Three Dead After Plasma Clinic Crash

June 13, 2021 7:52 am

PITTSBURGH — Police say three people are dead after a car crashed into a plasma donation center on Western Avenue in the Manchester neighborhood. A Mass Casualty Incident (MCI) notification was issued due to the severity of the damage and the unknown amount of entrapped victims at the time that police and EMS arrived. Medics pronounced three victims dead, one of them being a person in the vehicle. Police said two others were also injured. One of them is in critical condition. A medic from the Pittsburgh Bureau of Emergency Medical Services and two Pittsburgh Firefighters were treated for minor smoke inhalation as well. There were around 10 employees and five doners in the building at the time, now many of them are left shaken. One witness was inside the building at the time of the crash and says it was a surreal moment for him. A small fire started in the building after the crash and two first responders were treated for smoke inhalation. Crews managed to pull a red Hyundai out of the building.