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Eastbound portion of the Pennsylvania Turnpike shut down due to deadly pedestrian crash

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Mike Darnay

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Mike Darnay is a digital producer and photojournalist at CBS Pittsburgh. Mike has also written and produced content for Vox Media and the Mon Valley Independent.
He often covers overnight breaking news, the Pittsburgh Steelers and high school sports.

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A portion of the Pennsylvania Turnpike is shut down after someone was hit and killed along the highway in Beaver County. 

The eastbound lanes of the Turnpike are closed between the New Castle interchange and the Cranberry interchange following the deadly overnight crash.

Pennsylvania State Police said that the crash happened near milepost 14 not far from the Beaver Valley interchange. 

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A detour provided by PennDOT is redirecting traffic off of the Turnpike at the New Castle interchange, onto I-376 westbound, Rt. 422 eastbound, onto I-79 southbound, and back onto the Turnpike at the Cranberry interchange. 

One person was killed when they were hit along the eastbound lanes of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in North Sewickley Township early Friday morning.

KDKA Photojournalist Brian Smithmyer


Dispatchers said the crash happened around 2:30 a.m. Friday.  Details surrounding the circumstances of the crash are limited at this time and the person who was killed has yet to be identified.

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Troopers from the Pennsylvania State Police Troop T barracks in Gibsonia are leading the investigation into the deadly crash. 

It’s unclear when the eastbound lanes of the Turnpike will reopen. 



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