Girl, 4, injured after crashing into parked vehicle, being hit by box truck in West Homestead
PITTSBURGH'S ACTION NEWS FOUR AT FOUR STARTS NOW. GOOD AFTERNOON, AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR PITTSBURGH'S ACTION NEWS FOUR AT 4:00. I'M ANDREW STOCKEY. I'M KELLY SASSO. HERE'S A LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON, STARTING WITH YOUR TOP FOUR STORIES. AT 4:00 TODAY, A WOMAN FOUGHT BACK AGAINST A MAN WHO ATTACKED HER IN BROAD DAYLIGHT ON A POPULAR WESTMORELAND COUNTY TRAIL. SHE IS GOING TO BE OKAY. POLICE SAY THIS HAPPENED ON THE HERITAGE TRAIL NEAR MURRYSVILLE. POLICE WERE ABLE TO FIND AND ARREST COLTON STINNETT. STINNETT. CHARGES INCLUDE ATTEMPTED RAPE AND ROBBERY. JUSTIN. A FIRE BREAKING OUT AT A HOME IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY. SKY 4 PITTSBURGH'S ACTION NEWS CHOPPER OVER THAT SCENE ALONG HAY STREET. FIRST CALL CAME IN JUST AFTER 2:00. THIS REPORT SUGGESTS SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE FRONT DOOR. NO INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED, AND A HOSTAGE SITUATION AT A CALIFORNIA BANK IS OVER. THE SUSPECT WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY THE FBI. THE STANDOFF IN BAKERSFIELD LASTED OVER 15 HOURS. NONE OF THE HOSTAGES WERE HURT. THE PUBLIC HEARING ABOUT SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR JOE MUTCHNICK CONTINUES TONIGHT IN THE WOODLAND HILLS SCHOOL DISTRICT. HE'S ACCUSED OF GENDER BASED DISCRIMINATION AND HARASSMENT. WAS PLACED ON LEAVE LAST FALL, THEN UNPAID LEAVE EARLIER THIS YEAR. SCHOOL BOARDS ALREADY VOTED TO TERMINATE HIM. TONIGHT'S MEETING, BY THE WAY, IS SET FOR 6 P.M. AND THOSE ARE YOUR TOP STORIES AT 4:00 ON THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. TIME NOW. CHECK OUT PITTSBURGH'S ACTION WITH METEOROLOGIST BRIAN JUNIOR IS HERE WITH US. OUR NICE STREAK CONTINUES, BUT NOW WE'RE REALLY STARTING TO TURN UP THE HEAT. YEAH, TEMPERATURES REALLY RAMP UP AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND. WE'RE ALSO WATCHING SATURDAY, ESPECIALLY A LOT OF EVENTS HAPPENING IN THE CITY ON SATURDAY. RAIN WILL BE HERE IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE DAY BECAUSE OF THAT, SATURDAY IS NOW AN IMPACT DAY. SO AS YOU'RE MAKING PLANS THIS WEEKEND, BE AWARE YOU'LL BE DODGING RAINDROPS, PERHAPS EVEN A COUPLE RUMBLES OF THUNDER AS WE HEAD THROUGH SATURDAY. BUT OTHERWISE IT'S A SUNNY STRETCH AND TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE CLIMBING IN THE 80S AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK BEFORE WE GET TO SATURDAY AND THOSE RAIN SHOWERS, WE'RE KNOCKING ON 80. IT'S 79. OFFICIALLY PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL. SAME THING IN BEAVER, 81 IN KITTANNING. CURRENTLY THE ONLY. NOW WITH BEAVER THE ONLY SPOTS AT 80 DEGREES, 78 IN CLARION, 76 IN MORGANTOWN. ALSO 76 IN UNIONTOWN. SO WE'LL DO 85 TOMORROW. THAT PUTS US ALMOST TEN DEGREES ABOVE WHERE WE SHOULD BE, 88 ON FRIDAY. AND THEN OUR IMPACT DAY SATURDAY WITH RAIN IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE DAY AND PERHAPS A LEFTOVER SHOWER ON SUNDAY. BUT SUNDAY'S FORECAST IS IMPROVING. THAT'S GOOD NEWS THAT THE WHOLE WEEKEND IS NOT A WASHOUT, ESPECIALLY LATE ON SATURDAY. WE'RE WATCHING RAIN AND THEN WE'RE WARM AGAIN. NEXT WEEK. WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 80S, SO A LOT OF EVENTS HAPPENING SATURDAY, THE EARLIER IN THE DAY YOU'RE OUT, YOU'RE FINE. THE LATER IN THE DAY YOU WILL RUN INTO RAIN. AND ONCE IT STARTS RAINING, IT'S GOING TO LAST FOR A FEW HOURS. AND DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE NEXT TWO DAYS, HOW BEAUTIFUL THOSE ARE GOING TO BE. YES, ALL THE WAY TO THE WEEKEND. FANTASTIC. STILL FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. AND THEN I HAVE QUESTIONS BEYOND THAT. