PITTSBURGH – An early-morning Route 51 commute turned into a nightmare for one local family when a Mount Oliver police cruiser slammed into the back of their SUV, totaling the family’s new car and leaving an 8-year-old girl terrified. Both the mother and daughter suffered minor injuries, but the mom says the crash laid bare an unsafe intersection and what she sees as a serious accountability problem.
Mom Says Cruiser ‘Rammed’ Her SUV
Danielle Staub told WPXI she was stopped on Route 51, waiting to make a left turn, when the Mount Oliver police cruiser hit her from behind. Staub says the officer did not have emergency lights on, appeared disoriented after the impact, and that her daughter, strapped into a booster seat in the back, was panicking in the…..