Click here for Mobile Site: http://m.kdka.com
  • Font Size    

Most Popular Videos Featured On KDKA.com

Flooding Below Expectations So Far
E-mail

Close Window E-mail This Page

Falling Light Pole Fatally Strikes Woman

Required fields are marked with an asterisk(*)

The information you provide will be used only to send the requested e-mail and will not be used to send any other e-mail communications. Read more in our Privacy Policy

Send E-mail

   Print     Share +    Comments
May 15, 2009 6:12 pm US/Eastern

Falling Light Pole Fatally Strikes Woman

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ― The Allegheny County Medical Examiner has identified a woman killed in a freak accident in East Liberty.

Marquetta Grate, 28, of Homewood, died after a light pole that was struck by a tractor trailer hit her in the head at a bus stop in East Liberty just before 8:30 a.m. at Frankstown Avenue and Paulson Avenue.

Authorities say the pole narrowly missed three children also standing at the bus stop.

According to Guy Costa, of the Pittsburgh Public Works Department, one of his employees witnessed the accident.

He also said the woman was the wife of another one of his employees.

Costa said she had just dropped off her daughter across the street from the accident scene at the Kingsley Community Center for daycare.

The executive director of the community center said a shelter at the bus stop was just removed two weeks ago.

"I come past it every day and it was gone," said Malik Bankston, executive director of the Kingsley Community Center. "I thought they were eliminating the stop, perhaps. But the stop wasn't eliminated. It is still a bus stop."

Grate was taken to UPMC Presbyterian and later died. 

(© MMX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.)

Featured Slideshows On KDKA.com

Add Comment

here. here. Need a log in? Register here
  •  * Will not be displayed with comment
  •  * e.g. (http://www.mywebsite.com)
  •  
  • Click here to refresh with new letters

Show Comments (0)

Close Window Login


Close Window Flag Comment


loading...
You need the latest Flash player to view video content.
Click here to download.

Click here to bypass this detection if you already have the latest Flash Player.

Local News

Top News Stories

© MMX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.