Three Dead in Forest Hills Crash Are Identified

Three people died last night when a car crashed into a utility pole in the grass median of Ardmore Boulevard in Forest Hills.

Two men and a woman were killed and a 4-year-old girl seriously injured in the 9:20 p.m. wreck near the intersection with Newport Road, Allegheny County police said.

The unnamed driver was treated at UPMC Presbyterian for minor cuts and released, said county police Lt. Bill Palmer.

The county Medical Examiner’s office identified the dead passengers as: Matthew Stojakovich, 25, who recently moved to Altoona from North Huntingdon; Jennifer Smith, 26, of Johnstown; and Samuel McCoy, 27, of Altoona.

The driver and Smith’s 4-year-old daughter were trapped in the wreckage until emergency workers rescued them.

The girl, who was trapped for about an hour, is in serious condition at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh with a broken leg and injured left shoulder and left arm, Palmer said.

Police accident reconstruction specialists are investigating and have not determined what caused the driver to go off the road, he said.

Originally published by The Tribune-Review.

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