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80-Year-Old Woman At Fault For Her Fatal Crash On Rt 22: PA State Police 80-Year-Old Woman At Fault For Her Fatal Crash On Rt 22: PA State Police
80-Year-Old Woman At Fault For Her Fatal Crash On Rt 22: PA State Police An 80-year-old entered Route 22 "without proper clearance" causing the crash that led to her death, Pennsylvania State Police stated in a release on Thursday, Oct. 17.  The Harrisburg woman, whose name has been withheld, was driving her 2025 Kia Sportage north on South Oak Grove Road when she stopped and then entered Allentown Boulevard/S. Oak Grove Road in West Hanover Township without making sure the lane she was entering was unoccupied, according to PA State Police.  She collided with a 2015 Ford Expedition driven by a 54-year-old Grantville man, at 6:22 p.m. on Wednesday,…

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by Jillian Pikora
News
MD Woman Struck Dead In PA ID'd, Coroner Searching For Next Of Kin MD Woman Struck Dead In PA ID'd, Coroner Searching For Next Of Kin
MD Woman Struck Dead In PA ID'd, Coroner Searching For Next Of Kin A Maryland native has been identifed as a pedestrian who died days after she was struck in Pennsylvania, the York County Coroner's Office announced on Wednesday, Oct. 9.  Ruth "Helen" Emel, 72, originally of Baltimore, most recently of the 300 block of West Market Street York City, died at Wellspan York Hospital at 11:20 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 5, the coroner explained and as detailed on her social media.  Emel had been walking in the crosswalk when she was struck by a vehicle that was turning onto W. Market Street from N. Penn Street around 5:19 p.m. on Wednesday, O…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Murder Charge For PA Man After 'Intentional' Hit-Run: DA Murder Charge For PA Man After 'Intentional' Hit-Run: DA
Murder Charge For PA Man After 'Intentional' Hit-Run: DA Whitehall man Rajgion Davis was charged Thursday, Sept. 26 with Criminal Homicide for the Friday, Aug. 9 murder of Stephen Fistner, a pedestrian who Davis intentionally struck with his car, according to authorities. Along with the Criminal Homicide charge, 55-year-old Davis is also charged with two counts of Attempted Murder and two counts each of Aggravated Assault relating to other pedestrians endangered in the incident, according to the Lehigh County District Attorney's Office. All charges are first-degree felonies. The charges were filed after police investigated the hit-and-run inciden…

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by Merriell Moyer
Police & Fire
Reading Man ID'd Following Fatal Lebanon Crash Involving 11 People: Police Reading Man ID'd Following Fatal Lebanon Crash Involving 11 People: Police
Reading Man ID'd Following Fatal Lebanon Crash Involving 11 People: Police A 30-year-old Reading man has been identified following a crash that sent 11 people to the hospital, police announced on Friday, May 31.  Marilus Mousardy died at the scene of a crash between two minivans at the intersection of State Drive and Schaeffer Road at 4:56 p.m. on Thursday, May 30, according to the South Lebanon Township Police.  Their preliminary investigation revealed the following: "A mini-van containing at least nine people was struck while it was in the travel lane of an oncoming mini-van occupied by 3 persons." They noted that: "All other occupants in both vehicl…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Four-Vehicle Crash Sends Van Into Hookah Store: Lebanon City Police Four-Vehicle Crash Sends Van Into Hookah Store: Lebanon City Police
Four-Vehicle Crash Sends Van Into Hookah Store: Lebanon City Police A four-vehicle crash sent a van into a hookah store on Saturday, Lebanon City police announced on Feb. 12.  The Lebanon City Police were called to a "vehicle accident involving a vehicle into a structure" in the 900 block of Cumberland Street at 5:28 a.m. on Feb. 10, according to a release by the department.  Investigators believe the van seen slammed into the front of Hookah Island (see the main photo) had been changing lanes when it struck a vehicle (not pictured) forcing that vehicle into another (also not pictured) while it continued into the white van (pictured) which was par…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Teen's Skull Fractured In Hit-Run, PA State Police In York County Say Teen's Skull Fractured In Hit-Run, PA State Police In York County Say
Teen's Skull Fractured In Hit-Run, PA State Police In York County Say A teen is in the hospital with a fractured skull after being struck by a fleeing vehicle, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Friday.  PSP troopers in York were called to a report of "a pedestrian struck" in the 2200 block of Bridgeview Road, Hopewell Township, around 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 18.  First responders arrived to find a 19-year-old man "with a fractured skull" and he was rushed to WellSpan York Hospital, PSP stated in the release.  The troopers's initial investigation revealed the teen was riding his scooter east on Bridgeview Road when a vehicl…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Norristown Woman Was DUI In SEPTA Crash That Killed Her Baby: Montco DA Norristown Woman Was DUI In SEPTA Crash That Killed Her Baby: Montco DA
Norristown Woman Was DUI In SEPTA Crash That Killed Her Baby: Montco DA A 35-year-old Norristown resident is charged with homicide by vehicle and driving under the influence after a wreck that killed her 14-month-old son, prosecutors say.  Arbetina Johnson-Lowery hit a stopped SEPTA bus near Old Arch Road and E. Johnson Highway on Sept. 30, 2023, according to the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office.  Detectives said the westbound bus had stopped to unload passengers when Johnson-Lowery, headed east on the highway, clipped the bumper of a car in front of her and then slammed into the bus' driver's side.  Her baby, "found by witnesse…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Gymnastic Coach ID'd As Woman Killed In Fiery Rt 283 Crash Gymnastic Coach ID'd As Woman Killed In Fiery Rt 283 Crash
Gymnastic Coach ID'd As Woman Killed In Fiery Rt 283 Crash The woman killed in a fiery three-vehicle on Route 283 in Dauphin County on Tuesday morning has been identified. Melissa 'Missy' Lynn Deroba, 49, of Middletown, died an accidental death due to smoke inhalation and thermal burns, according to Dauphin County Press Secretary Jennifer Fitch.  A tractor-trailer rear-ended Missy's grey 2005 Ford Escape, bursting into flames, as the truck continued to rear-end another tractor-trailer — becoming stuck under the passenger side of the trailer, according to a Pennsylvania State Police release the following morning.  The fiery three-vehicle collision …

