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Wheelchair-Bound Man Struck In Hit-Run Crash, Police In ChesCo Say Wheelchair-Bound Man Struck In Hit-Run Crash, Police In ChesCo Say
Wheelchair-Bound Man Struck In Hit-Run Crash, Police In ChesCo Say Police in Chester County are investigating after a wheelchair-bound man was struck by a hit-and-run driver Wednesday afternoon. The victim was traveling east on the edge of River Road when a passing car struck his wheelchair from behind with its right bumper around 5:15 p.m., according to North Coventry police. The man was ejected from the wheelchair and rushed to Pottstown Hospital with head and neck pain, police said. The car, believed to be a 2011-2014 Ford Edge, failed to stop, and fled the scene, according to police. Anyone who may have witnessed the crash or may know of the striking…

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by Nicole Acosta
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PD: Speeding Driver Airlifted After Car Rolls Over On Route 422 In Chester County PD: Speeding Driver Airlifted After Car Rolls Over On Route 422 In Chester County
PD: Speeding Driver Airlifted After Car Rolls Over On Route 422 In Chester County A driver who police say was speeding down Route 422 in Chester County Friday was airlifted from the scene after their car rolled over, authorities said. The driver of a 2008 Chevrolet Corvette was seen traveling west on Route 422 at a "high rate of speed," around 2 a.m., North Coventry police said. As the car crossed over the South Hanover Street overpass, the driver lost control while making a slight left curve in the roadway, police said. The car ended up striking the guard rail on the shoulder of the roadway, and crossed back over the two westbound lanes, authorities said. The Che…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Baton-Wielding Driver Arrested In Route 100 Road Rage Incident, Police Say Baton-Wielding Driver Arrested In Route 100 Road Rage Incident, Police Say
Baton-Wielding Driver Arrested In Route 100 Road Rage Incident, Police Say A Montgomery County man fled the scene of a Chester County crash last month after he struck a driver's car and beat him with a baton, authorities said. When the victim signaled Robert Sammaritano, 58, of Gilbertsville, to pull over on Route 100 south near Temple Road, Sammaritano whipped out a baton, and struck the driver on March 23, North Coventry police said. The man was able to disarm Sammaritano before an off-duty fireman stopped to control the situation, police said. This was when Sammaritano then got back into his white BMW and fled the scene, police said. The relationship bet…

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by Nicole Acosta
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1 Dead, 1 Injured In North Coventry Crash 1 Dead, 1 Injured In North Coventry Crash
1 Dead, 1 Injured In North Coventry Crash One person died and another was injured in a North Coventry Crash Friday morning. One car was facing east against the north side guide rail of West Schuylkill Road and the other facing north across both lanes around 11:50 a.m., North Coventry police said. The driver of the car on the north side guide rail was unresposive and extricated by police and EMS, while the other was evaluated by EMS for head, chest and knee pain, authorities said. Meanwhile, the unresponsive driver was taken to Pottstown Hospital Tower Health and later pronounced dead. An investigation was ongoing.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Drunk Pottstown Driver Crashes On Route 422 In ChesCo, Police Say Drunk Pottstown Driver Crashes On Route 422 In ChesCo, Police Say
Drunk Pottstown Driver Crashes On Route 422 In ChesCo, Police Say A drunk driver who crashed her car into a Route 422 guardrail is facing several charges, police said. Officers responded to the eastbound side of the highway near mile marker 171.6 around 7:45 p.m. on March 22, where a white Chevrolet Equinox had hit a guide-rail head on, North Coventry police said. Sandy Zazueta, 35, of Pottstown, was the sole occupant and driver of the car, police said. Zazueta was taken into custody for suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol, authorities sayd. She refused testing and was processed and released to a sober adult.  DUI and oth…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Chester County Man, 28, Charged With DUI After Near Collision With Police Car Chester County Man, 28, Charged With DUI After Near Collision With Police Car
Chester County Man, 28, Charged With DUI After Near Collision With Police Car A Chester County man is facing DUI and drug charges after he nearly crashed into a police car Sunday night, authorities said. Officers saw Joseph Lopez, 28, in a black BMW failing to yield to oncoming traffic at the intersection of the Route 100 ramp and Route 724 east, where he narrowly avoided the police car crash around 8:20 p.m. on Jan. 24, North Coventry police said. An officer who stopped Lopez determined he was driving while under the influence of marijuana, police said. A subsequent search turned up 186 Adderall pills in the car, police said. Lopez was taken into cus…

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by Nicole Acosta