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Man Dies After Car Goes Into River Near Carnegie Science Center

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- A man died early Saturday morning while he was pushing his car out of the river near the Carnegie Science Center.

Sources say the man died just after 8 a.m. while trying to remove his car from the river by pushing it out along the steps of the Carnegie Science Center river walk.

The victim has been identified as 52-year-old Todd Patrick Wharton, of Imperial.

It is unclear how his car ended up in the river in the first place.

Car River Fatality
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The driver is believed to have collapsed and died.

The cause of death has not yet been released.

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