SAY THEY ARE INVESTIGATING A DEADLY SHOOTING. THIS HAPPENED ON LOCUST STREET JUST BEFORE 3:00 THIS MORNING. 911 DISPATCHERS CONFIRMED TWO PEOPLE WERE FOUND DEAD AT THE SCENE. LOCAL POLICE OFFICERS AND COUNTY DETECTIVES HAVE BEEN THERE INVESTIGATING FOR HOURS. WE DO KNOW THE CORONER RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AS WELL. WE’RE HEARING FROM OFFICIALS AT THAT SCENE. WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING YOU THOSE UPDATES. BE SURE TO STICK WITH US AS SOON AS WE LEARN NEW INFORMATION. NEWS FROM OVERNIGHT. NOW A FIRE IN MONROEVILLE. CREWS RESPONDING TO THIS HOME ON SAINT VINCENT DRIVE AROUND MIDNIGHT. AT THIS POINT, WE’RE STILL WORKING TO LEARN IF ANYONE WAS INSIDE AT THE TIME. THE CAUSE OF THAT FIRE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION. IN BEAVER COUNTY, CREWS. SMOKE AND FLAMES COULD BE SEEN SHOOTING FROM THE ROOF OF THE TALL GLASS PLANT IN MONACA YESTERDAY, KEEPING CREWS VERY BUSY. A VIEWER SHARING THIS VIDEO FROM THAT SCENE ALONG NINTH STREET. THE FIRE PUT CREWS TO THE TEST JUST HOURS AFTER THEY CUT THE RIBBON ON THEIR BRAND NEW FIRE STATION. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER FELICITY TAYLOR HAS THE STORY. THANKFULLY, WE WERE STILL HERE WITH THE DEDICATION CEREMONY, SO WE WERE ABLE TO RESPOND WITHIN SECONDS. THE FIRE AT THE GLASS PLANT ON NINTH STREET STARTED JUST BEFORE 5:00. CREWS USED THEIR TWO FIRE TRUCKS TO RESPOND AND QUICKLY PUT OUT THE MASSIVE FLAMES. NOBODY WAS INJURED. NO, NO REAL DAMAGE TO THE PROPERTY. IT WAS JUST AN OIL LINE THAT BROKE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING, RIGHT ABOVE THE FURNACE, AND CAUSED IT TO CATCH ON FIRE, CHIEF MIKE SIEGEL SAYS THEY PURPOSEFULLY BUILT THE NEW STATION WHERE IT IS BECAUSE OF ITS CENTRALIZED LOCATION, GETTING THREE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS INTO INTO FIRE OR AN EMERGENCY, GETTING EVERYBODY INTO A CENTRALIZED LOCATION. RESPONSE TIME WILL BE CUT DOWN FOR SURE. FOR YEARS, MONACA HAD THREE DIFFERENT FIRE DEPARTMENTS SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE BOROUGH. THEY COMBINED INTO 1 IN 2022 AND OFFICIALLY OPENED THEIR NEW STATION SATURDAY. EVERY TIME I WALK IN HERE, I’M STILL IN AWE BECAUSE, I MEAN, THIS IS IT’S AMAZING TO TO WHAT WE HAVE NOW, FROM WHAT WE CAME FROM. THE $4.2 MILLION PROJECT WAS ALMOST ENTIRELY FUNDED BY GRANT MONEY. THE DEPARTMENT NOW HAS THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRUCKS AND ONE BOAT INSIDE STATE OF THE ART EQUIPMENT, PLUS BUNK ROOMS AND SHOWERS SO FIREFIGHTERS CAN STAY OVERNIGHT ON SHIFT RATHER THAN ANSWERING CALLS FROM HOME. BOROUGH OFFICIALS SAY PERKS LIKE THIS ATTRACT MORE MEMBERS. PUBLIC SAFETY IS FIRST AND FOREMOST. AND THIS. THIS GIVES US A FACILITY WHERE NOT ONLY WE CAN HANG OUR HATS ON, BUT IT CAN ALSO BRING IN VOLUNTEERS, THE BOROUGH MANAGER SAYS. A STATE OF THE ART FACILITY LIKE THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF ALL THE POSITIVE CHANGES THAT THEY’RE MAKING IN REBUILDING THIS COMMUNITY. COVERING BEAVER COUNTY IN MONACA, I’M FELICITY TAYLOR, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. IN LAWRENCE COUNTY, A TRAIN AND A TRUCK CRASHED INTO EACH OTHER, SENDING TWO PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL. THIS HAPPENED JUST AFTER THREE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT THE RAILROAD CROSSING THAT’S IN UNION TOWNSHIP. YOU CAN SEE THE BACK END OF THAT PICKUP TORN AWAY BY THE IMPACT. THE CSX TRAIN APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN CARRYING COAL. THE COMPANY SAYS THE TRUCK WAS ON THE TRACKS AS THE TRAIN APPROACHED. OFFICIALS HERE SAY NO ONE WAS SERIOUSLY HURT. TWO WOMEN ARE IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER PITTSBURGH POLICE SAY ONE OF THEM WAS SHOT AND THE OTHER STABBED. ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS, IT HAPPENED AFTER A FIGHT ALONG RICHARDSON AVENUE IN BRIGHTON HEIGHTS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. OFFICERS FOUND JULIE WEAVER WITH GUNSHOT WOUNDS TO THE SHOULDER AND BACK. ACCORDING TO A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT, WEAVER SAYS SHE STABBED THE OTHER WOMAN AFTER THAT WOMAN AND TWO OTHERS ALLEGEDLY CONFRONTED HER ON THE STREET AND ONE OF THEM PULLED A GUN. WEAVER FACES ASSAULT AND OTHER CHARGES. AT THIS POINT, IT’S STILL NOT CLEAR IF THE PERSON WHO FIRED THE GUN WILL FACE CHARGES AS WELL. TO FAYETTE COUNTY NOW, A UNIONTOWN MAN IS FACING CHARGES AFTER A GUN AND DRUG SWEEP AT HIS HOME. A NARCOTICS TASK FORCE FROM MARYLAND CONDUCTED THE SWEEP AS PART OF A LARGE SCALE MULTI-STATE DRUG INVESTIGATION. THEY SAY CRACK COCAINE, CASH AND 14 GUNS WERE FOUND AT THE HOME ON WALNUT STREET. 63 YEAR OLD DAVID COFFEY IS CURRENTLY IN JAIL IN MARYLAND AND WILL FACE ADDITIONAL CHARGES IN FAYETTE COUNTY. STAYING IN UNIONTOWN, SHOPPERS AND EMPLOYEES WERE FORCED TO EVACUATE THIS WALMART STORE FOLLOWING A REPORTED THREAT THERE YESTERDAY MORNING. PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE SAY THEY ARE NOW WORKING TO IDENTIFY A SUSPECT. WE KNOW TROOPERS RESPONDED TO THAT SCENE AROUND 10:00 YESTERDAY MORNING. THAT’S WHEN THEY CLOSED OFF ALL OF THE ENTRANCES IN THE STORE ACTUALLY REMAINED CLOSED FOR SEVERAL HOURS UNTIL TROOPERS GAVE THE ALL CLEAR. THEY TELL US NOTHING WAS FOUND, BUT THEIR INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. SEVEN AFTER NINE IS OUR TIME TO EMPLOYEES FROM PROPEL SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN DISMISSED FROM THEIR JOBS AFTER SHARING WHAT THE DISTRICT CALLED INAPPROPRIATE POSTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP AND IRAN. THE WORKERS WERE SUSPENDED AT FIRST, BUT IN A NEW STATEMENT, THE DISTRICT SAID, QUOTE, FOLLOWING A FORMAL REVIEW PROCESS CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, THE INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED ARE NO LONGER EMPLOYED BY PROPEL SCHOOLS. THE SHARED VIDEO REPORTEDLY SHOWED PEOPLE CELEBRATING REPORTED THREATS TO THE PRESIDENT. MEANWHILE, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS HE WILL HIKE TARIFFS ON EUROPEAN ALLIES STARTING NEXT MONTH IF THEY CONTINUE TO OPPOSE HIS BID TO PURCHASE GREENLAND. OUR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT, JACKIE DEFUSCO JOINS US NOW FROM OUR WASHINGTON BUREAU. JACKIE, THIS MARKS A SIGNIFICANT ESCALATION IN THE PRESIDENT’S LATEST EFFORT. THIS WEEKEND, PRESIDENT TRUMP TURNED UP THE ECONOMIC PRESSURE IN HIS PUSH TO ACQUIRE GREENLAND. AND HE STILL HAS NOT RULED OUT MILITARY FORCE, DESPITE WARNINGS THAT THAT COULD UNDERMINE THE NATO DEFENSE ALLIANCE. NOW. FROM GREENLAND’S CAPITAL