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2-vehicle, head-on crash on Route 8 sends both drivers to hospitals

Two vehicles, which crashed head-on Sunday afternoon, are removed from the intersection of Pittsburgh and Dodds roads, Penn Township. Both drivers were injured and transported to hospitals, one by medical helicopter. Nathan Bottiger/Butler Eagle

PENN TWP — One by air and another by land, two drivers involved in a vehicle crash Sunday afternoon along Route 8 were taken to hospitals for their injuries.

According to police, a 60-year-old Allison Park man was the first to be taken from the scene of a crash that happened around 2:30 p.m. at the intersection of Pittsburgh and Dodds roads.

As first responders relayed information to Butler County 911 dispatchers, it was noted the man had suffered a head injury.

An ambulance took the Allison Park man to a medical helicopter waiting further down Pittsburgh Road, across from Hunter Truck Sales in a parking lot. The helicopter took the man to a Pittsburgh hospital.

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