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Police & Fire
Juvenile Critically Injured In Park Double Shooting: Philadelphia Police
Two juveniles were hospitalized, one in extremely critical condition, after a double shooting at Dilworth Park in Philadelphia on Friday, Dec. 13, police announced. The incident occurred near 15th Street and Market Street at approximately 4:33 p.m., according to the Philadelphia Police Department. A 14-year-old boy was rushed to Jefferson Hospital in extremely critical condition after sustaining injuries during the shooting, police said. The second victim, whose age, gender, and race are currently unknown, was treated for a gunshot wound to the left thigh and is in stable condition, authori…
Police & Fire
Woman Critically Injured After Being Struck By Dodge Charger: Philly Police
A woman was critically injured after being struck by a car on West Lehigh Avenue in Philadelphia, police announced on Sunday, Dec. 1. The crash happened on the 600 block of West Lehigh Avenue at 10:05 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024, according to the police release. A white Dodge Charger struck the pedestrian as she was on the roadway. The woman, whose age has not been determined, was transported by Philadelphia Fire Department medics to Temple University Hospital, where she was listed in critical condition, authorities said. The investigation is ongoing and is being handled by the Crash I…
Police & Fire
Driver Critically Injured When Jaguar Collides With Toyota In Philadelphia
A crash involving a red Jaguar F-Pace and a black Toyota Camry left one driver critically injured at South 63rd Street and Lindbergh Boulevard, Philadelphia police said. The collision happened when the Toyota driver, a 22-year-old man, ran a red light heading south on 63rd Street and was struck by the Jaguar traveling east on Lindbergh Boulevard at 2:25 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 30, according to police. Both drivers were transported by Philadelphia Fire Department medics to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center. The Toyota driver was placed in critical condition, while the Jaguar driver, a 57-year-…
Police & Fire
Driver Mows Down Two Men On Philly Crosswalk, Flees: Police
A white Lincoln plowed onto a crosswalk island, striking two men waiting to cross the street in Philadelphia, police said. The driver, 63, fled but was caught blocks away on Broad Street on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, at 8:45 p.m. The crash happened at Broad and Juniper streets in the 9th District, where the Lincoln bypassed traffic stopped at a red light, jumped the island, and hit the pedestrians, investigators said. Police stopped the vehicle on the 1700 block of North Broad Street and arrested the driver. Both victims were taken to Jefferson University Hospital by paramedics. A male, who…
Police & Fire
Man In Critical Condition After Shooting On Philly SEPTA Platform: Police
A 68-year-old man is in critical condition after being shot on a SEPTA platform in Philadelphia on Tuesday, Nov. 19, according to police. Officers responded to reports of a shooting on the northbound platform of the Broad Street Line in the 500 block of South Broad Street at 11:49 p.m., the Philadelphia Police Department said in a news release. The man was found suffering from a single gunshot wound to the stomach, according to police. He was taken to Jefferson Center City Hospital in critical condition. One firearm was recovered by the Special Investigations Group and someone was arrested…
Police & Fire
PA Woman Dies After Water Rescue: Police (
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A 77-year-old woman died after being rescued from the Schuylkill River in Montgomery County on Tuesday, Nov. 19, according to police. Officers and firefighters responded to a 911 call about a car in the water at 601 Righter's Ferry Road in Bala Cynwyd at 9:08 a.m., the Lower Merion Township Police Department told Daily Voice. The vehicle the woman was in rolled down a hill from a gym parking lot in the area, a 6abc Action News report states. She was pulled from the vehicle by two Lower Merion Township police officers and a Union Fire Company firefighter who were the first to arrive, p…
Police & Fire
Boyfriend Charged With Murder Of Pregnant PA Woman: Police
The murder of a pregnant Delaware County woman has left her family grieving and her boyfriend behind bars, according to police. Tanyiah Bell, who was eight months pregnant, was brutally murdered two days after celebrating her 19th birthday, according to a GoFundMe campaign set up for her mother, Tylicia Bell. Kaiheem Jerelle Williams, 19, of Lansdowne, was charged with First-Degree Murder for shooting and killing his girlfriend in the 200 block of North Wycombe Avenue on Thursday, Nov. 14, the Lansdowne Police Department said in a Thursday, Nov. 19 new release. Police have not officia…
Schools
Woman Struck By PA School Bus In Critical Condition: Police
A 75-year-old woman is in critical condition after being struck by a school bus on a Philadelphia street, police announced on Tuesday, Oct. 22. The woman was walking west on Chelten Avenue in the crosswalk at Chew Avenue at 3:01 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 21, according to the Philadelphia Police Department. At the same time, a school bus was going east in the 5700 block of Chelten Avenue and making a left turn onto Chew Avenue, police said. That's when the bus struck the woman in the crosswalk. The woman was taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center by Philadelphia Fire Department medics where she…
Police & Fire
1 Killed In 3-Vehicle Crash On Platt Memorial Bridge: Philly Police
