A Harrisville teen was severely injured when a truck hit him while he was skateboarding on state Route 8 at 3:15 a.m. Friday in Mercer Township, Butler County, just south of Harrisville, state police said. Michael Joseph Covert, 18, was flown to Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh after the accident; he was in fair condition Wednesday afternoon, a hospital spokesman said. Covert, who was skateboarding in the northbound lane of Route 8, was hit by a northbound pickup driven by Adam James Ingram Ludwig, 19, of Grove City, police said. |
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