Morning crash deemed a symptom of weather
CONNOQUENESSING TWP — Poor weather conditions caused at least one crash Wednesday morning.
Emergency crews responded around 7:55 a.m. Wednesday to the 200 block of Eagle Mill Road, where a driver slammed into a utility pole.
The SUV collided head-on with the pole, which also appeared bent and snapped in the middle, but still upright.
According to Connoquenessing Township firefighters, the driver was taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital, and they remained on the scene to provide traffic control.
State police said they believed the driver's injuries were minor.
Police said rain, road conditions and speed likely were factors in the crash.
The crash was one of multiple calls Wednesday morning as the rain began to fall in what is predicted as an extended stretch of wet weather, according to the National Weather Service of Pittsburgh.
Butler County remains in a hazardous weather outlook until Thursday and is included in a flash flood warning that will remain in effect until about 8 p.m. Wednesday night.
While the weather outlook appears to end Thursday, the service's weather forecast predicts a possibility of rain every day until Tuesday, when it is expected to be sunny with a high of 84 degrees.
