ELLWOOD CITY, Pa. — One person was killed and two others were hurt when a car was unable to stop on a steep hill in Ellwood City and crashed into a tree.
The crash happened just after 8 p.m. Saturday on Bridge Street.
According to police, the driver reported issues with the car's brakes. He was trying to make it from New Castle to Ellwood City. A second vehicle was following the one that crashed.
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Police said the driver of the crashed vehicle was using the emergency brake but it also failed.
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"The emergency brake apparently give out coming down bridge street near the old Saint Agatha School," said Wayne Parsons, of the Ellwood City Police Department. "He {came} down through Orchard Avenue, past Hazel Avenue, across State Route 65, across First Street, and across Wampum Avenue, through a parking lot, like a driveway, then over embankment."
Two women were able to escape the crashed vehicle. They were taken to the hospital, treated and released.
The driver died. His name has not been released.