Complete Streets at Pitt hosts vigil for recent Oakland pedestrian death

By Bridget Pohl, Staff Writer  • November 17, 2025

On Sunday, Nov. 16, Complete Streets at Pitt hosted a vigil for a pedestrian who was killed by a vehicle in Oakland recently.

Car crashes into Fifth Avenue building after high-speed chase 

By Madeline Ward, Staff Writer • September 15, 2025

A stolen car fleeing police crashed into a Fifth Avenue building on Aug. 10, leaving its entrance temporarily condemned. 

Woman struck by truck, killed in hit-and-run on Upper Campus

By Spencer Levering, Assistant News Editor • December 6, 2024

A 37-year-old woman was killed after being struck by a box truck at the intersection of Terrace Street and Darragh Street just before 5:45 a.m. on Thursday morning.

Woman dead after large steel cylinder rolled away from Petersen Events Center construction site

By Spencer Levering, News Editor • May 3, 2024

A woman died after she was hit by a large cylindrical steel drum that rolled away from the construction site by the Petersen Events Center on May 3.

Editorial | Let your car get totaled

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • January 18, 2024

It’s normal to get a feeling of worry when we see a car on the side of the road whose front is destroyed beyond repair, but it’s really one of the best things to see after a collision.

Woman struck by UPMC shuttle on upper campus, died at hospital

By Ryleigh Lord, News Editor • November 29, 2023

A woman was struck by a shuttle bus on upper campus this morning, at the intersection of Terrace Street and Sutherland Drive.