Man Struck While Changing Flat Tire In Smith Township

March 18, 2025 4:51 am

SMITH TOWNSHIP, Pa. — (WPXI) – An Ohio man was flown to a hospital after he was hit by a car while changing a flat tire in Smith Township. A Pennsylvania State Police report says the incident happened on Monday just after 3 p.m. on U.S. Highway 22, just west of the Bavington Exit. Troopers say a man from Jacobsburg Ohio was on the shoulder trying to change his vehicle’s flat tire when he was hit by a Volkswagen Jetta driven by a West Virginia woman. The man was taken to an area hospital by helicopter. There’s no word on his current condition. The crash remains under investigation.