Man, 45, dies after head-on crash on Mifflin Road

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PITTSBURGH — One of two people hospitalized Friday evening after a head-on crash on Mifflin Road has died, Pittsburgh police said.

The accident was reported around 5 p.m. in the 700 block of Mifflin Road. %

The other person was walking and alert but was also taken to Mercy Hospital to be checked, police said.

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Authorities said one of the drivers, identified as Brian Coker, 45, of Homewood, was taken to UPMC Mercy Hospital in critical condition. He was pronounced dead about 5:45 p.m.

Mifflin Road was closed for more than an hour while authorities investigated the crash.