Pedestrian killed in Robinson
A 24-year-old Bulger woman was pronounced dead early Sunday at a Pittsburgh hospital 13 hours after she was struck by a van as she walked along Candor Road at Beech Hollow Road in Robinson Township.
McDonald police said that Alexandra Tusa was walking north on the berm when she was struck by the northbound van driven by a 41-year-old Smith Township woman. The driver’s name is not being released until the investigation is complete, police said.
Officer Brad Resnik said police were called to the scene about noon Saturday. When they arrived, Tusa was found in a ditch off the northbound side of the road with severe facial and head injuries. She was taken by ambulance to a landing zone set up at Candor and Candor-Midway roads and flown to Allegheny General Hospital.
Tusa was pronounced dead at 1 a.m. Sunday, said a spokesman for the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office. The cause and manner of death are pending an autopsy.
Resnik said Tusa was known to walk and often seen walking on the roads in the area. She was struck two or three miles from her home on Sunset Drive.
“It is a very rural area,” Resnik said of the accident scene. “There is an uphill grade with a slight left turn. But there are no obstructions that would hinder a driver’s view.”
McDonald police processed the scene along with a trooper with the state police forensic services unit.
Resnik said the department has been in contact with the Washington County District Attorney’s office about the crash and that no charges have been filed.
Assisting were firefighters from McDonald and Midway and Fort Cherry Ambulance.