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Police looking for driver in fatal East Pittsburgh hit-and-run

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EAST PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Police are looking for a driver of a vehicle who ran off after a crash caused the death of another person on Saturday.

The Pennsylvania State Police said the incident occurred on Braddock and Cable avenues in East Pittsburgh, shortly before 4 p.m.

James Haberfield, 72, of Monroeville, was driving south, when another vehicle heading south merged into his lane and hit his vehicle, sending it into the concrete barriers on both sides of the road.

The driver of the second vehicle ran off, police said.

Haberfield was pronounced dead at Forbes Regional Hospital.

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