Published on December 14, 2025
Just before 7:00 p.m., Pittsburgh Police, Fire, and EMS were dispatched to the parking garage below Chatham Tower at Fifth Avenue near the intersection with Diamond Street for reports of a vehicle on fire.
First responders arriving to the scene found a passenger sedan that collided with the parking garage and caught on fire. Pittsburgh Fire was quickly able to extinguish the fire and safely extricate the adult male driver.
Pittsburgh EMS transported the patient in critical condition to an area hospital. At the time of this writing, the victim remains in critical condition.
The driver was the sole occupant of the vehicle. No other injuries were reported.
Collision Investigation Unit detectives were called to the scene to investigate what led to the driver losing control of their vehicle. The investigation is ongoing.