DONEGAL TWP — An ice-covered driveway, a mechanical problem or both may have been factors in a two-car crash Monday on Route 68 that landed one of the drivers in a Pittsburgh hospital with a head injury, authorities said.

The road was closed for about 30 minutes after the wreck shortly before 9:25 a.m. State police are investigating but an accident report was not immediately available.

Rescuers said 49-year-old Raymond L. Eyth Jr, who lives in the 1200 block of Route 68, also known as Chicora Road, was pulling out of his driveway and slid on ice into traffic.

But Eyth’s father, Raymond L. Eyth Sr., said his son told family members that the brakes pulsated when he applied them, and he was unable to stop his 2014 Honda CR-Z

Another car headed west struck Eyth’s vehicle on the driver’s side. Eyth had moderate injuries but he remained conscious while a Chicora Ambulance crew tended to him.

The other driver, who’s name was not available, was not hurt.

Eyth was taken to nearby Catalpa Road where a medical helicopter landed before flying him to Allegheny General Hospital.

He remained this morning at the hospital where he was being treated for a hematoma on the left side of his head, family said.