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT NEXT TIME WE SEE YOU ABOUT WHAT NEXT WEEK LOOKS LIKE. WE'RE JUST LOVING THIS TREND. IT'S REALLY NICE. WE'VE EARNED IT. YEAH. VERY NICE FOR SURE. OKAY, BRIAN, WE'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT. THANKS SO MUCH. WANT TO GET BACK NOW TO THIS MORE ON ONE OF OUR TOP STORIES AT 4:00 TODAY. THAT WOMAN WHO WAS ATTACKED ON THE HERITAGE TRAIL IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY. POLICE TOOK THE ALLEGED ATTACKER INTO CUSTODY SHORTLY AFTER WESTMORELAND BUREAU REPORTER ED DIORIO IS JOINING US LIVE NOW WITH ALL THE DETAILS ON THIS INVESTIGATION. SO WE'RE ALL WONDERING, HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? WELL, ANDREW KELLY, THIS WHOLE THING STARTED WITH A 24 YEAR OLD WOMAN JUST TRYING TO WALK HER DOG HERE ALONG THE MURRYSVILLE STRETCH OF HERITAGE TRAIL. AND SHE WAS APPROACHED BY A MAN. SHORTLY AFTER THAT WALK STARTED, A MAN DRESSED IN ALL BLACK. AND INVESTIGATORS SAY THAT THAT MAN IS JEANNETTE MAN COLTON STINNETT AND THAT HE IS NOW FACING SEVERAL CRIMINAL CHARGES. THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 3:00 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WHEN STINNETT ALLEGEDLY APPROACHED THE WOMAN WHILE GROPING HIMSELF. THEN HE GRABBED HER, TOOK HER TO THE GROUND AND TRIED TO TAKE HER CLOTHES OFF. POLICE BELIEVE THAT WOMAN THEN KICKED STINNETT AND BIT HIM IN THE RIBS IN SELF-DEFENSE. THE MAN THEN QUICKLY RAN AWAY WITH HER PHONE. AFTER THAT, POLICE RESPONDED QUICKLY AND FOUND STINNETT NEARLY A MILE ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE HERITAGE TRAIL. HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT INCIDENT TUESDAY AFTERNOON. YOU SHOULD ALWAYS BE HYPER VIGILANT AND YOU SHOULD ALWAYS PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND YOU. AND THIS FEMALE ACTUALLY DID DO THAT. SHE ACTUALLY NOTICED HIM AND PREPARED HERSELF TO DEFEND HERSELF. NOW, THESE TWO DID NOT KNOW EACH OTHER. RIGHT? AND THE POLICE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT A MOTIVE BEHIND THIS ATTACK. MURRYSVILLE POLICE CHIEF KELLY KACZYNSKI SAID THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST UNSETTLING PARTS OF THIS INVESTIGATION. YOU'RE RIGHT. THESE TWO DIDN'T KNOW EACH OTHER, ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS, AND THAT THERE'S NO KNOWN MOTIVE OR TARGET TOWARDS THIS ATTACK. AND THAT WHEN WE WERE TALKING TO PEOPLE WHO WALKED THIS TRAIL, AND IT'S ONE OF THE MOST WELL-TRAVELED TRAILS IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY, WHEN WE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT IT EARLIER TODAY, A LOT OF THEM WERE TAKEN BACK FOR THAT VERY REASON. WE'LL HAVE MORE REACTION FROM THEM, AS WELL AS A WITNESSES ACCOUNT OF WHAT THEY HEARD FROM YESTERDAY'S INCIDENT. THAT'S ALL COMING UP IN THE REPORTS AT FIVE AND 6:00, COVERING WESTMORELAND COUNTY ON THE HERITAGE TRAIL HERE IN MURRYSVILLE AT DIORIO, PITTSBURGH'S ACTION NEWS FOUR, AND WE'LL SEE YOU AT 5:00. THANK YOU. ONE FIREFIGHTER