Accident on inbound Parkway North pushes drive times above 90 minutes

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PITTSBURGH — An accident on the inbound Parkway North Wednesday morning pushed drive times above 90 minutes at one point.

An SUV and a rental truck collided shortly after 7 a.m. near Venture Street.  The SUV remained in the median as emergency crews responded.

One person was taken to a hospital.

Channel 11’s Trisha Pittman reported that by 8 a.m., inbound drive times had reached 104 minutes.

The HOV lanes were open to all traffic, in an effort to reduce the backups.

The accident was cleared shortly after 9:30 a.m.