Parkway East Shooting - Monday, October 19, 2009

NEWS REPORT - MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 20009 FROM http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/21335090/detail.html?treets=pit&tml=pit_break&ts=T&tmi=pit_break_1_05510110192009

Parkway East Shooting, Crash Keep Lanes Closed For Rush Hour
Outbound I-376 Lanes Were Shut Down From Grant Street To Squirrel Hill
POSTED: 6:24 am EDT October 19, 2009UPDATED: 11:38 am EDT October 19, 2009

PITTSBURGH -- A crash and a shooting closed lanes on the outbound side of Parkway East/Interstate 376 early Monday morning, leaving commuters and truck drivers sitting in traffic for hours.

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State police report that two sport utility vehicles were involved in the crash and one of the SUVs flipped on its roof at about 3:45 a.m. near the Greenfield exit.
Police said one of the drivers -- identified as Darrle Gaines, 31, of the North Side -- apparently shot the other driver, who is from Wall, Allegheny County.
The second driver hit Gaines' vehicle, pushing it off to the berm and causing it to overturn, police said.

Gaines, the other driver and that driver's passenger, who is also from Wall, were all taken to a hospital for treatment. Their conditions are not known, but police said Gaines suffered "serious neck injuries."

The outbound side of Parkway East was closed from Grant Street to the area of the Squirrel Hill tunnels for more than five hours. Outbound lanes opened at about 8:50 a.m.
On the inbound side, traffic delays were heavier than normal from Monroeville to the Squirrel Hill tunnels.

Police said Gaines will be charged with two counts of attempted homicide.
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