McKEESPORT, Pa. — Two women are in critical condition after the car they were in careened off a hill into a creek Tuesday afternoon.
“We used a ladder truck as a crane to basically lift the patients out," said Tom Perciavalle, deputy fire chief for McKeesport.
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The car was about 30 feet below the road.
“It was a very technical rescue to get them out of there; there was a lot of ropes and rigging involved," Perciavalle said.
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The car ended up in the creek after the driver lost control on Long Run Road in McKeesport.
"Crossed and jumped a curb and through a few stone barriers and wound up all four wheels down in a creek," Perciavalle said. “They were out and talking when we retrieved them from the car."
It took a little less than one hour to rescue both women. Firefighters told Channel 11 if the crash had happened just a few days earlier, the car would've been underwater.
"Fortunately, it wasn’t last week when our creeks were swollen. We would’ve really had a problem," Perciavalle said.
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