One person is dead and two others are hospitalized after a three-vehicle crash in Philadelphia, police said. The crash happened on the Platt Memorial Bridge in the 6000 block of Penrose Avenue at 2:11 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 21, according to the Philadelphia Police Department. A black 2024 BMW X4 was eastbound on the bridge when its driver lost control, flipping the vehicle over into the westbound lanes, police said. As it flipped into oncoming traffic, it struck a black 2014 Toyota Camry. The BMW then continued into the westbound lanes where it struck the front of a silver 2018 Nissan Murano…
Police & Fire
Woman Critical After Shot To Face: Philadelphia Police
A 32-year-old woman was shot in the face in Philadelphia on Wednesday, Oct. 2, according to police. The woman was found with a gunshot wound to the right side of her face when police responded for a person with a gun in the 3400 block of North 21st Street at 10:53 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 2, the Philadelphia Police Department said. She was taken by the Philadelphia Fire Department Medic Unit to Temple University Hospital where she was placed in critical condition, according to police. A weapon was found and an arrest was made, police said. No details on the arrest have been made available a…
News
'Armed And Dangerous' Philly Woman Sought Following Shooting In City: PPD
A Philadelphia woman believed to be armed and dangerous is being sought for her part in a shooting that happened in Philadelphia on Monday, Sept. 30, police announced the following afternoon. Vanessa Graystone, 20, of the 1500 block of East Duval Street, is wanted in connection with a shooting that took place in the alleyway of the 1500 block of East Johnson Street at 4:54 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 30, the Philadelphia Police Department detailed in the release. When police arrived on the scene, they found a 29-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound to the back, according to police. H…
News
NJ St. Joe's Student Critical After Struck By Car Walking From Class In Philly
A St. Joseph's University student from New Jersey remains in critical condition one week after he was struck by a vehicle, according to a GoFundMe launched to help his family. Russell Hollister, a junior student whose social media pages show he hails from Denville, NJ, was struck by a 2021 Mazda CX-5 traveling south in the 200 block of City Avenue in Philadelphia at 7:59 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 23, as Lower Merion Township police told Daily Voice. Hollister was crossing the "midblock from the west to the east side of City Avenue," Operations Commander Captain E…
News
Fleetwood Teen Dies Days After High-Speed Crash With Tractor-Trailer
A 17-year-old boy from Fleetwood died on Friday, Sept. 20, three days after the car he was a back-seat passenger in struck a tractor-trailer, his family said. "Armani Campos was in a serious car accident when the vehicle he was riding in collided with a tractor-trailer, pinning the car under the trailer and leaving all occupants in critical condition," Levi Yoder, a close family friend, wrote in a GoFundMe campaign. The driver and a second passenger remain in critical condition, but are expected to survive the crash, Yoder told Daily Voice on Tuesday, Sept. 24 when nearly $4,500 had been ra…
News
2 Critical, 1 Hospitalized After Shootings Across Philly: Police
Multiple shootings across Philadelphia left two people in critical condition and a third hospitalized on Friday, Sept. 27, according to authorities. The first shooting occurred in the 900 block of East Schiller Street at 10:06 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, as detailed in the police release. A 24-year-old man was shot multiple times through the body, the Philadelphia Police Department said. He was taken to Temple Hospital where he is currently in critical condition. No weapons were found or arrests made. A second shooting took place in the 800 block of Spring Garden Street at 3:59 a.m. Friday. It…
Police & Fire
Man Shot In Back Multiple Time At Subway Station: PPD (
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A man was shot multiple times inside a subway station in Philadelphia on Friday, Sept. 27, police said. The 44-year-old man was shot three times in the back while inside the Olney subway station at 5600 North Broad Street at 10:47 a.m. Friday, according to the Philadelphia Police Department. He was taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center by police where he is currently in critical condition. Police have made one arrest and recovered a weapon, authorities said. Daily Voice Pennsylvania One of the shooters wearing a hoodie with a skull on the front was identified, accordin…
Police & Fire
St. Joe's Student Critical After Pedestrian Crash: Reports
A St. Joseph's University student was listed in critical condition after a pedestrian crash on Monday night, Sept. 23, according to multiple news reports. A motorist struck the unidentified student along City Avenue shortly before 8 p.m., Lower Merion Township police and the university told NBC Philadelphia. The victim was rushed to a local hospital in critical condition, the university said in an email sent to the campus community, the outlet said. The windshield of the SUV was shattered on the driver's side, NBC added. The person in the car stayed at the scene, police told 6abc News…
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: Infant Killed, Grandma, 3 Children Burned; PA Community Rallies
