Man running from Pittsburgh police plunges over rocky hillside during foot chase – WPXI

By WPXI.com News Staff

PITTSBURGH — A man running from Pittsburgh police plunged over a rocky hillside in the city’s Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood during a foot chase.

According to investigators, the man ran up a set of stairs during the chase and then tried to get through a row of hedges or bushes. Police said he didn’t realize what was on the other side and slipped over the steep, rocky hillside and landed on Brighton Road below.

He was taken to the hospital in critical condition.

Source: Man running from Pittsburgh police plunges over rocky hillside during foot chase – WPXI

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