One injured in five-car crash

McMURRAY – An 84-year-old Pittsburgh woman told Peters Township police she mistook the gas pedal for the brake, which caused her to drive over a landscape barrier at a local funeral home and into traffic in the 3200 block of Route 19 in Peters Township, causing a five-car crash that closed the road for about an hour Tuesday.
According to police, Cynthia Wagar was in the parking lot of Cremation & Funeral Care by Danielle Andy Belusko, 3287 Washington Road, at about 11:30 a.m. when she drove over a landscaping barrier and struck a car driven by Ronald Snyder, 64, of Canonsburg, who was southbound on Washington Road.
The impact of that crash pushed Snyder’s car into a car driven by Michael Fay, 67, of McMurray, who was also driving south on Route 19, said Douglas Grimes, Peters deputy police chief.
Fay’s car then struck a car driven by Charles McCoy, 35, of West Mifflin, who was northbound on Route 19.
The impact of that crash pushed McCoy’s car into a car driven by Jessica Minella, 30, of Pittsburgh, who was also northbound on Route 19.
Police said Wagar was taken to Canonsburg Hospital for a minor injury sustained when her air bag deployed. Snyder and Fay declined medical treatment, while McCoy and Minella were not injured.