Michael David Poholsky Car Accident: Victim identified in fatal five-vehicle crash in Murrysville

Michael David Poholsky Obituary – Car Accident: Victim identified in fatal five-vehicle crash in Murrysville.

After a collision involving five vehicles on Saturday night in Murrysville, one person has died.

Tim Carson, the coroner for Westmoreland County, stated that Michael David Poholsky was crossing William Penn Highway while driving south on School Road when he was struck by another car.

At the scene, he was identified as deceased. There was no use of a seatbelt, and speed is thought to have played a role in the collision.

While cleanup personnel worked, the road was closed.

Investigation is ongoing.

Location Guide

Murrysville is a home rule municipality in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 21,006 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.

The approximate site where the Haymaker brothers struck natural gas in Murrysville on November 3, 1878
The Haymaker Gas Well in Murrysville was the nation’s first commercial natural gas well. For some time, it remained the largest commercial gas well in the world. Murrysville was described in the first half of the 20th century as being “the center of a district dotted with gas wells, the first of which was bored in 1878; wild speculation in leases precipitated the open conflict known as the ‘Haymaker Riots,’ named for the speculator killed in one of them.”