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CBS News
4 days ago
- Automotive
- CBS News
4 people hurt in crash involving Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus outside Fort Pitt Tunnel
Four people were injured Saturday morning when a car crashed into a Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus just outside the Fort Pitt Tunnel. The 38-Green Tree bus was traveling inbound in the left lane approaching the tunnel about 9 a.m. when a car traveling in the right lane struck a guardrail and collided with the bus. Initial reports indicate the car's driver went looking for their phone, which had fallen onto the floor of the vehicle before the incident. A passenger in the car was taken to UPMC Mercy Hospital in serious but stable condition. The bus operator and passenger were also transported to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, according to a PRT spokesperson. A second bus passenger also transported themself to a hospital for evaluation. Officials said the bus sustained heavy damage, and the other vehicle in the crash was totaled. The Fort Pitt Tunnel was closed for about an hour before reopening.
CBS News
16-06-2025
- Health
- CBS News
Pittsburgh pediatric burn patients head to special summer camp
A dozen kids are heading to a special summer camp that caters to some of the Pittsburgh area's youngest burn patients. One of those kids is high schooler Meira Loring, who said she remembers getting her burn scars at 5 years old. "I decided that I was going to light a candle, and the match got too close to my hand, and it fell on my dress. So, 41% of my body got burned that day," Loring said. She is one of the over 200 pediatric burn patients that doctors see each year at UPMC Mercy. Now she's one of twelve children with bags packed going to Camp Susquehanna. All the kids going to the camp have been at UPMC Mercy Hospital as burn patients too. "Other people know what you're going through, which makes it really easy to just feel connection," said Loring. It's her eighth time going to this pediatric burn survivor camp now. This four-day camp cultivates connection between children who bear burn scars. "It's great emotional therapy, but it's also great physical therapy for them," said Dr. Jenny Ziembicki, the medical director of UPMC Mercy's Burn Center. This camp is a safe and free sleepaway camp with three clinicians from UPMC. That includes a nurse, a tech and a child life specialist. "A lot of (the children at camp) are still taking medication. They have burn garments, therapy, stretching, that type of thing that they are still going to do while they're up there," said Dr. Ziembicki. Campers range from 7 to 17 years old, and every one of them bounced with excitement ahead of getting on the bus to camp. Parents said they know what this moment means to their kids. "You won't regret it. It's hard letting them go, especially that first year, but it's worth it," said Tiffany Taylor, parent to 11-year-old burn survivor Miles. He's gone to this camp three times now. While the children are at Camp Susquehanna, they enjoy rock climbing, cooking, swimming and engaging in deep conversations. "Do you see a difference when he comes back?" KDKA-TV's Megan Shinn asked. "Oh yeah. He — more confidence," Taylor said. With a hug and kiss goodbye, the children run to be first on the bus for a life-changing camp that helps connect the spirits of all pediatric burn survivors.
CBS News
03-06-2025
- General
- CBS News
Pittsburgh hospital mix-up leads to woman finding stranger in mom's hospital bed
A daughter says her mother was mistaken for a patient at a hospital in Pittsburgh last week. "I couldn't believe what was happening to me. I thought I was being punked," said Rae Corrado. Rae Corrado said she left fearing for her mother's well-being on Friday night. Last month, her mom suffered a stroke and was taken to UPMC Presbyterian. Corrado said she was told her 72-year-old mother, Glorida, arrived at UPMC Mercy to rehab from UPMC Presbyterian. However, when she went to her mother's room, the name on the wristband was her mom's, but the person wearing it was not her mom. In a one-on-one interview at the family business on Tuesday in Verona, Corrado said she was terrified. "I don't know if they were giving her pills, if they were giving her medicine," she said. "I told them that wasn't my mother. I went to the chapel and I called Presby, and they said they found my mother." Her mother arrived four hours later at 11 p.m. on Friday. Corrado said she's relieved, but she wants answers. KDKA's Mamie Bah asked, "When you spoke to them finally today, what did they say was the reason for the mix-up?" "That they had a new nurse on staff, and they were sorry for the mix-up," Corrado said. KDKA reached out to UPMC Mercy for comment, but has yet to hear back on Tuesday.
CBS News
06-05-2025
- CBS News
Woman recovering after being shot in Rankin
Allegheny County police are looking for whoever shot a woman as she got out of her car in Rankin early Tuesday morning. She's in the hospital recovering. "This is sad, devastating, of course," said Rankin Council President Glenn Ford. Ford was a few blocks down on Fourth Avenue when he got an unexpected call from one of his cousins at 1 a.m. that his aunt had been shot. "She was in her car, and a gunman walked up and started shooting at the car," Ford said. "She got shot all over." Without providing her name, Councilman Ford said his aunt was coming from out of town and had finished parking. She was getting ready to come inside when she was shot at multiple times. He immediately went to take care of the children. "I was with them all night," Ford added. "Very sad, very shocked, traumatic, trauma." Allegheny County police say the suspect fled the scene after the shooting. Without explaining why, Ford believes this is an isolated incident, and he thinks the suspect is a man. "I don't think anyone is nervous or fearful, this is a safe community, but it is a very uneasy feeling that someone too willing to just come up on her car and shoot it is just out." The councilman said his aunt was brought to UPMC Mercy. He said that while she was shot multiple times, she's doing a lot better. "She's a fighter."
