UPDATE: State police have identified the driver and victim in the crash as a 19-year-old Commodore woman. Police have also said that the woman was driving West on Airport Road when her car veered off and hit a cement obstruction light stanchion in the ground near the airport. The car overturned and caught fire after impact. The woman was flown to West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh for treatment of major injuries including severe burns. State police say the investigation is continuing.
WHAT WE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED
The driver of a car that crashed and caught fire Tuesday night east of Indiana had to be flown to a hospital in Pittsburgh.
Indiana Fire Association Assistant Chief Ron Moreau said they were called out at 9:35 last night to Airport Road between Hood School Road and Route 286 in White Township and found the vehicle had crashed into a concrete post and rolled onto its side. The vehicle had also caught fire and one person was still inside the vehicle. Fire crews were able to suppress the fire and quickly free the occupant, who was later flown to a Pittsburgh hospital for treatment.
Moreau also reported that a firefighter suffered a knee injury during their response and was taken to Indiana Regional Medical Center for treatment. State police and Citizens Ambulance assisted at the scene.
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