HURT THREE FAMILIES LEFT WITHOUT A HOME AFTER A FIRE THIS MORNING IN THE CITY'S UPPER HILL NEIGHBORHOOD. CREWS WERE CALLED TO WEBSTER AVENUE AROUND 7:00 THIS MORNING, FINDING ACTIVE FLAMES ON THE THIRD FLOOR THAT STARTED IN A BEDROOM, THEN SPREAD TO THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE HOME NEXT DOOR. THE FIRE WAS PUT UNDER CONTROL IN ABOUT 30 MINUTES. FIREFIGHTERS SUFFERED. A FIREFIGHTER SUFFERED A KNEE INJURY AND THEY WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. PITTSBURGH'S ACTION NEWS FOUR KEEPING YOU ON TOP OF THIS STORY. THE OHIO MAN ACCUSED OF SPREADING ANTISEMITIC FLIERS IN PITTSBURGH'S SQUIRREL HILL NEIGHBORHOOD. PITTSBURGH'S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER YASMIN RODRIGUEZ JOINS US LIVE NOW FROM SQUIRREL HILL. AND, YASMIN, THERE WAS A DEBATE TODAY. ANDREW. THAT'S RIGHT. NOW, THIS INCIDENT STEMS FROM LAST SUMMER WHEN PITTSBURGH POLICE SAY JEREMY BROKAW TRAVELED FROM ZANESVILLE, OHIO, TO HERE IN SQUIRREL HILL, WHERE HE WAS SEEN THROWING ANTI-SEMITIC FLIERS OUT OF HIS CAR. AND TODAY IN COURT, HE PLED GUILTY TO FIVE COUNTS OF LITTERING THOSE FLIERS. NOW, THOSE FIVE COUNTS, POLICE SAY, STEM FROM WHERE HE THREW THE FLIERS ON FIVE DIFFERENT STREETS. HE ALSO AGREED TO PAY A $1,500 FINE. THAT FINE WAS ORIGINALLY $50,000. PITTSBURGH POLICE SAY BROKE THROUGH DOZENS OF FLIERS FROM THE WINDOW OF A GOLD DODGE SUV BACK ON MAY 18TH OF LAST YEAR. NOW, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT BROKAW WAS NOT CHARGED IN THIS CASE FOR WHAT WAS WRITTEN ON THOSE FLIERS. HIS ATTORNEY, JOSH SMITH, SAYING THAT WAS PROTECTED BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT. PITTSBURGH'S ACTION NEWS FOUR WAS THERE IN COURT THIS MORNING AND SPOKE TO BROKAW AFTER THE HEARING. WHEN ASKED WHAT HE HAD ABOUT THE JEWISH COMMUNITY, HE SAID, NO COMMENT. BUT HE DID SAY THIS. IF I WAS GOING AROUND GIVING OUT FREE PIZZAS, IF I WAS GOING AROUND GIVING 25% OFF A CONSTRUCTION SERVICE, NOT ONE THING WOULD HAVE BEEN SAID. BUT THE — DIDN'T LIKE WHAT WAS ON THE FLIERS. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. YES. ARE WE HEARING ANY REACTION TODAY FROM THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH? ANDREW, WE ACTUALLY ARE THE ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT. ALSO IN COURT THIS MORNING. HE SAYS THIS GOES DEEPER THAN JUST THE FIRST AMENDMENT. HE CALLS THIS TARGETED HARASSMENT. BUT WE'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT WHAT HE HAD TO SAY COMING UP AT FIVE, COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY AND SQUIRREL HILL. YASMIN RODRIGUEZ, PITTSBURGH'S ACTION NEWS FOUR. THANK YOU YASMIN. WE ARE ALSO CONTINUING TO PRESS FOR ANSWERS IN AN INVESTIGATION SURROUNDING THE ARMSTRONG SCHOOL DISTRICT AFTER PITTSBURGH'S ACTION NEWS FOUR BROKE THIS STORY YESTERDAY, WE HEARD FROM EVEN MORE VIEWERS, PARENTS CONCERNED IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THESE ALLEGATIONS. REPORTER MARCIE CIPRIANI TRACKING DOWN MORE DETAILS. ALL THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF TODAY, WE HAVE LEARNED MORE DETAILS FROM PARENTS AND STUDENTS ABOUT WHO THEY BELIEVE IS AT THE CENTER OF THE INVESTIGATION HERE AT THE ARMSTRONG JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, ACCUSED OF INAPPROPRIATE CONDUCT WITH A STUDENT HERE. WE REACHED OUT TO THAT PERSON IN SEVERAL WAYS, INCLUDING STOPPING AT THEIR HOME. ALTHOUGH WE