One person killed, three others injured in violent crash on Beechwood Boulevard
One person was killed and three others were injured in a violent rollover crash along Beechwood Boulevard.
The crash happened just before 1 a.m. on Thursday morning in the city's Point Breeze neighborhood, not far from Forbes Avenue and Mellon Park.
Pittsburgh Public Safety says it was a single-vehicle rollover crash and there were four boys inside the car.
The driver of the vehicle and two of the passengers were able to pull themselves from the car but the fourth was pinned inside. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The medical examiner later identified him as 18-year-old Jakob Sirlin.
One of the other passengers was taken to the hospital in critical condition. The driver and the other passenger were taken to the hospital in stable condition.
Beechwood Boulevard was closed in both directions for nearly four hours while crews were cleaning up and while investigators were working to process the scene.
It's unclear what led up to the crash and police say the investigation is ongoing.
