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Fatal Toy Shop Crash Launches 2 Fundraisers For The Central PA Community
The Central Pennsylvania community is rallying for two families after a crash into a toy shop. Eusebio Forestier fondly known as Tio Cuco, 68, of Harrisburg, was using a mobility scooter when he was struck by a vehicle, in the 300 block of North Second Street in Harrisburg around 3:15 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 6, as Daily Voice previously reported and as explained in a GoFundMe launched to help Tio Coco's family. The business that was struck was The Treasure Trove Toy Store, owned by Jennifer & Jason Crocenzi of Enola. It had only opened this second location in Dec. 2023. It was freshly pa…
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John Gaudreau's Wife Announces Pregnancy With Third Baby At Funeral
As if the Gaudreau's story couldn't get any more tragic, Johnny's wife, Meredith, announced she's nine weeks pregnant with their third child — "a total surprise" — at his funeral service on Monday, Sept. 9. During her eulogy live-streamed by the Calgary Flames, Meredith said she and John shared an amazing six months as a family of four. Then announced there was another baby on the way. The audience audibly gasped at the news. "These will forever be the best six months of my life," she said from the service in Delaware County, PA. "There's specifically one week I'll cherish forever, it…
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Here's Livestream For Gaudreau Brothers' PA Funeral
A funeral service for brothers Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau is underway. UPDATE: John Gaudreau's Wife Announces Pregnancy With Third Baby At Funeral The Calgary Flames are streaming the Pennsylvania service. Click here for the link. The brothers were struck and killed by a suspected drunk driver while riding their bicycles on Aug. 29 in New Jersey. The service began at 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at St Mary Magdalen's Church in Media, PA. Police said that the event will cause major impacts to traffic.
Sports
NHL Star, Brother On Bikes Killed By Drunk Driver Before Sister's Philly Wedding: Troopers
An NHL star and his brother from Salem County were killed by a suspected drunk driver one day before their sister's wedding, authorities said. Johnny Gaudreau of Carneys Point and Matthew Gaudreau of Pedricktown died on Thursday, Aug. 29, a state police spokesperson confirmed to Daily Voice. Troopers responded to the crash near milepost 11.1 on County Route 551 in Oldmans Township at around 8:19 p.m. Sean Higgins of Woodstown was accused of driving drunk during the crash. The 43-year-old was charged with two counts of death by auto. Johnny Gaudreau, 31, played 11 N…
Police & Fire
Wrong-Way DUI Driver Who Killed PA Woman, Injured Nine In I-495 Maryland Crash Sentenced
The Georgia man who killed a Pennsylvania woman in a three-vehicle wrong-way Montgomery County crash that left nine others - including several children - will spend nearly a decade in prison, authorities announced on Monday. Montezuma native Jayleen Hannor, 24, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison with all but eight years to serve in connection to the fatal crash that took the life of 36-year-old Easton, Pennsylvania resident Elizabeth "Liza" Velez in a crash last summer. Elizabeth "Lisa" Velez GoFundMe Shortly before 11:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, Maryland State Police in…
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Infant Among 8 Hospitalized After Horse-Buggy Crash Involving DUI: PSP
A 5-month-old infant and seven other Amish people were hospitalized after being rear-ended by an allegedly drunk and high driving, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Monday, July 22. James Leo Walkergoutal, 27 of West Chester, was found "under the influence of alcohol and drugs" when he rear-ended the horse and buggy, Pennsylvania State Police Lancaster Trooper James Grothey wrote in the release. Walkgoutal had been driving his Toyota Prius east on Lincoln High East/US Route 30 when he struck the horse-and-buggy just west of Slaymaker Hill Road, Paradise Township, …
Police & Fire
Truck Containing Power Line Worker Suspended In Air Struck By DUI Driver In PA: Cops
A 24-year-old man was drunk when he struck a work-bucket truck containing a worker 20 feet in the air last September in Pennsylvania, authorities said. The worker was operating on power lines when he was struck by Ramon Lopez Jr., of East Petersburg, on Sept. 10 around 1:10 p.m. on the 300 block West Swartzville Roa in Denver, East Cocalico police said. Lopez fled the scene, police said. Witnesses gave the vehicle registration number to officers, giving police Lopez's address. Northern Lancaster County Regional Police stopped the vehicle after a BOLO alert was issued, and d…
Police & Fire
Car Crashes Into Auto Service Building In Central Pennsylvania: Police
Ironically, an SUV crashed into an auto service business in York on Sunday. The white SUV pictured slammed into York Tire and Auto Service located at 890 West Broadway, York Township at 1:50 a.m. on Oct. 5, the York County Regional police detailed in a release. "The accident is still under investigation however speed and alcohol are suspected contributing factors," the police said. The extent of the damage to the building and any word about injuries were not released.
