PA Mom Breaks Every Bone In Face, Suffers Brain Injury After Deer Plunges Onto Car PA Mom Breaks Every Bone In Face, Suffers Brain Injury After Deer Plunges Onto Car
PA Mom Breaks Every Bone In Face, Suffers Brain Injury After Deer Plunges Onto Car April 23 was any other day for Natalie Sciotti. She was heading home from her administrative role in the Cumberland Valley School District, preparing to pick her 13-year-old daughter up for softball, then come home and make dinner for them and her 16-year-old son. But fate had other plans for 38-year-old Sciotti. She was approximately 300 yards from home on Boiling Springs Road, across from the Allenberry Playhouse, when a deer jumped from an embankment onto her vehicle, landing where the windshield meets the roof, according to her brother, Nick Sciotti. Sciotti's car, a 2022 Nissan …
Coroner IDs Reading Man Killed In Route 183 Crash Coroner IDs Reading Man Killed In Route 183 Crash
Coroner IDs Reading Man Killed In Route 183 Crash Officials have named the driver who died after a crash near Bernville on Thursday morning, May 30.  Daniel R. Schneider, 28, was headed south on the 6400 block of Bernville Road/Route 183 in Penn Township around 4:15 a.m., according to state police and the Berks Coroner's Office.  Schneider's Chrysler 300 crossed into the northbound lane and hit a Toyota Highlander head-on, troopers said. His car rolled onto its passenger side and came to rest in a ditch before catching fire, state police said.  Schneider, of Reading, was pronounced dead from multiple blunt force trauma with…
Woman Dies After Crash In Hatfield, Witnesses Sought: Police Woman Dies After Crash In Hatfield, Witnesses Sought: Police
Woman Dies After Crash In Hatfield, Witnesses Sought: Police Authorities in Hatfield are looking for witnesses to a fatal crash on Saturday, May 4, borough police said in a release. The wreck happened at 2420 Bethlehem Pike just after noon, officials said.  Police said a 40-year-old man in a blue Hyundai Accent collided with a 71-year-old woman in a maroon Hyundai Tucson. Both drivers were taken to Grand View Hospital Trauma Center where the woman died from her injuries, authorities said.  "At this time, the Hatfield Police Department is not releasing the names of those involved," officials wrote in the release.  Anyone who witnessed…
Lower Merion Teacher Killed In Crash Was 'Amazing Husband, Father, And Friend': Fundraiser Lower Merion Teacher Killed In Crash Was 'Amazing Husband, Father, And Friend': Fundraiser
Lower Merion Teacher Killed In Crash Was 'Amazing Husband, Father, And Friend': Fundraiser Friends and community members are collecting donations for the family of the Lower Merion teacher who died in a car accident last Tuesday, April 2.  Tim Mohan, 53, was a social studies teacher at Bala Cynwyd Middle School for 30 years and also served as the school's Athletics and Activities Director, school district officials have said. A GoFundMe to benefit his wife and children has raised nearly $15,000 in three days.   "Tim was an amazing husband, father, and friend," wrote campaign organizer Megan Nieberle.  "Tim's love of his family and friends, contagious sm…
Lower Merion Social Studies Teacher Killed In Car Crash, District Says Lower Merion Social Studies Teacher Killed In Car Crash, District Says
Lower Merion Social Studies Teacher Killed In Car Crash, District Says Tim Mohan, a longtime teacher at Bala Cynwyd Middle School, died in a car accident on Tuesday, April 2, according to the Lower Merion School District.  Mohan, who also served as the school's Athletics and Activities Director, was a husband and father who taught social studies at Bala Cynwyd for 30 years, administrators said in a statement.  “Mr. Mohan was a pillar of the BC Community who loved and cared for his students," said BCMS Principal Jeffrey Hunter.  "Each day since 1993, he could be seen greeting his students with a smile in the hallway. He was a natural with h…
After Fleeing Deadly Hit-Run, Driver Stole Dump Truck And Crashed Again: Bucks DA After Fleeing Deadly Hit-Run, Driver Stole Dump Truck And Crashed Again: Bucks DA