WATCHED PEOPLE GO INSIDE. NO ONE CAME TO THE DOOR. WE ALSO REACHED OUT TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AGAIN TODAY AFTER SHE DECLINED TO COMMENT TO US YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. LATE YESTERDAY, SHE PUT OUT A STATEMENT THAT READ IN PART, MY OFFICE IS AWARE THAT THE PSP KITTANNING BARRACKS IS INVESTIGATING AN ANONYMOUS TIP INVOLVING ALLEGATIONS OF ALLEGED MISCONDUCT BETWEEN STAFF MEMBERS AND FORMER STUDENTS AT ARMSTRONG HIGH SCHOOL. SO I REACHED OUT TO D.A. KATIE CHARLTON TO REQUEST AN INTERVIEW TO DISCUSS THE PROCESS. WHAT IS BEING DONE IN LIGHT OF PARENTS CONCERNS? BUT SHE DECLINED, SAYING SHE WOULD RECONSIDER ONCE THE INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE. I REACHED OUT TO THE MANOR TOWNSHIP POLICE CHIEF, ALSO STOPPING AT HIS OFFICE IN PERSON TO ASK ABOUT THE CASE. WHILE HE DID NOT RESPOND TO ME, HE DID RESPOND TO OUR NEWS EXCHANGE PARTNERS AT THE TRIB TELLING THEM HE IS AWARE OF THE STATE POLICE INVESTIGATION, ADDING, QUOTE, IT WAS JUST DETERMINED THAT THEY SHOULD HANDLE IT INSTEAD OF US JUST BECAUSE OF WHAT IT WAS. SO FAR, NO ONE WILL SAY WHERE THIS INVESTIGATION STANDS OR WHAT SPECIFICALLY. A STAFF MEMBER HERE IS ACCUSED OF, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO ASK QUESTIONS COVERING ARMSTRONG COUNTY FROM ARMSTRONG JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, MARCIE CIPRIANI PITTSBURGH'S ACTION NEWS FOUR. A MOTORCYCLIST WAS INJURED AFTER COLLIDING WITH A BEAR. THIS HAPPENED ALONG ROUTE 66 IN BETHEL TOWNSHIP, ARMSTRONG COUNTY. THE DRIVER WAS FLOWN TO A PITTSBURGH HOSPITAL. NO WORD TONIGHT ON HIS CONDITION. PITT STUDENTS, MEANTIME, WILL NOT LIVE IN THE HAMPTON INN NEXT YEAR. THE UNIVERSITY SAYS THE LEASE AGREEMENT WILL END IN THE SUMMER. ABOUT 200 STUDENTS WERE PLACED IN THE HOTEL FOR THE PAST ACADEMIC YEAR, WITH NOT ENOUGH DORM SPACE ON CAMPUS. THE UNIVERSITY SAYS WHILE THE HOTEL OPTION IS OFF THE TABLE, THIS WILL NOT IMPACT THE HOUSING GUARANTEE FOR STUDENTS IF THEY DON'T CHOOSE TO TAKE ACTION, THEY'LL BE PUT IN IRVIS HALL, OR YOU CAN ENTER A SELECTION PROCESS TO CHOOSE SOME OTHER UNDERGRAD HOUSING OPTIONS. ALLEGHENY COUNTY COUNCIL HOLDING ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT ON PROPERTY REASSESSMENTS. IT HAPPENS AT 530 AT THE SEA BOYS CAMPUS AUDITORIUM IN MONROEVILLE. PEOPLE CAN SHARE THEIR OPINIONS ON A PROPOSED BILL THAT WOULD INCLUDE REASSESSMENTS EVERY THREE YEARS. THERE WILL BE TWO MORE HEARINGS, ONE ON JUNE 16TH, THE OTHER SET FOR JULY 1ST. ALSO HAPPENING THIS EVENING, PITTSBURGH MAYOR COREY O'CONNOR HOLDING ANOTHER MEETING TONIGHT SO RESIDENTS CAN GIVE THEIR INPUT AND SHARE THEIR PRIORITIES FOR THE CITY'S 2027 CAPITAL AND OPERATING BUDGETS. THAT MEETING STARTS AT SIX TONIGHT AT THE CATALYST ACADEMY, LOCATED INIRAN LAUNCHED ATTACKS AGAINST U.S. FORCES AT KUWAIT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, SAYING THESE STRIKES ARE IN SELF-DEFENSE. KUWAIT SAYING AT LEAST ONE PERSON WAS KILLED. THE FOREIGN MINISTER CALLING THE ATTACKS, QUOTE, SINFUL. U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND, SAYING THE MILITARY SHOT DOWN MULTIPLE DRONES FROM IRAN. ABC'S OLIVIA RUBIN HAS ALL THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS FROM WASHINGTON. TODAY, THE STUNNING IMAGES FROM AN AIRPORT IN KUWAIT AFTER A BARRAGE OF IRANIAN ATTACKS. THIS VIDEO CIRCULATING ONLINE SHOWING THE DESTRUCTION. A LARGE FIRE