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Cyclist, 56, Flown To Hospital After Falling Down Steep Hill In Hunterdon County Cyclist, 56, Flown To Hospital After Falling Down Steep Hill In Hunterdon County
Cyclist, 56, Flown To Hospital After Falling Down Steep Hill In Hunterdon County A 56-year-old cyclist was flown to a nearby hospital after falling down a steep hill in Hunterdon County and losing consciousness, authorities said. The Pittstown woman was cycling on the Delaware-Raritan Canal Tow Path when she lost control of her bicycle and ran down a steep slope into a wooded area around 3:35 p.m. Sunday Oct. 23, a press release from Lambertville Police said. The Lambertville-New Hope Ambulance & Rescue Squad arrived to take the unconscious woman out of the woods and to Ely Field, which is next to the Lambertville Public School. From there, the woman was flown to R…

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by Valerie Musson
Obituaries
Mississippi Trucker Dies Jumping Out Of Tractor-Trailer In PA As It Slams Into Trees, Exploding Mississippi Trucker Dies Jumping Out Of Tractor-Trailer In PA As It Slams Into Trees, Exploding
Mississippi Trucker Dies Jumping Out Of Tractor-Trailer In PA As It Slams Into Trees, Exploding A tractor-trailer driver from Mississippi died while jumping from his moving vehicle in Western Pennsylvania on Friday, September 9, authorities say.  Alexander Johnson, 42 of Amory, was driving south on Cumberland Road/PA Route 160 in Southampton Township when his tractor-trailer "experienced mechanical failure with its breaks," at 1:43 a.m., Pennsylvania state police say.  He jumped from the moving vehicle and died as the truck continued into a wooded area along the highway, exploding— quickly engulfing the entire cab in flames, police explain in a release.  The truck was heading toward…

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by Jillian Pikora
News
Infant Falls Out Of Window In Pittsburgh Suburb, Police Say Infant Falls Out Of Window In Pittsburgh Suburb, Police Say
Infant Falls Out Of Window In Pittsburgh Suburb, Police Say A 1-year-old infant fell out of a window in a Pittsburgh suburb on Tuesday, August 30, police say. Allegheny County 9-1-1 was made aware of the fall out of a window of a home in the 100 block of Winchester Drive in Plum Borough around 6:30 p.m. The infant survived the fall but remains hospitalized and in critical condition, according to Allegheny County police. The Allegheny County Police Department's Homicide Unit we're initially called to assist in Plum Borough, but the units' detectives are now leading the investigation.  Anyone with information concerning this incident is as…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
NJ Mustang Driver Killed In PA Turnpike Crash Was Set To Marry Next Weekend: Report NJ Mustang Driver Killed In PA Turnpike Crash Was Set To Marry Next Weekend: Report
NJ Mustang Driver Killed In PA Turnpike Crash Was Set To Marry Next Weekend: Report A 33-year-old New Jersey man who died in a crash on the PA Turnpike was set to marry next weekend, news reports say citing authorities. Harry Jackson Jr., of Brigantine, was in a Mustang 2011 Ford Mustang that struck the cab of a tractor trailer on the PA Turnpike Friday, July 29, killing him, LehighValleyLive reports.  Jackson was pronounced dead while his female passenger was hospitalized with minor injuries, the outlet reports citing police. The rush hour crash happened when a tractor-trailer driven by a Philadelphia man went off the right side of the Northeast Extension of the highway…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
PA Man Killed By Tree He Was Cutting Down, Police Say PA Man Killed By Tree He Was Cutting Down, Police Say
PA Man Killed By Tree He Was Cutting Down, Police Say A Pennsylvania man was killed after a tree he was cutting down fell on him Wednesday, June 29, authorities said. David Crossett, 39, was cutting the tree behind his Hartz Road home in Ruscombmanor Township when it shifted and landed on top of him, pinning him to the ground around 5:35 p.m., Pennsylvania State Police said. The Berks County Coroner's Office pronounced him dead after crews pulled him from under the tree, police said.

