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Man hit by PRT bus in Oakland, taken to a hospital

By WPXI.com News Staff

Ambulance Generic An ambulance responds to the scene of an emergency. (MattGush/Getty Images/iStockphoto)

By WPXI.com News Staff

PITTSBURGH — A man was hit by a Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus in Oakland Friday afternoon.

Allegheny County dispatchers say police, firefighters and medics were called to the intersection of Fifth and Tennyson Avenues at around 3:20 p.m.

A representative from PRT said the man was hit in a bus lane.

He was taken to the hospital after saying he was suffering from back pain. He was also cut above his eye.

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