Crews tear down vacant Wilmerding home after deadly garbage truck crash

Crews tear down vacant home after deadly garbage truck crash

WILMERDING, Pa. (KDKA) - Crews tore down a vacant home in Wilmerding after a garbage truck driver crashed into it and died.

The driver, 47-year-old Dana Rodericks of Delmont, was trying to make a turn from Jefferson Street onto Patton around 4 a.m. Wednesday when the Big's Sanitation garbage truck tipped and struck two homes

Crews tore down a vacant home on Jefferson Street in Wilmerding on August 3, 2022 after a garbage truck crashed into it, killing the driver.  (Photo: KDKA)

The fire marshal called the damaged vacant home a "hazard." It was demolished Wednesday.

A family, including two children, lived in the other house, which may also have to be torn down. They weren't injured. 

The fire marshal said the crash severed a gas line, releasing a large amount of gas into the air. Residents had to evacuate but were later let back into their homes. 

Allegheny County police detectives and accident reconstructionists are investigating the crash.

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