Overpass worker killed on the job

PITTSBURGH — Authorities are investigating the death of a construction worker killed while working on repairs to an overpass over the weekend.

Officials in Allegheny County say the man was apparently pinned by a hydraulic lift against the roof of the East Busway bridge overpass in Wilkinsburg at about 8:20 a.m. Saturday.

The county medical examiner’s office said 35-year-old Sean Kelly of Monroeville was pronounced dead at the scene.

Lt. Andrew Schurman of the Allegheny County police department said the death appears to have been an accident.

Kelly was working for Guliisek Construction, which was hired by The Port Authority of Allegheny County to make repairs to 22 bridges in the system.

Company spokesman Jake Ploeger said officials are doing everything they can to help determine how the accident happened.

Man hit as shots fired during game

ERIE — Authorities say a man was shot in the calf during a flag football game at a park.

Police in Erie said that the victim was hit by gunfire at Rodger Young Park shortly after 1 p.m. Sunday.

Sgt. Mike Brady said the wound wasn’t believed to be life-threatening. He was taken to UPMC Hamot by private vehicle.

Brady said about 50 people were present when the shots were fired and “everybody scattered.”

Witnesses reported seven to 14 shots, and 23-year-old Hunter Moore of Waterford said he then heard “bullets whizzing by our heads.”

He said the shooting victim wasn’t playing and appeared to be in his 20s or 30s.

Police recovered numerous shell casings from a house about a block away.

Student accused of setting fires

PITTSBURGH — A Carnegie Mellon University student is accused of setting several fires in Pittsburgh last week.

Police say 20-year-old Benjamin Perlin told them he was under the influence of prescription medicine and alcohol when he set the fires during a three-hour period from late Wednesday to early Thursday. The Nashville, Tenn., resident was arrested Saturday and charged with arson, risking a catastrophe and criminal mischief.