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by Nicole Acosta
News
Teen Hockey Player Killed During Game Mourned On & Off The Ice Teen Hockey Player Killed During Game Mourned On & Off The Ice
Teen Hockey Player Killed During Game Mourned On & Off The Ice The death of a young athlete who died during a collision between two hockey players on the ice during a game earlier this week is being mourned in areas near and far from both inside and outside the hockey community. Fairfield County, CT resident Teddy Balkind was 16 years old and a 10th-grader at the St. Luke’s School in New Canaan. The incident that led to his death happened around 5 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 6, during a junior varsity game at the Brunswick Upper School in Greenwich. Balkind fell to the ice, and another player who was near him was unable to stop, and the two collided, said G…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Central PA Woman Killed In Jeep Accident 'Changed The World' Central PA Woman Killed In Jeep Accident 'Changed The World'
Central PA Woman Killed In Jeep Accident 'Changed The World' She changed the world.  She was an exemplary public servant. She was the best motivator. These are just a few of the ways that Kathy Teopfer Possinger was being remembered. The 44-year-old Harrisburg resident was identified by PennLive as the woman killed after being pinned between her own Jeep and her house. She and two men were using her Jeep Wrangler to remove a large shrub from the front of her home on the 300 block of Hamilton Street in Harrisburg Friday, PennLive previously reported citing Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo. Chardo said the incident was "clearly accidenta…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
IDA: Montgomery County Coroner IDs 3 People Who Died In Storm IDA: Montgomery County Coroner IDs 3 People Who Died In Storm
IDA: Montgomery County Coroner IDs 3 People Who Died In Storm Three Montgomery County residents who died as the remnants of Hurricane Ida passed through Pennsylvania have been identified, authorities said Friday. Maxine Weinstein, 68, of Fort Washington, died after a tree came down onto a home on Wednesday. Her cause of death is traumatic asphyxia and the manner of death is accidental, according to the Montgomery County Coroner's Office. Craig Messinger, 70, of Schwenksville, was found dead in Skippack Township on Thursday. His cause of death is drowning and the manner of death is accidental. Jack Caroluzzi, 65, of Bridgeport, died at home on Th…

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by Nicole Acosta
News
Northampton County Man Who Died In Fiery Route 115 Crash Was 'Shiner Of A Light' Northampton County Man Who Died In Fiery Route 115 Crash Was 'Shiner Of A Light'
Northampton County Man Who Died In Fiery Route 115 Crash Was 'Shiner Of A Light' A 30-year-old Northampton County man died in a fiery crash over the weekend on Route 115 outside of Wind Gap, authorities said. Lane H. Dickey, of East Bangor, was heading north in a 2008 BMW 328i "ate a high rate of speed" when the car left the roadway and the driver's side hit a tree around 1:35 a.m. in Ross Township, Pennsylvania State Police said in a news release. The car came to a rest on the left side of the road and then went up in flames, authorities said.  Dickey was pronounced dead at the scene by Monroe County Coroner Tom Yanac. The cause was multiple blunt force traumas and t…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
West Chester DUI Driver Arrested After Striking Parked Cars, Fleeing Scene West Chester DUI Driver Arrested After Striking Parked Cars, Fleeing Scene
West Chester DUI Driver Arrested After Striking Parked Cars, Fleeing Scene A DUI driver was arrested after she crashed into parked cars, and fled the scene in West Chester over the weekend, authorities said. After officers received calls of a disturbance, they found Carly Nance, 23, attempting to park her damaged car on East Nields Street around 4:10 a.m. Saturday, according to West Chester police. An investigation uncovered that Nance struck parked cars and subsequently fled the scene while under the influence of alcohol, police said. No injuries were reported. Nance was arrested and charged with DUI and accidents causing damage to unattended vehicles,  S…

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by Nicole Acosta