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PA Giant Company Manager Dies After Dual Transplant Fight In Hershey, Pittsburgh PA Giant Company Manager Dies After Dual Transplant Fight In Hershey, Pittsburgh
PA Giant Company Manager Dies After Dual Transplant Fight In Hershey, Pittsburgh A Mechanicsburg woman who spent her career at The Giant Company and bravely battled for over a month in hospitals while awaiting a dual heart and kidney transplant has died, her family announced. Lauren Marie Keeney, 37, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh after a 41-day fight for her life. She had been transferred from Hershey Medical Center as doctors worked to stabilize her for a potential dual transplant. Born on Oct. 19, 1987, Keeney received a heart transplant in 2006, an experience she described as "a treatment, not a cure." She went…

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Central Penn Baseball Star Struck Dead By Tractor-Trailer On I-81: Coroner Central Penn Baseball Star Struck Dead By Tractor-Trailer On I-81: Coroner
Central Penn Baseball Star Struck Dead By Tractor-Trailer On I-81: Coroner A former college baseball player was struck dead on Interstate 81 on Sunday, Aug. 25, the Cumberland County Coroner Charley Hall told Daily Voice.  Quinton J. Heckard, 26, of Hummelstown, was hit by a tractor-trailer on I-81 South at mile marker 61.7 at 8:13 a.m., according to Hall.  The fatal pedestrian strike happened when "Heckard stepped in front of the truck from the shoulder of the road," Hall said. He was pronounced dead at the scene from "Multiple Traumatic Injuries at the scene," the coroner said but the manner of his death was not released.  An investigation into …

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PA College Baseball Player Dies After Dugout Collapses: Authorities PA College Baseball Player Dies After Dugout Collapses: Authorities
PA College Baseball Player Dies After Dugout Collapses: Authorities A 19-year-old college baseball player has died after an illegally built dugout seriously injured him, authorities told Daily Voice.  Angel Mecardo-Ocasio of Harrisburg was hurt when the dugout collapsed on him at 7th and Radnor Sports Park in Harrisburg around 3 p.m. on Monday, May 22, 2023, according to City of Harrisburg Communications Director Matt Maisel.  The teen was helping take down the structure after officials noticed it was built without permission, Maisel explained to the press.  Mercado is a Central Pennsylvania Knights baseball player, but he was in the park as part of the Ha…

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PA Mom Dies During Mission Trip In Guatemala, Family Says PA Mom Dies During Mission Trip In Guatemala, Family Says
PA Mom Dies During Mission Trip In Guatemala, Family Says Thousands poured into the streets of of San Cristobal Verapaz, Guatemala to honor the life of a 27-year-old Pennsylvania mother of two boys (both under two years of age) on March 19, 2023, those who knew her told Daily Voice. Rocio "Rose" Michelle Roberts.GoFundMe/Diane Ramirez Rocio "Rose" Michelle Roberts passed suddenly on March 15, 2023, according to her sister in-law Diana Ramirez. Posted by Christian Roberts on Thursday, March 23, 2023 "Rose’s mother is from Harrisburg, PA and her father is from Guatemala," where she in the small town of San Cristobal Verapaz with her family o…

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