A Butler man claims in a lawsuit he sustained multiple bone fractures, left arm paralysis and has been in and out of intensive care due to a Jan. 19 collision with a state Department of Transportation snowplow truck in Franklin Township.

Drew Piper filed the lawsuit Aug. 10 against PennDOT and plow truck driver Trevor D. Callihan, of Chicora, in Butler County Common Pleas Court seeking unspecified damages and a jury trial.

Piper was driving a 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer west on New Castle Road near the Atrium around 1:30 p.m. when Callihan pulled out of the Atrium parking lot in an International Harvester plow truck owned by PennDOT. Callihan collided with the front driver’s side of Piper’s vehicle, according to the suit.

Due to the damage to the Trailblazer, emergency responders had to cut the vehicle open to remove Piper. He was taken by ambulance to Allegheny General Hospital for treatment, according to the suit.

He said he sustained multiple rib fractures, pneumothorax — or air leaking between the chest wall and lungs, respiratory failure, a left clavicle fracture, traverse process fractures to five vertebrae, a scapular fracture and nerve damage and paralysis of the left arm. He said he has been in and out of intensive care since the crash, according to the suit.

The suit alleges Callihan was negligent by failing to yield to oncoming traffic, take evasive action, control the truck and violating traffic laws. PennDOT is vicariously liable due to Callihan’s actions, according to the suit.

Neither PennDOT or Callihan responded to messages seeking comment.

According to police, Callihan turned left out of the parking lot and Piper struck the plow. Piper’s vehicle then left the road and struck two road signs. He was extricated by the Prospect-Franklin Township Volunteer Fire Department.