CANTON TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A woman was seriously hurt in a crash that shut down I-70 in Washington County on Friday.
According to state police, a white van was heading westbound on I-70 around 11:20 a.m.
The driver told police that the van was behind a black pickup truck with a flatbed trailer.
A “large, sharp piece of metal” reportedly flew from the trailer and went through the van’s windshield, hitting the second-row middle passenger in the head.
Medics treated the passenger on scene before she was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital. She is currently in serious condition, police say.
The black pickup truck did not stop after the crash. Police ask anyone who’s seen a vehicle matching that description to call PSP Washington at 724-223-5200.
Witnesses told police that there may have been flags on the truck’s trailer.
I-70 was closed in both directions after the crash but has since reopened.
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