Victim in Point Breeze-area crash dies after more than a week in ICU

WELL, MIKE CHRISTIAN, 34 YEAR OLD EMILY HOFFMAN HAD TO BE TAKEN OFF LIFE SUPPORT OVER THE WEEKEND AFTER SPENDING MORE THAN A WEEK IN THE ICU. TONIGHT, HER SISTER IS TELLING ME THE MANY WAYS SHE AND HER FAMILY ARE HOPING TO HONOR EMILY’S LIFE, TO BRING DOWN REMINISCING ON A LIFETIME OF MEMORIES WITH HER SISTER, EMILY HOFFMAN. SO SWEET, SO CARING, ADVENTUROUS, AND JUST ALSO THIS LOVE OF LEARNING. BETH HOFFMAN SAID HER SISTER’S PASSION FOR LEARNING WAS A CONSTANT, AND THAT PASSION DROVE HER SISTER TO TRAVEL THE WORLD AND STAY SEEKING OUT THE NEXT ADVENTURE. NOT MANY PEOPLE CAN SAY THAT THEY WERE IN FIVE CONTINENTS AND THAT THEY SCUBA DOVE IN THE CARIBBEAN AND THE RED SEA AND AUSTRALIA AND THEY HIKED THE CAMINO BY THEMSELVES. BUT THEN THEY ALSO, YOU KNOW, HIKED IN FRICK PARK ON THE WEEKENDS. HER SISTER, A PITTSBURGHER AND AN ANIMAL LOVER AT HER CORE, WAS TAKEN OFF LIFE SUPPORT ON FRIDAY. SHE SPENT MORE THAN A WEEK IN THE ICU AFTER BEING HIT BY A CAR ON BEECHWOOD BOULEVARD IN POINT BREEZE. WE LEARNED THAT WHILE HER INJURIES TO HER CHEST AND HER ABDOMEN WERE HEALING HER, SHE HAD HAD WHAT’S CALLED A CROWDED DISSECTION AN AND HAD HAD FROM THAT A LOT OF BLOOD CLOTS THAT CAUSED STROKE. EMILY’S LIFE TRAGICALLY CUT SHORT AT 34 YEARS OLD. SHE WAS ABLE TO DONATE HER LIVER AND KIDNEY TO SOMEBODY. THE TRANSPLANT, WE LEARNED A HAPPENED AT PRESBY TO SOMEONE WHO HAD BEEN WAITING A 45 YEAR OLD WHO BEEN WAITING 465 DAYS FOR THESE ORGANS. NOW, THE HOFFMAN FAMILY HOPING TO HONOR EMILY’S LIFE BY HELPING OTHERS WHO SHARE HER PASSIONS. RIGHT NOW, WE’RE ENVISIONING SETTING UP SOME SCHOLARSHIPS IN HER NAME. ONE FOR WINCHESTER. THURSTON. WHERE? THE SCHOOL HERE IN PITTSBURGH. WHERE BOTH HER AND I WERE LIFERS. TECH ELEVATOR FLAGSHIP NIAGARA. AND SOMETHING CONNECTED TO ANIMALS SO THAT OTHER PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY HERE IN THE PITTSBURGH AREA, CAN CAN BENEFIT FROM HER LEGACY. AND FUNDRAISING EFFORTS ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY. AND CLICK THIS STORY ON OUR WTA APP FOR INFORMATION AS WELL AS INFORMATION ON ORGAN DONATION. I ALSO REACHED OUT TO PITTSBURGH POLICE EXCUSE ME, TO ASK THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THAT CRASH INVESTIGATION. WE’LL LET YOU KNOW AS SOON AS WE HEAR BACK. REPORTING LIVE TONIG

A woman has died after a Feb. 9 crash on the border of Pittsburgh's Point Breeze and Squirrel Hill North neighborhoods.The family of 34-year-old Emily Hoffman said she died on Feb. 17 after spending more than a week in the ICU.“So sweet, so caring, adventurous,” Beth Hoffman said.Beth Hoffman said her sister’s passion for learning was a constant, and that passion drove her sister to travel the world and stay seeking out the next adventure.“Not many people can say that they were in five continents, and they scuba dived in the Caribbean, and the Red Sea, and Australia, and they hiked the Camino by themselves, but then they also, you know, hiked in Frick Park on the weekends,” Beth Hoffman said.Her sister, a Pittsburgher and animal lover at her core, was taken off life support on Friday.The crash occurred at the intersection of Wilkins Avenue and Beechwood Boulevard on the afternoon of Feb. 9. The boyfriend of the driver told Pittsburgh's Action News 4's Kalea Gunderson that his girlfriend was driving and accidentally hit a woman. He said the driver stayed on the scene and was cooperating with investigators.“She had had what’s called a carotid dissection, and she had a lot of blood clots that caused strokes,” Beth Hoffman said.Emily’s life was tragically cut short at 34 years old.“She was able to donate her liver and kidney to somebody, the transplant, we learned, that happened at Presby… A 45-year-old who had been waiting for 465 days for these organs,” Beth Hoffman said.Now, the Hoffman family is hoping to honor Emily’s life by helping others who shared her passions.“Right now, we are envisioning setting up some scholarships in her name, one for Winchester Thurston, the school here in Pittsburgh, where both her and I were lifers,” Beth Hoffman said. “Tech Elevator, Flagship Niagara, and something connected to animals so that other people, especially here in the Pittsburgh area can benefit from her legacy.”Fundraising efforts for those scholarships are underway now.For more information on Emily's legacy and organ donation, click here.

PITTSBURGH —

A woman has died after a Feb. 9 crash on the border of Pittsburgh's Point Breeze and Squirrel Hill North neighborhoods.

The family of 34-year-old Emily Hoffman said she died on Feb. 17 after spending more than a week in the ICU.

“So sweet, so caring, adventurous,” Beth Hoffman said.

Beth Hoffman said her sister’s passion for learning was a constant, and that passion drove her sister to travel the world and stay seeking out the next adventure.

“Not many people can say that they were in five continents, and they scuba dived in the Caribbean, and the Red Sea, and Australia, and they hiked the Camino by themselves, but then they also, you know, hiked in Frick Park on the weekends,” Beth Hoffman said.

Her sister, a Pittsburgher and animal lover at her core, was taken off life support on Friday.

The crash occurred at the intersection of Wilkins Avenue and Beechwood Boulevard on the afternoon of Feb. 9.

The boyfriend of the driver told Pittsburgh's Action News 4's Kalea Gunderson that his girlfriend was driving and accidentally hit a woman. He said the driver stayed on the scene and was cooperating with investigators.

“She had had what’s called a carotid dissection, and she had a lot of blood clots that caused strokes,” Beth Hoffman said.

Emily’s life was tragically cut short at 34 years old.

“She was able to donate her liver and kidney to somebody, the transplant, we learned, that happened at Presby… A 45-year-old who had been waiting for 465 days for these organs,” Beth Hoffman said.

Now, the Hoffman family is hoping to honor Emily’s life by helping others who shared her passions.

“Right now, we are envisioning setting up some scholarships in her name, one for Winchester Thurston, the school here in Pittsburgh, where both her and I were lifers,” Beth Hoffman said. “Tech Elevator, Flagship Niagara, and something connected to animals so that other people, especially here in the Pittsburgh area can benefit from her legacy.”

Fundraising efforts for those scholarships are underway now.

For more information on Emily's legacy and organ donation, click here.

Victim in Point Breeze-area crash dies after more than a week in ICU

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