Pennsylvania woman is killed on sidewalk after being hit by runaway metal cylinder from nearby construction site

A woman in Pennsylvania has been killed after a runaway metal cylinder from a nearby construction site struck her on the sidewalk.

The unnamed victim was walking outside the Petersen Events Center in Oakland on Friday morning when she was hit in the head by the heavy object.

She suffered a serious head injury and was lying on the street when bystanders tried to save her life.

One tried to give CPR but her injuries were too severe and she was pronounced dead by the time medics arrived on the scene. 

The large metal cylinder which struck her on the head came from the construction site at the Petersen Events Center.

A woman in Pennsylvania has been killed after a runaway metal cylinder from a nearby construction site struck her on the sidewalk

The unnamed victim was walking outside the Petersen Events Center in Oakland on Friday morning when she was hit in the head by the heavy object

She suffered a serious head injury and was lying on the street when bystanders tried to save her life

The woman, a staff member at one of the hospitals in the town, was on the sidewalk when the heavy metal cylinder hit her on the head. 

She was left with a serious head injury and witnesses tried their best to save her life on floor of the street.

But she died as paramedics arrived on the scene to treat her.

Pittsburgh Public Safety Public Information Officer Emily Bourne told KDKA the metal cylinder rolled down the hill from the construction site. 

'Obviously there is a construction site here, a large, metal steel drum that escaped from the construction site, rolled down the hill, broke through a section of fencing,' she said. 

'And the woman was on the sidewalk, street area when she was struck by the runway piece of metal.'

DailyMail.com has contacted the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police and Petersen Events Center for comment.