Mother, 7-year-old daughter in critical condition after vehicle accident in Fayette County

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP (KDKA) – A spouse and children exclusively tells KDKA a mom and her younger daughter are in important problem, sedated, and on ventilators soon after a head-on crash with a dump truck in Washington Township, Fayette County, Saturday early morning. 

Pennsylvania Condition Police continue to be tight-lipped about the incident.

Hundreds of miles absent, Tina Boyd prays that her niece and excellent-niece will be alright.

“I never want to shed her. I’ve been by means of everything with that girl. I can’t,” Boyd explained. “I’m just making an attempt to maintain it together.”

Boyd said Kendalynn Hannen and her 7-calendar year-outdated daughter, Sophia, are combating for their life soon after crashing into a dump truck carrying an excavator on Gillespie Hollow Street.

A lady who life off the street who did not want to be discovered said her power went out, and she listened to a loud sounds. She promptly realized a truck had struck the brick wall and utility pole throughout from her dwelling.

“A significant bang, a jolt,” the woman claimed.

What she failed to realize was the accident associated two autos.

“About 5 minutes later and we heard a minor lady screaming,” the girl claimed.

She advised KDKA the driver of the dump truck explained to her he was heading to 91, and the other vehicle was heading in the direction of Fayette City when it suddenly veered into his lane.

Even though viewing her mom in Florida, Boyd got a simply call from Kendalynn’s boyfriend.

“She just went correct down the road to get cigarettes, and he understood anything was wrong when she was not answering the telephone, and then he listened to hearth vans,” Boyd said. “It all happened so rapidly.”

Boyd reported they ended up flown to the medical center. Sophia has accidents to her eyes and lung and a broken nose. Kendalynn requires to get an arm and a leg amputated but medical professionals say her overall body is as well weak proper now to do so.

“I do not know what’s going to take place,” Boyd reported.

At this time, Boyd is striving to continue to be optimistic. She said she demands them to pull as a result of.

“That’s like my sister. My mothers and fathers elevated Kendalynn with me expanding up as a teen, so Kendalynn’s not just my niece, she’s like my sister,” Boyd stated.

She’s also producing plans to get back to the Pittsburgh spot as quickly as doable.

“Just hoping one thing improvements, hoping for the very best,” Boyd reported.

The girl who heard the crash advised KDKA two folks ended up in the dump truck, and neither went to the clinic.