McKeesport: Officer OK after car flips

By Mon Valley Independent

By Jeff Stitt

jstitt@yourmvi.com

A McKeesport police officer in a marked police SUV on the way to investigate a report of a fire was involved in an accident that caused the vehicle to end up on its roof.

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