[naviga:h3]Woman dies after police chase, crash [/naviga:h3]

UNIONTOWN — A woman injured in a crash that occurred as police were chasing another driver has died, police said.

Police in Fayette County alleged that a male driver swerved out of his lane shortly before noon Friday on Route 119 and nearly hit a patrol car in the passing lane.

Officials said the ensuing pursuit reached speeds of 70 to 80 mph, and another trooper joined the chase. Police said the driver went around another vehicle and the first trooper followed, but the driver of the other car then turned in front of the second trooper and was struck.

The driver, identified as Bendetta Miller, sustained a head injury and was flown to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, W.Va., where she was pronounced dead Saturday.

Officers called off the pursuit after the crash, but later tracked the vehicle to an alley in German Township and arrested the driver, who was expected to face charges including aggravated assault, fleeing and eluding and resisting arrest, police said.

A trooper was taken to Uniontown Hospital for treatment of a hip injury, police said.

[naviga:h3]3 people injured in fiery car crash [/naviga:h3]

KITTANNING — Police say three people, including a 2-year-old child, were hospitalized after a fiery, single-car crash.

Police say Allen Best of Clarion was driving south on Route 28/66 in Rayburn when he lost control of his car at around 5:15 a.m. Sunday. The car started spinning, veered over an embankment, hit a fence and rolled over before catching fire.

A Pittsburgh newspaper reports that the three were able to escape the wrecked car before it burst into flames.

[naviga:h3]Stabbing suspect asks judge for bail[/naviga:h3]

GREENSBURG — A teen charged with stabbing 20 fellow students and a security guard at his high school is hoping a judge will set bail now that he’s been moved from a juvenile detention center to the county jail.

Alex Hribal turned 18 on Oct. 1, prompting his move to the Westmoreland County Jail.

That makes him eligible for today’s bail hearing.

Hribal is charged as an adult in the April 2014 rampage at Franklin Regional High School, but had been kept in juvenile detention because of his age.