The Lebanon community is rallying for the Navarre and Miller families after a fire killed an infant, and burned three children under 5 years old and a grandmother, according to a GoFundMe verified by Daily Voice on Monday, Sept. 16. The fire broke out in the second floor of the Navarre home located in the 1300 block of Brandywine Street in Lebanon at 9:52 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 13, as Daily Voice previously reported. "While Brian was at work his home caught fire with his 4 children (all 5 and under) and their grandmother inside," Amber Bouillon wrote in a GoFundMe she organized f…
Police & Fire
4-Month-Old Infant Found Unresponsive Rushed To
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A 28-year-old man is in jail after an infant was found unresponsive in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, Sept. 11, police announced. Seth Williams of Pittsburgh has been charged with five felony counts of Aggravated Assault, and two counts of Endangering the Welfare of Children, the police explained. The police first became aware of the incident after someone found the unresponsive 4-month-old boy and brought the baby to a hospital "with visible signs of abuse," as stated by police. Due to his "multiple severe injuries", the infant was transferred to UPMC Children’s Hospital where …
News
Osha
Investigating Fatal Fall From Cherry-Picker At Philly Construction Site, Official Says
The U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) is investigating the Friday, Sept. 6 fatal fall of a 47-year-old man from a cherry-picker crane that toppled over and crushed a utility work van in West Philadelphia, authorities said. "I can confirm that OSHA is investigating this incident," Leni Fortson, regional director of public affairs at the U.S. Department of Labor, said on Monday, Sept. 9. Two other workers were left in critical condition from the two-story fall shortly before 1 p.m. at a construction site on the 4400 block of Moravian Street near 44th and 45t…
Police & Fire
Man Dead, 2 Critical After Falling From Cherry-Picker At Philly Construction Site: Police
A 47-year-old man was killed and two other men were in critical condition after falling two stories from a cherry-picker truck Friday afternoon, Sept. 6 in Philadelphia, authorities said. The incident occurred shortly before 1 p.m. at a construction site on the 4400 block of Moravian Court, Philadelphia police said. Medic 9 and Medic 41 transported two of the men to Peen Presbyterian Medical Center, both of whom were placed in critical condition, One of the men was pronounced dead at 12:59 p.m., police said. Medic 41 also transported a third man to Lankenau Hospital, where "he re…
Police & Fire
Man Shot, Set On Fire In SW Philadelphia: Police
A man was in critical condition after being shot and set on fire in Southwest Philadelphia, authorities said. On Wednesday, Aug. 28, at about 10:30 a.m., Philadelphia Police responded to a person screaming inside an apartment on the 5400 block of Lansdowne Avenue, in the 19th District. A 40-year-old man was shot at by a male offender, and then the female offender set the victim on fire, causing burns to his body, police said. The victim was taken to Jefferson University Hospital by the Philadelphia Fire Department Medic Unit. Two suspects, a 38-year-old man and a 35-year-old woman, were…
Police & Fire
Crash Involving Philadelphia Firetruck Kills Woman, Police Say
A 23-year-old woman is dead following a crash with a Philadelphia Fire Department truck, city police announced on Saturday evening, Aug. 24. The PFD Ladder truck was heading west on Lehigh Avenue when a passenger vehicle traveling north on West Sedgley Avenue pulled out in front of them at the intersection in the District 22 at 12:10 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 24, PPD detailed in the release. The force of the crash pushed the passenger vehicle into an unoccupied parked car, according to the release. Both the 29-year-old man driving the passenger vehicle and the 23-year-old woman w…
Police & Fire
Pair Injured In Philadelphia Shootings: Police
Two men were injured during separate shootings in Philadelphia overnight, authorities said. Philadelphia Police responded to Temple University Hospital for a gunshot victim who arrived by private vehicle around 12:15 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 5, at about. The incident occurred during a robbery on the 2800 block of North 22nd Street, in the 39th District. A 55-year-old black male suffered a gunshot wound to the right leg. He was placed in stable condition. The armed robbery suspects included two black males and three black females. Philadelphia Police responded to another person with a gun on th…
News
Fugitive Barricaded In Frederick Motel Airlifted To Hospital After Officer-Involved Shooting
A man wanted for sexually abusing a child in Pennsylvania was airlifted to an area hospital following an officer-involved shooting at a Frederick County motel on Friday morning. Shortly before midnight on Aug. 1, deputies from the Frederick County Police Department and Sheriff's Office were called to the Super 8 motel on Monocacy Boulevard, where they were tipped off about a fugitive wanted out of Beaver County who was believed to be in the area. According to the sheriff's office, they were able to make contact with the 45-year-old man, who indicated he was not coming out of his room and ad…
News
Driver In 'Critical Condition' After Highspeed Crash In Elizabethtown: PSP
A serious crash has sent one person to the hospital in "critical condition" Pennsylvania State Police announced on Monday, July 29. The driver of a Ram 1500 was "traveling at a high rate of speed on Linden Ave and failed to negotiate a curve" onto N. Hanover St./PA State Highway 743 — going over the curb and striking a tree, PSP Lancaster troopers detailed in a release. The exact time of the crash was not shared. The critically injured driver was taken to Penn State Hershey, according to the release. State police continue to investigate this serious crash.
