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NJ Man Dies After Rollover Crash On Delaware Expressway: Troopers NJ Man Dies After Rollover Crash On Delaware Expressway: Troopers
NJ Man Dies After Rollover Crash On Delaware Expressway: Troopers A Trenton, NJ man has died after losing control of his Dodge Durango on Interstate 95 in Delaware County Sunday morning, Feb. 11, according to state police.  Troopers said the unnamed 32-year-old was southbound and passing another driver near mile marker 0.8 in Upper Chichester when he crashed into a ditch around 7 a.m. The driver was thrown some 50 feet from his Durango, which came to rest on its roof, police said.  He was taken to Crozer Hospital but died after about an hour of surgery, according to troopers. His name is being withheld pending notification of his loved ones.&nb…

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by Mac Bullock
News
Pizza Delivery Man Trips Suspect In High-Speed PA Chase (VIDEO) Pizza Delivery Man Trips Suspect In High-Speed PA Chase (VIDEO)
Pizza Delivery Man Trips Suspect In High-Speed PA Chase (Video) A police chase in Delaware County ended sooner than expected on Sunday, April 16 thanks to a quick-thinking pizza man — and the entire encounter was caught on video.  @coccos_aston Since the first one got deleted ♬ original sound - Cocco’s Pizza - Aston Authorities in Brookhaven Borough were pursuing a suspect on a residential street when the man jumped out of his vehicle and fled in the opposite direction on foot, as seen in a TikTok posted by Cocco's Pizza of Aston.  Meanwhile, Cocco's delivery driver Tyler Morrell was approaching a house on the block with a freshly-made pie. …

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Medical Helicopter Carrying Baby Crashes In Upper Darby Medical Helicopter Carrying Baby Crashes In Upper Darby
Medical Helicopter Carrying Baby Crashes In Upper Darby A medical helicopter heading to Philadelphia from Maryland crashed Tuesday in Delaware County, according to sources and developing news reports. A mom and baby were among the four occupants onboard the Eurocopter EC135 that crashed outside of the Drexel Hill United Methodist Church on Burmont Road near School Lane around at 12:55 p.m., according to the FAA and Daily Voice sources. All were able to self-extricate, but the pilot suffered the most serious injuries, CBS reports. A medical helicopter crashed next to my house today. Everyone survived including a baby who was being transferr…

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by Cecilia Levine
Schools
Temple Student Killed Off Campus While Unpacking SUV Temple Student Killed Off Campus While Unpacking SUV
Temple Student Killed Off Campus While Unpacking SUV A 21-year-old Temple University student was shot and killed off-campus while unpacking his SUV Sunday afternoon, officials said. Samuel Sean Collington, of Prospect Park, was shot twice in the chest during what was an attempted robbery in the 2200 block of North Park Avenue around 1:30 p.m, police said. He was pronounced dead at an area hospital a short time later. The DelCo native was a political science and philosophy major and was set to graduate next year, the university said in a statement. This afternoon, my nephew Samuel Collington was shot and killed while entering his off-ca…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Police Likely Shot Young Girl At Suburban Philly Football Game, DA Says Police Likely Shot Young Girl At Suburban Philly Football Game, DA Says
Police Likely Shot Young Girl At Suburban Philly Football Game, DA Says Preliminary ballistics analysis has concluded with "near certainty" that the shots that killed 8-year-old Fanta Bility and injured four others in Delaware County last month were fired by police officers, authorities said. The events of Aug. 27 began when "a group of young males engaged in a verbal confrontation that turned into gunfire on the 900 block of Coates Street, one block west of the entrance to the Academy Park High School football stadium," in Sharon Hill, Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer said in a statement on Monday. "The confrontation occurred …

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
South Jersey Truck Driver Charged In 4,000 Gallon Pennsylvania Fuel Spill South Jersey Truck Driver Charged In 4,000 Gallon Pennsylvania Fuel Spill
South Jersey Truck Driver Charged In 4,000 Gallon Pennsylvania Fuel Spill A South Jersey truck driver was charged after 4,000 gallons of fuel spilled in Delaware County last month, authorities said. Smith, 36, of Vineland, NJ has been charged with causing and risking a catastrophe, Clean Streams Law violations, and related offenses in connection with the June 11 fuel spill at the Gas N Go in Brookhaven. "Motivated by a desire to speed up his route, George Smith poured in excess of 4,000 gallons of gasoline over an embankment bordering an elementary school – causing damage to a nearby stream, wildlife, and vegetation and resulting in the closure of the school…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
State Police: PA Man Arrested For Sexually Assaulting 7-Year-Old Boy In South Jersey State Police: PA Man Arrested For Sexually Assaulting 7-Year-Old Boy In South Jersey
State Police: PA Man Arrested For Sexually Assaulting 7-Year-Old Boy In South Jersey A Pennsylvania man was arrested on accusations he sexually assaulted a seven-year-old boy over the course of several months in southern New Jersey, authorities said. In March, detectives began investigating the sexual assault of a young boy by Jonathan W. Hiddeman, 30, of Prospect Park (Delaware County) in Camden and Cape May counties, according to New Jersey State Police. The alleged acts began in September 2019 and lasted through February 2020, authorities said. As a result of the investigation, detectives charged Hiddeman with aggravated sexual assault and endangering the welf…

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by Nicole Acosta