PITTSBURGH — A UPMC physician died Sunday after he was hit by a car while trying to help a motorist who crashed along the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
State police identified the victim as Andrew S. Fisher, 35.
(This article was written by Tom Fontaine, who is a staff writer for Channel 11’s news exchange partners at TribLIVE.)
Police said Fisher was in a crash involving about 50 vehicles about 12:30 p.m. near milepost 300 in Chester County. Snowy conditions contributed to the chain reaction crash.
Fisher walked back to check on the condition of a motorist in what appeared to be the most severely damaged vehicle in the area and was struck by a vehicle driven by a 72-year-old New Jersey woman while he stood on an embankment, police said.
Fisher practiced family medicine with Solano & Kokales Internal Medicine Associates in Oakland. A University of Pittsburgh medical school graduate, Fisher lived in Friendship with his wife and two young children.
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