Woman Crashes Truck Into Sign, Admits To 'Huffing' Before Crash
NORTH HUNTINGDON TOWNSHIP (KDKA) -- Police are investigating after a woman crashed her truck into a sign and later admitted she had been "huffing" prior to the crash.
North Huntingdon Township police were sent to the scene at a Subway restaurant on Route 30 shortly before 4 p.m. According to police, a 23-year-old woman struck the sign outside the restaurant with her pickup truck, and the truck became fully engulfed in flames. The woman and her 5-year-old son were helped out of their vehicle by an eyewitness. The woman sustained minor injuries, and the child was unharmed.
The eyewitness told police that the woman threw something into a nearby dumpster after escaping the flaming truck. In the dumpster, police found a can of compressed air duster. The woman later admitted that she had been "huffing" the air duster prior to the crash.
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Police continue to investigate, and charges against the woman are pending. She has not yet been identified.
