Second Hit-and-Run in Less Than a Week in Butler County
On August 14 at about 11:30 PM, a woman was walking north along Fisher Road in Jefferson Township in Butler County, about a half mile north of the Saxonburg Borough boundary, when she was hit by a driver in a red Jeep SUV who then fled the scene. The woman was taken to a nearby hospital.
Harmony Borough Driver Hits Kid on Bike, Flees the Scene
On August 9th, a boy participating in a summer triathlon camp at Zelienople Community Park rode his bike through the intersection of Highland Avenue and Pittsburgh Street in Harmony Borough when he was hit by a driver, who then fled the scene. Camp counselors helped the boy off the pavement and took care of him until paramedics arrived and took him to the hospital. Fortunately, the boy only suffered cuts and bruises and was released from the hospital later that day.