TO COPENHAGEN, GREENLAND’S HUNDREDS TOOK TO THE STREETS ON SATURDAY TO SEND A MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. SO, DONALD, WE DON’T WANT TO BE AMERICANS. WE ARE GREENLANDERS. SO FAR, UNDETERRED, PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID IN A SOCIAL MEDIA POST SATURDAY THAT EIGHT EUROPEAN NATIONS WILL FACE A 10% TARIFF ON ANY GOODS SENT TO THE U.S. STARTING ON FEBRUARY 1ST, FURTHER INCREASING TO 25% IN JUNE AND PAYABLE UNTIL A DEAL IS REACHED FOR THE COMPLETE AND TOTAL PURCHASE OF GREENLAND. THE PRESIDENT, REITERATING HIS LONG STANDING VIEW THAT ACQUIRING THE STRATEGICALLY LOCATED, MINERAL RICH TERRITORY OF DENMARK IS CRITICAL FOR NATIONAL SECURITY. IF WE DON’T GO IN, RUSSIA IS GOING TO GO IN AND CHINA IS GOING TO GO IN, AND THERE’S NOT A THING THAT DENMARK CAN DO ABOUT IT. THE PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION WRITING SATURDAY QUOTE, TARIFFS WOULD UNDERMINE TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS AND RISK A DANGEROUS DOWNWARD SPIRAL, ADDING EUROPE WOULD REMAIN COMMITTED TO UPHOLDING ITS SOVEREIGNTY. THIS AS TROOPS FROM SEVERAL EUROPEAN COUNTRIES HAVE ARRIVED IN GREENLAND IN RECENT DAYS FOR DEFENSE TRAINING. AND AS PRESIDENT TRUMP’S CALLS TO TAKE OVER GREENLAND, POTENTIALLY THROUGH MILITARY FORCE, FACE BIPARTISAN BACKLASH ON CAPITOL HILL. IT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE END OF HIS PRESIDENCY. MOST REPUBLICANS KNOW THIS IS IMMORAL AND WRONG, AND WE’RE GOING TO STAND UP AGAINST IT. AND THIS WEEKEND, A BIPARTISAN DELEGATION TRAVELED TO DENMARK IN AN EFFORT TO REASSURE NATO ALLIES. THOSE LAWMAKERS ARE NOW URGING PRESIDENT TRUMP TO STOP HIS THREATS AND TO INSTEAD WORK WITHIN EXISTING TREATIES TO TRY TO BOLSTER SECURITY IN THE ARCTIC.

Two people hurt after crash along Rt. 51 in Brentwood Borough

Updated: 3:28 PM EST Jan 18, 2026

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Officials said at least two people were injured following a crash in Allegheny County on Sunday afternoon. VIDEO: Top Stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 PennDOT officials said due to a crash, Route 51 (Clairton Boulevard) was closed to traffic in each direction between Greenlee Road and Town Square Way in Brentwood Borough. As of 1:48 p.m., officials said the road has reopened. County dispatchers said at least two people were taken to the hospital as a result of the crash. It is unclear how many vehicles were involved. Action News 4 will provide updates as they are made available. Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.

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Officials said at least two people were injured following a crash in Allegheny County on Sunday afternoon.

VIDEO: Top Stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4

PennDOT officials said due to a crash, Route 51 (Clairton Boulevard) was closed to traffic in each direction between Greenlee Road and Town Square Way in Brentwood Borough.

As of 1:48 p.m., officials said the road has reopened.

County dispatchers said at least two people were taken to the hospital as a result of the crash.

It is unclear how many vehicles were involved.

Action News 4 will provide updates as they are made available.

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