Portion of Grandview Ave. sidewalk collapses near Mon Incline

PITTSBURGH — A portion of the sidewalk has collapsed on Grandview Avenue near the Monongahela Incline.

Channel 11 has learned a tractor-trailer ran over the sidewalk before it collapsed.

You can now customize your WPXI News App to receive alerts for news stories in Allegheny County. CLICK HERE to find out how.

"This tractor-trailer he came rushing around the bend here and he couldn’t make the bend because the cars are parked on the corner," Mario Fabiano, who works in the incline's upper station, said.

Video shows the truck pull forward and reverse several times. At some point the weight of the truck caused the sidewalk to collapse.

"As he was backing up, his one tire got stuck in that ditch over there then all of a sudden as soon as he pulled the truck out, the whole wall caved in on the bottom," Fabiano said.

Gravel and cement fell down the side of Mount Washington, exposing support beams.

"It was crazy. It looked like a landslide coming down I couldn’t believe it!," Fabiano said.

This is the same area where crews spent several weeks repairing damage from a broken water main.

Several other areas of sidewalk along Grandview Avenue are also closed due to safety concerns about crumbling sidewalks.

TRENDING NOW:

Cox Media Group