BURNING DUST AND DEBRIS ALL AROUND A GAPING HOLE NOW IN THE CEILING. ACCORDING TO KUWAIT'S MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, ONE PERSON WAS KILLED AND DOZENS MORE INJURED. THE STRIKES, PART OF IRAN'S BARRAGE TARGETING U.S. MILITARY BASES IN BAHRAIN AND KUWAIT. THE IRANIAN MILITARY RELEASING THIS VIDEO CLAIMING TO SHOW THE STRIKES. BUT THE U.S. SAYING THOSE STRIKES DIDN'T HIT THE TARGETS AND IN ITS OWN STRIKES, BLASTING AN EMPTY OIL TANKER. THE U.S. HAS VIOLATED THE BLOCKADE ON IRANIAN PORTS DESPITE THE FIRING BACK ON CAPITOL HILL, SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO INSISTING THE U.S. STRIKES HAVE BEEN DEFENSIVE AND CLAIMING THE WAR IS OVER. WE'RE NO LONGER CONDUCTING SUSTAINED STRIKES INSIDE OF IRAN TO DEGRADE THEIR MILITARY BECAUSE EPIC FURY IS OVER. BUT SO FAR THERE HAS BEEN NO DEAL TO END THE WAR OR REOPEN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. THE UNREST SENDING THE PRICE OF OIL HIGHER AGAIN TODAY. ACCORDING TO GASBUDDY, THE AVERAGE PRICE FOR A GALLON OF REGULAR GAS NOW $4.22. AND REGARDING THE CURRENT PLAN ON THE TABLE WITH IRAN, RUBIO SAYING THAT AS OF THIS MORNING, THERE'S NO FINAL SIGN OFF FROM IRAN. MEANWHILE, ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, WITH A SEEMINGLY DIFFERENT MESSAGE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, SAYING, QUOTE, IT'S NOT OVER THAT THE IRANIAN REGIME IS WE
Girl, 4, injured after crashing into parked vehicle, being hit by box truck in West Homestead
Updated: 10:43 PM EDT Jun 3, 2026
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A four-year-old girl was taken to the hospital after officials said she lost control of her bike and crashed into a parked car, before being hit by a box truck. VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 on Wednesday Allegheny County authorities said at 4:29 p.m. Wednesday, dispatchers were notified that a 4-year-old girl lost control of her bike and hit a parked vehicle. After hitting the vehicle, police said she was struck by a box truck. The incident occurred near the intersection of West 8th Avenue and Neel Street. The driver of the box truck remained on the scene, and the child was taken to UPMC Children’s Hospital for treatment. The extent of her injuries remains unknown. An investigation is underway. Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call the County Police Tip Line 1-833-ALL-TIPS. Callers can remain anonymous.Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.
A four-year-old girl was taken to the hospital after officials said she lost control of her bike and crashed into a parked car, before being hit by a box truck.
VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 on Wednesday
Allegheny County authorities said at 4:29 p.m. Wednesday, dispatchers were notified that a 4-year-old girl lost control of her bike and hit a parked vehicle.
After hitting the vehicle, police said she was struck by a box truck.
The incident occurred near the intersection of West 8th Avenue and Neel Street.
The driver of the box truck remained on the scene, and the child was taken to UPMC Children’s Hospital for treatment. The extent of her injuries remains unknown.
An investigation is underway.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call the County Police Tip Line 1-833-ALL-TIPS. Callers can remain anonymous.
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