Police & Fire
Seriously Injured Pedestrian Cited After Hit By Car: Pa State Police
A 28-year-old woman has been cited after she was struck crossing a street, according to the Pennsylvania State Police. Alyssa Nicole White of Newmanstown was crossing South Sheridon Road at its intersection with Memorial Boulevard of Millcreek Township when she was struck by a 2017 Audi A4, state police detailed in a release on Sept. 19. This pedestrian striking incident happened at 2:17 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 16, PSP detailed in the release. White was taken to Reading Hospital with suspected serious injuries, while the driver of the Audi, 26-year-old Matt…
Police & Fire
Teen Who Stuck Head Out Window In Deadly Drug-Fueled Crash ID'd: PA State Police
A car full of teenagers supposedly on drugs and alcohol— one with his head out the window— crashed on Saturday, June 17, 2023, according to a Pennsylvania State Police release the following Tuesday. Dillon Andrew Paul Fuller of Duncannon has been identified as the 19-year-old passenger in the 2005 Chevrolet Malibu, who had with his head out of the window of the vehicle when it crashed, state police explained. Fuller was been driven by a 17-year-old Enola girl— and they were with another 17-year-old girl, a 15-year-old boy, and a 16-year-old girl, all also from Enola— during the c…
Sports
‘Gonna
F---
ing Regret It’: Bodycam Vid Of Devils Assistant Coach’s DUI Arrest Released
A golf cart, an empty street and an aggressive sheriff’s deputy have produced a viral video of New Jersey Devils Assistant Coach Andrew Brunette being arrested for drunk driving -- on a golf cart. “You f---ing fight me and you’re f---ing gonna regret it,” a combative law enforcement officer in Florida tells Brunette while handcuffing him. The Feb. 1 exchange between the Broward County sheriff’s deputy and the former Florida Panthers head coach was captured in police bodycam video obtained by Fox Sports 640 host Andy Slater and posted via his Slater Scoops podcast. Slater dropped the vide…
Obituaries
24-Year-Old ID'd Following Motorcycle Crash In York: Authorities
A 24-year-old man has died following a motorcycle crash into a utility box in York County on Thursday, April 6, 2023, authorities say. Kevin Pritchett was speeding and driving under the influence of alcohol when he lost control of his 2006 Honda motorcycle while attempting to pass a vehicle on Winterstown Road at the intersection with Dairy Road— slamming into a metal utility box at 9:10 p.m., Pennsylvania State Police stated in a release. Pennsylvania State Police were called the the scene at 9:15 p.m. and Pritchett was taken to WellSpen York Hospital, where he was pronounced dead an hou…
News
Horse-Buggy Struck By Drunk Woman Across From Police Station In PA, Authorities Say
A 60-year-old Coatesville woman has been arrested after she drunkenly crashed into a horse-and-buggy across the street from a police station in Lancaster County, police announced of Thursday, March 30, 2023. Joyce Elaine Martin, "displayed signs of impairment" when the police come over to Shady Maple Smorgasbord to investigate the vehicle verse horse-and-buggy crash reported on March 10 at 5:50 p.m., according to the East Earl Township Police Department. It is unclear if any person or if the horse was hurt in the crash. A breathalyzer test showed Martin had a blood alcohol conc…
Police & Fire
Upper Darby Mayor Crashed Car While DUI: Police Papers
Upper Darby Mayor Barbarann Keffer was under the influence of alcohol when she crashed her car into a guardrail in Upper Chichester Thursday, Jan. 26, authorities said. According to a criminal complaint obtained by Daily Voice, Upper Chichester police noticed a car that was driving with a flat tire and a busted headlight on Conchester Highway just after 9 p.m. The driver was bobbing between lanes when officers signaled for them to pull over, police wrote. Officers approached the car and noticed fresh-looking damage to the front passenger side, per the charging documents. Th…
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High, Drunk Driver Endangering Children Uses Cuffs To Cut Through Cop Car, Attacking PA Police
A 47-year-old woman drove while drunk and high on marijuana with two children in her car and then attacked police officers, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. Danielle L. Watkins was stopped with her taillights and one headlight out in the 1500 block of Old Trail Road in Newberry Township, on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022 around 11:30 p.m., according to a police release by area police on Nov. 20 and court records subsequently obtained by Daily Voice. Harrisburg woman was arrested on charges of DUI and endangering the welfare of two children after a traffic stop in the…
Schools
Central PA Football Player's Former Girlfriend Charged Months After Deadly Crash, Suicide
Investigation details and new charges have been released in the shocking deaths of two Conestoga Valley High School football players who died over the weekend of June 25. Tyler Zook, a 17-year-old Senior at Conestoga Valley High School from Lancaster, was the driver of the 2014 Hyundai Sante Fe; his girlfriend Amalie Wendt, an 18-year-old 2022 CV graduate from Ronks was the front-seat passenger; and Tyreese Smith, a 16-year-old CV Junior from Lancaster, was a rear-seat passenger when the group was going over 90 mph in 40 mph zone of the 500 block of Willow Road around 12:13 a.m., according t…
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