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Rostraver Crash Sends 3 To Hospital

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ROSTRAVER (KDKA) -- Three people were sent to the hospital after a car crash in Westmoreland County on Sunday.

It happened around 12:45 p.m. on Route 51 at Plaza Drive in Rostraver.

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(Photo Credit: Rostraver Central Fire Department/Facebook)

The Rostraver Central Fire Department said on Facebook that crews used the Jaws of Life to get one person out of a vehicle. That victim was transported to a local hospital in trauma arrest.

Two others were also injured in the crash. One had to be flown to a local trauma center.

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(Photo Credit: Rostraver Central Fire Department/Facebook)

Emergency crews also had to put out a fire that started in one of the pickup truck involved in the crash.

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(Photo Credit: Ed Riedmann)

Route 51 was down to one lane in each direction while crews remained on the scene.

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