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Recall Issued For 60,000 Volkswagen, Audi Vehicles Recall Issued For 60,000 Volkswagen, Audi Vehicles
Recall Issued For 60,000 Volkswagen, Audi Vehicles More than 60,000 Volkswagen and Audi vehicles in the United States are being recalled. The move follows an announcement made by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Friday, Feb. 28, which highlighted that the recalled electric vehicles fail to display some gear positions.  This oversight poses a significant safety risk, as it could result in the cars rolling away if the parking brake is not engaged. The recall specifically impacts fully electric Volkswagen 2021-2023 ID.4, and 2022-2023 Audi Q4 e-Tron, and Q4 e-Tron Sportback vehicles, the NHTSA said. A safety reca…

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by Joe Lombardi
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PA Flagger, Mom Struck In Hit-And-Run Faces Long Road To Recovery: Family PA Flagger, Mom Struck In Hit-And-Run Faces Long Road To Recovery: Family
PA Flagger, Mom Struck In Hit-And-Run Faces Long Road To Recovery: Family A Harrisburg flagger is recovering from devastating injuries after being struck in a hit-and-run crash, her family told Daily Voice on Tuesday, Dec. 3. April Hoyrup, a mother of two, was hit by a dark blue or black Audi while flagging at the intersection of Paxton and Cameron streets on Friday, Nov. 22, at around 2:30 a.m., according to her mother, Sharon Downing. The driver fled the scene. Hoyrup had only just returned to flagging that week, though she previously worked in the field for three years. Her shift that night ended with her being rushed to the ICU at Penn State Holy Spirit M…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Teen Caused Fatal Bucks County Crash: Police Teen Caused Fatal Bucks County Crash: Police
Teen Caused Fatal Bucks County Crash: Police A teen who lost control of an Audi slammed into a Subaru, killing its 49-year-old occupant Friday evening, April 28, authorities said. The Audi, occupied by 17- and 18-year-olds, was heading toward Durham Road on Worthington Mill Road when the driver lost control around a bend, and struck a 2017 Subaru heading west on Wrightstown Road around 5:25 p.m., local police said. The two occupants of the Audi suffered non-threatening injuries, while the occupant of the Subaru was extricated by emergency personnel with severe traumatic injuries.  She was taken to St. Mary’s Medical Center in ex…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Three Berks Teens Injured In Rt. 724 Crash: State Police Three Berks Teens Injured In Rt. 724 Crash: State Police
Three Berks Teens Injured In Rt. 724 Crash: State Police Three teenagers were seriously hurt in a two-car accident on Route 724 in Berks County Monday afternoon, authorities say.  A driver in a Kia Sorrento was headed west on the highway in union Township just after 2:30 p.m. on Feb. 6, Pennsylvania State Police said in a statement.  On the 1300 block of Main Street, the Kia began to "slide counterclockwise" as the driver lost control, troopers said. The car passed over into the eastbound lane and was struck by an oncoming Audi, they continued.  The Kia spun off the road and came to a rest after hitting a  building, according to the police repor…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Repeat Tire Thief Busted At Berks Car Dealership, Police Say Repeat Tire Thief Busted At Berks Car Dealership, Police Say
Repeat Tire Thief Busted At Berks Car Dealership, Police Say A Berks County man isn't exactly having a Goodyear.  Theodore J. Puc Jr., 41, was in the middle of removing tires from an Audi at the Audi/Volkswagen car dealership in Leesport on Aug. 22 when officers spotted him, according to the Bern Township Police Department. While questioning Puc, of Shillington, officers discovered he had recently been fired for stealing tires, police said. During a search of his car, officers discovered more stolen tires, they said. The tires in his car were reportedly taken from an on-site storage facility where they were kept pending sale. Puc was cha…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Harrisburg Dentist Arrested For Assaulting Women, Including Raping Girl, 15, Say Police Harrisburg Dentist Arrested For Assaulting Women, Including Raping Girl, 15, Say Police
Harrisburg Dentist Arrested For Assaulting Women, Including Raping Girl, 15, Say Police A Harrisburg dentist has been charged with raping a Snyder County teenager and assaulting her mother, according to local police. Michael Boyd Damgaard, 33, pretended to be a younger man named “Dominik”-- contacting a 15-year-old girl on SnapChat and repeatedly assaulted her between May 12 and June 19 of 2020, according to court documents. The girl claims he sent her a message threatening to kill her if she did not meet him June 19 in the woods off Bucksey Road; that day her mother saw her leaving the woods with him and notified Pennsylvania State police. The mother tried to keep Damgaard a…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Trenton's Latest Shooting Victim, 25, Identified Trenton's Latest Shooting Victim, 25, Identified
Trenton's Latest Shooting Victim, 25, Identified Authorities have identified the 25-year-old victim in Thursday night's shooting in Trenton. Ramire Harvey was found fatally wounded by gunfire in his crashed vehicle, according to Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri. A bystander suffered seizures unrelated to the shooting, after the 6:30 p.m. crash. Harvey's death is the seventh homicide this year in Trenton, authorities said. Trenton police were called to the 400 block of North Clinton Avenue on a report of a motor vehicle accident. Responding patrol officers found Harvey seated in the driver’s seat of a dark-colored Aud…

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by Jon Craig