Police seek the driver who ran a red light in downtown, striking Pittsburgh's bishop. After bursting through the red light at the Third Avenue and Grant Street intersection, the hit-and-run driver broadsided the bishop, wiping out the front of the clergyman's auto. The bishop if fortunate, many victims lose their lives when a hit-and-run car accident occurs.

The accident rate in Pennsylvania has been stabilizing, in some cases declining, in recent years, however, the rash of hit-and-run car crashes continues to be troubling. Although the bishop stated he wasn't injured, he is concerned that anyone like the offending driver could be so "careless with someone else's life."

While thankful that he was spared serious personal injury, the bishop related that police officers told him he was fortunate that he didn't enter the intersections three seconds earlier or he would have been killed. The bishop went to the chapel after the car accident to thank "God for sparing me." He also noted that "we always take time for granted," but those three seconds could have cost him his life.

Police investigators explained that because the hit-and-run vehicle was going so fast before crash impact, they have encountered problems receiving a good description of the car from various witnesses to the horrific accident. They continue to assemble evidence as they intensify their search for the negligent driver. Pittsburgh police urge anyone with information on the accident and/or the driver to contact the authorities.

The bishop, while incredulous that anyone could be so uncaring for someone's life, recommended that everyone "try to be the best people we can be in our lives." How do you feel about this latest high-profile Pennsylvania car accident? Are you as incredulous as the Pittsburgh bishop at the lack of caring or concern for another's life as this negligent hit-and-run driver?

Source: wpxi, "Bishop Zubik narrowly escapes serious injury in hit-and-run crash downtown," July 2, 2012