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Man, teen injured in 2-vehicle crash on Rt. 8

MIDDLESEX TOWNSHIP — A firefighter clearing debris from the vehicle collision Monday lifted a shattered car part off Route 8 and noted, “I think this is from last week’s crash.”

Two violent collisions, just days apart, occurred at the same location.

On Friday, 71-year-old motorcyclist John Caldwell of Beaver Falls died when his Harley Davidson collided with a car turning into the Cogo’s parking lot.

On Monday, a 72-year-old Pittsburgh man suffered serious head and arm injuries when he pulled his 2000 Chevy S-10 pickup truck out of the same convenience store’s parking lot and collided with a 2002 Mercedes driven by a Gibsonia teen girl.

The force of the collision pushed the teen’s SUV across the northbound lane, over a guard rail and creek before overturning near Dwellington Circle. The girl, who was initially trapped under the vehicle, was taken by ambulance to Butler Memorial Hospital.

The man, who was thrown 80 feet from his truck, landed to the side of northbound lane. He was conscious when taken by helicopter to Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh.

The accident occurred a little before 11 a.m.

Township Police officer Conrad Pfeifer, who investigated both collisions, said charges are possible in both.

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