After Fleeing Deadly Hit-Run, Driver Stole Dump Truck And Crashed Again: Bucks DA A Croydon man is in police custody after prosecutors say he crashed a stolen dump truck while fleeing a deadly accident on Saturday, Feb. 24.  The wreck happened just after 1:30 p.m. near the corner of Ford Road and Veterans Highway in Bristol Township, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office.  A Nissan Sentra was turning left into the southbound lanes of the highway when it was struck by an oncoming Ford Explorer, authorities said.  Two passengers in the Nissan, 33-year-old Rebecca Whiddon and 37-year-old Richard Whiddon, were pronounced dead at the sc…
PA Driver Of Disabled Car Killed In Fiery Route 80 Crash In NJ: State Police PA Driver Of Disabled Car Killed In Fiery Route 80 Crash In NJ: State Police
PA Driver Of Disabled Car Killed In Fiery Route 80 Crash In NJ: State Police A 59-year-old Pennsylvania man was killed in a crash between a truck and an SUV on Route 80 in Warren County on the early morning of Tuesday, Feb. 27, state police said. At 4:16 a.m., troopers responded to Route 80 west in Knowlton Township, Jeffrey Lebron, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police said. A Nissan SUV became disabled in the right lane of travel and a Hino box truck collided with the rear of the vehicle, Lebron said.  Pasqual Franco, an East Stroudsburg resident and the driver of the Nissan, died in the crash, Lebron said. The driver of the Hino and passenger of t…
Driver In Kennett Square Hit-Run Was DUI, Police Claim Driver In Kennett Square Hit-Run Was DUI, Police Claim
Driver In Kennett Square Hit-Run Was DUI, Police Claim The driver accused of fleeing the scene of a two-car crash in Kennett Square is now also accused of driving under the influence, authorities say.  Kennett Square police said they were called to the corner of South Union and West South streets around 7 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 17 for a wreck. Both cars were badly damaged and one had crashed into a traffic light bollard, police said in a release.  The driver at the scene told officers that the other motorist — later identified as Jose Mendez-Lopez — had fled on foot, the release says.  Police said they saw him "st…
Siblings On Road To Recovery After Skook Crash That Killed Grandmother Siblings On Road To Recovery After Skook Crash That Killed Grandmother
Siblings On Road To Recovery After Skook Crash That Killed Grandmother Schuylkill County community members have raised thousands to help two children recover after the crash that killed their grandmother early this month.  Elizabeth Ryan, 65, died when another driver struck her car head-on on Feb. 9, Daily Voice reported. Police said it happened on Route 901 near Old Phoenix Road in Cass Township.  Her two grandchildren in the car, 8-year-old Laykin and 6-year-old Kaiden, were also hurt in the crash.  "While Kaiden suffered a broken arm and is recovering at home, Laykin suffered severe internal and spinal injuries and is currently rec…
Fatal Crash Under Investigation In Chester County Fatal Crash Under Investigation In Chester County
Fatal Crash Under Investigation In Chester County One passenger has died and two drivers were treated for injuries after a car crash in North Coventry Township on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 21, police say.  The two-car crash occurred on the 1200 block of South Hanover Street around 1 p.m., township police wrote in a release.  Authorities said a black Chevrolet Aveo struck a green Jeep Wrangler head-on then came to rest against a tree. A woman riding in the Chevy was pronounced dead at the scene while both drivers were taken to Reading Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to the release.  The fatally injured…
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…
Two Officers Hospitalized After Crash Heading To Call: Philadelphia Police Two Officers Hospitalized After Crash Heading To Call: Philadelphia Police
Two Officers Hospitalized After Crash Heading To Call: Philadelphia Police Two Philadelphia officers were struck by a private vehicle on their way to a call, police announced on Monday night.  The patrol vehicle was struck at the intersection of 16th Street and Norris Street in the 22nd District at approximately 8:29 p.m. on Feb. 12, the police explained in a release about an hour later.  The two officers inside were taken to Temple Hospital by Medic 13. They suffered minor injuries and "are expected to be treated and released," the police said.  No one else suffered any injuries.