Wilkinsburg man dead after Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar crash
A Wilkinsburg man is dead after crashing his car over a hillside Friday night in Pittsburgh’s Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar neighborhood.
Leondre Johnson, 28, crashed his car near the intersection of Paulson Avenue and Rowan Street just before 6 p.m. Friday, according to a release from Pittsburgh Public Safety.
Pittsburgh EMS performed CPR while driving Johnson to UPMC Presbyterian hospital. Johnson died in the hospital about two hours later, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Pittsburgh police and fire units also responded to the crash.
Quincey Reese is a TribLive reporter covering the Greensburg and Hempfield areas. She also does reporting for the Penn-Trafford Star. A Penn Township native, she joined the Trib in 2023 after working as a Jim Borden Scholarship intern at the company for two summers. She can be reached at qreese@triblive.com.
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