Politics
2nd Victim Of PA Trump Rally Shooting Released, Hospital Says
The second of two men who were shot during a Trump rally in Pennsylvania has been released, Allegheny Hospital Officials told Daily Voice on Monday, July 29. James Copenhaver, 74 of Moon Township, PA, was discharged on Friday, July 26, a hospital spokesperson told us. David Dutch, 57, New Kensington, PA, was previously discharged on Wednesday afternoon, July 24, according to the spokesperson Dutch and Copenhaver were in critical condition following the shooting by Thomas Matthew Crooks at the Trump rally on Saturday, July 13. Both of their statuses "have been upgr…
News
Victim, Suspect Exchange Gunfire During Philadelphia Robbery: Police
A robbery victim shot at two teenage suspects in West Philadelphia on Saturday night, July 27, according to city police. The 26-year-old victim was on the 1200 block of North 41st Street when the suspects tried to rob him around 9:10 p.m., authorities said. In the exchange of gunfire that followed, the victim was shot in the chest and one 16-year-old suspect was shot multiple times throughout the body, PPD said. Both were taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in critical condition, according to police. A second 16-year-old suspect was not injured and has been arr…
News
Teen Shot In Head At Recording Studio: Philadelphia Police
A 15-year-old is in critical condition after a North Philadelphia shooting on Friday evening, July 26, police said. The victim was shot in the left side of the head in a third-floor recording studio, according to authorities. It happened on the 2600 block of Germantown Avenue just before 5 p.m. He was taken to Temple University Hospital, police said. No arrests had been made and no weapons recovered as of 6 p.m. Friday.
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Customer Shot In Neck At Philadelphia Convenience Store, Police Say
Newly released video shows the shooter in a gunpoint robbery on July 12, according to Philadelphia police. The 31-year-old victim was robbed in a convenience store on the 3100 block of Kensington Avenue, authorities wrote in a release on Tuesday, July 23. He was shot in the neck when he ran outside to confront the suspect, investigators said. PPD footage from the July 12 robbery. PhiladelphiaPolice The victim was taken to the hospital in critical condition, while the suspect fled on a blue and silver "Trek” mountain bike, according to PPD. He was wearing a black mask,…
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Man Critically Hurt In South Philly Fire, Officials Say
An apartment caught fire on Thursday, July 18, sending one man to the hospital with serious injuries, Philadelphia police said. The blaze happened above a vacant barber shop on the 1900 block of South 22nd Street around 9 a.m., authorities wrote in a release. The home was "engulfed in flames" when first responders arrived. The 63-year-old victim was taken to the Hospital of the University of Philadelphia on Cedar Avenue in critical condition, police said. The Fire Marshal was called to the scene, they added.
Politics
Conditions Improve For Injured Victims From PA Trump Rally, Hospital Says
The two men who were shot during a Trump rally in Pennsylvania and left in critical condition have had their conditions upgraded, Allegheny Hospital Officials told Daily Voice on Wednesday, July 17. David Dutch, 57 of New Kensington, PA, and James Copenhaver, 74 of Moon Township, PA, were in critical condition following the shooting by Thomas Matthew Crooks at the Trump rally on Saturday, July 13. Both of their statuses "have been upgraded from critical to serious condition as of 1 p.m. on Wednesday, July 17," a spokesperson from AGH told us that evening. To clarify, this means both o…
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