PITTSBURGH — Numerous crashes were reported around the region on Christmas Eve as temperatures rapidly dropped, freezing the water that fell as rain and turning roads icy.
[ Christmas Eve storm has rain switching to snow, dropping several inches by dawn ]
In West View, Channel 11 was there as an SUV went off the road, hitting a power pole and slamming into a building. Bricks were thrown everywhere and part of the entranceway was destroyed. Firetrucks and a tow truck couldn’t even turn onto the road until a salt truck came, it was so icy.
In Marshall-Shadeland, an SUV went over a hillside and rescue crews had to be called.
Hundreds of people lost power in Beltzhoover Thursday night as well.
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