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Man pronounced dead after crashing into construction equipment in Monroeville

March 23, 2024 / 12:16 PM EDT / CBS Pittsburgh

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MONROEVILLE (KDKA) - A man is dead following a crash in Monroeville on Saturday afternoon.

According to police, just before 1 p.m., Allegheny County Police homicide detectives and the collision reconstruction unit were called to the 4200 block of William Penn Highway for a crash that involved construction equipment.

Witnesses told police that the driver of the vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed when he collided with the construction equipment.

He was identified as 37-year-old Michael Berkley.

Berkley was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.

County police are investigating the crash.

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