14 people hurt when bus crashes into pole near Ross Park Mall stop

ROSS TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Over a dozen people were hurt in a crash at Ross Park Mall.

Allegheny County 911 officials say the crash was reported just before 9:30 a.m. Saturday.

A Ross Township police official confirms to Channel 11 that a PRT bus crashed into a pole near the Ross Park Mall stop.

All fourteen people on the bus, including the driver, were taken to area hospitals with “a variety of injuries.” None of those injuries are said to be critical.

A Pittsburgh Regional Transit spokesperson says a majority of the injuries are “bumps and bruises,” though one person is suspected to have suffered a broken nose.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.

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