Child hit by vehicle in Buffalo Township – Butler Eagle

A LifeFlight helicopter leaves the scene Friday evening after a crash on Cole Road in Buffalo Township. One patient was airlifted to UPMC Children’s Hospital. Irina Bucur/Eagle Butler

BUFFALO TWP — A 13-year-old boy died and another was injured after being struck by a pickup truck Friday evening, May 24, on Cole Road in Buffalo Township.

Emergency medical services were called shortly before 7 p.m. to the scene of an accident on Cole Road in Buffalo Township, where it was initially reported that at least one child on a bicycle had been struck by a vehicle .

Buffalo Township Police Chief Tim Derringer said the two boys were riding their bikes west on Cole Road when the black pickup truck hit them.

The boy who died had been transported by LifeFlight helicopter to UPMC Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh, Derringer said.

He said the other boy suffered minor injuries and was taken to hospital by his parents.

Derringer said police were notified of the boy’s death by the Allegheny County medical examiner.

The driver of the pickup truck stopped and is cooperating with police, Derringer said. A state police forensic unit was on scene to reconstruct the accident Friday evening.

Fire police were called to close Cole Road at Parker Road, and traffic was redirected to the intersection of Cole Road and Stratford Drive and Scenic View Drive. The road was closed for several hours.