{"id":14183,"date":"2022-07-31T05:12:30","date_gmt":"2022-07-31T05:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/man-dead-after-vehicle-crashes-into-tree-in-pittsburgh-victim-identified-wpxi\/"},"modified":"2022-07-31T05:12:30","modified_gmt":"2022-07-31T05:12:30","slug":"man-dead-after-vehicle-crashes-into-tree-in-pittsburgh-victim-identified-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/?p=14183","title":{"rendered":"Man dead after vehicle crashes into tree in Pittsburgh, victim identified &#8211; WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 dowhnV body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH &#8211; Pittsburgh police say a man is dead after a vehicle crashed into a tree in the Strip District.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 dowhnV body-paragraph\">Allegheny County dispatchers said police, fire and EMS were called to Frank Curto Park on Bigelow Blvd.  around 4:17 p.m<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 dowhnV body-paragraph\">Medical examiners identified the victim as Lonnie J. Middleton III, 52, of Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 dowhnV body-paragraph\">A blue SUV appeared to have left the road and into the tree.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 dowhnV body-paragraph\">The tree was knocked down as a result of the accident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 dowhnV body-paragraph\">The inbound lanes of Bigelow Blvd and Herron Avenue to Veterans Bridge were closed while crews responded to the scene.  They were reopened around 8:00 p.m<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 dowhnV body-paragraph\">Channel 11 has a crew on the scene and is actively working to get more information.  Please check back for updates as more information becomes available.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 dowhnV body-paragraph\">Download the FREE WPXI News app for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 dowhnV body-paragraph\">Follow the news of Channel 11 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> i <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>.  |  Watch WPXI NOW<\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-1gn0vty-0 gAFIWJ image-metadata\"><span class=\"title\">Everyday Caf\u00e9 among multiple local businesses suffering amid inflation <\/span><\/p>\n<p>MAIN STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-tl066j-0 dowhnV body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92022 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/man-dead-after-vehicle-crashes-into-tree-pittsburgh\/4VRLOWEPOJCZZPZBH34LOEKYRA\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PITTSBURGH &#8211; Pittsburgh police say a man is dead after a vehicle crashed into a tree in the Strip District. Allegheny County dispatchers said police, fire and EMS were called to Frank Curto Park on Bigelow Blvd. around 4:17 p.m Medical examiners identified the victim as Lonnie J. Middleton III, 52, of Pittsburgh. A blue SUV appeared to have left the road and into the tree. The tree was knocked down as a result of the accident. The inbound lanes of Bigelow Blvd and Herron Avenue to Veterans Bridge were closed while crews responded to the scene. They were reopened&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14183\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}