Driver in Good Condition at AGH after Head-on Crash on Stoops Ferry Road

A West Virginia man is being treated at Allegheny General Hospital after a head-on collision just before 7:30 a.m. today on Stoops Ferry Road in Moon Township.

Moon Police said Craig Wolfarth, 54, of Weirton, was driving north on Stoops Ferry Road when he collided head-on with a tractor-trailer truck driving in the opposite direction. In a report, police said Wolfarth's car drifted across two lanes of traffic before colliding with the tractor-trailer.

The driver of the tractor-trailer, Stephen Fulwylie, 62, of Pittsburgh, stated in the report that he attempted to pull over as far as he possibly could to avoid impact with the oncoming car, but both vehicles were significantly damaged and had to be towed.

received numerous calls at 7:27 a.m. reporting a serious accident and possible entrapment.

Moon Police Chief Leo McCarthy said Wolfarth was trapped in his car and it was extremely difficult to get him out of the car. The  cut him out of the vehicle, he said, but it took nearly half an hour to free him. Wolfart was taken by ambulance to AGH on the North Side.

"At the time, paramedics were fearful that Wolfarth might not survive," said McCarthy.

AGH now lists him in good condition.

"It's more likely that Wolfarth fell asleep at the wheel," McCarthy said, "which is what he indicated when we interviewed him briefly before he was taken to the hospital."