‘I’m going in the grass. I’m gone’: A motorcyclist says a pickup tried to split up her group, then appeared to run them off the road

A rider says a pickup driver tried to break up her group of bikers and then seemed to push riders off a Beaver County road in Pennsylvania. According to KDKA-TV, Sarah Miller was riding with two other bikers during a Tuesday outing when the encounter happened. Police in New Sewickley Township are investigating.

Miller stated that the riders were in the left lane of a two-lane road while the truck traveled in the right lane. She described the driver as aggressive before he moved to cut in front of the group. She recalled thinking, “I’m going in the grass. I’m gone.” It was meant to be their final outing of the year, she added, and she had never faced anything like it while riding.

Her camera footage shows a white pickup approaching from behind and cutting off another rider. Miller sped ahead, and the video shows the truck moving into the lane for oncoming traffic to close the gap. When she pointed at the camera, the driver appeared to ease off. “Maybe he didn’t realize I was recording,” she stated.

How Pennsylvania law treats dangerous driving

State law defines reckless driving as driving with willful or wanton disregard for the safety of people or property. Pennsylvania’s reckless driving statute treats it as a summary offense with a $200 fine. Prosecutors can also use the reckless endangerment law, which covers conduct that places another person in danger of death or serious bodily injury. It is graded as a second-degree misdemeanor.

A Pittsburgh defense firm says officers often add that count to traffic charges in swerving cases. Whether any of those laws apply here is for investigators to decide. WPXI reported that the video was taken on Freedom Crider Road near a busy sports complex and has drawn millions of views on TikTok. Local police told the station they are aware of the video and investigating, and they are asking the motorcyclists to make contact.

The station described the footage as appearing to show the pickup swerving around the group and nearly forcing one rider off the road. A company name is visible on the truck’s exterior. KDKA-TV contacted that business several times and received no reply, and WPXI’s call to the number on the truck went unanswered.

Miller stated that she weighs 115 pounds, her bike weighs about 450 pounds and the truck weighs at least 10,000 pounds. Even “a slight bump” could have changed the outcome, she added. She stated that she posted the clip to “bring attention to bad drivers in Pittsburgh,” not to get anyone in trouble. She plans to keep her camera running on future rides.

Road safety questions are also in the spotlight elsewhere. In Memphis, a police cruiser collided with a car on an emergency run, and five people died.