Three dead after car crashes into a Pittsburgh building

A car crashed into a building housing a plasma center located in Pittsburgh on Saturday, killing three people and injuring two others.

Police, fire, and emergency medical services responded to the car crash into the Biomat USA Plasma Building in the Manchester neighborhood around 11:30 a.m. Emergency responders arrived to discover heavy smoke and people escaping from the building. Fire crews extinguished a blaze that emerged with the crash.

Three were killed, one of whom was still in the car inside the building. Two other people were injured, of which one was seriously injured. Two firefighters and a paramedic also got the treatment for smoke inhalation.

There were around 10 workers and five donors inside the building at the time of the crash, officials said.

Investigators were documenting the scene inside the car and workers were attempting to stabilize the seriously damaged building so the vehicle and the victim could be removed.

The investigation into the crash is ongoing.