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Car Split In Two, BMW Driver MedEvac'd: PA State Police Car Split In Two, BMW Driver MedEvac'd: PA State Police
Car Split In Two, BMW Driver MedEvac'd: PA State Police A 36-year-old man is in the hospital with serious injuries following a high-speed crash in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Monday, Aug. 21, 2023.  The Myerstown driver was in his 2005 BMW 325 going at "a high rate of speed" when he lost control – exiting Weavertown Road north of Pineapple Road in Jackson Township around 10 p.m. on Saturday, state police said.  The BMW spun out and slammed into a tree near the westbound lane – "splitting the car into two pieces," troopers said.  "The rear end traveled northwest into a field and (the) fron…

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by Jillian Pikora
Obituaries
1-Year-Old Girl Struck Dead In PA Parking Lot Witnessed By 8-Year-Old Brother: Reports 1-Year-Old Girl Struck Dead In PA Parking Lot Witnessed By 8-Year-Old Brother: Reports
1-Year-Old Girl Struck Dead In PA Parking Lot Witnessed By 8-Year-Old Brother: Reports Four siblings were playing in the parking lot by the swing set outside their apartment complex when the youngest — 1-year-old Arionna Porter— was struck dead, and her 8-year-old brother saw it happen, the family told multiple media outlets. Ariel Coover's daughter was hit by her neighbor's silver SUV in the parking lot of the Eastland Apartments in the 900 block of East Pittsburgh McKeesport Boulevard, North Versailles on Tuesday, July 4, 2023, she explained to WTAE and authorities confirmed.  In addition to Coover's older children, numerous neighbors witnessed the deadly incident and call…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Woman Goes Airborne During Motorcycle Crash At Rutters, PA State Police Say Woman Goes Airborne During Motorcycle Crash At Rutters, PA State Police Say
Woman Goes Airborne During Motorcycle Crash At Rutters, PA State Police Say A 20-year-old woman is thought to have been seriously hurt after she went airborne during a motorcycle crash, Pennsylvania State Police announced in a release on Monday, May 15, 2023.  Amy E. Davis of Seven Valleys was driving a 2019 Moto Guzzi V7 west on Heidlersburg Road when 52-year-old Douglas G. Stephenson Jr. of Gettysburg drove a 2011 Honda Civic left from the eastbound lane of Heildersburg Road into the Rutters parking lot in York Springs around 6 a.m. on May 12, 2023, according to the PSP release.  Stephenson's front bumper hit the left side of Davis' front wheel and exha…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
NY Man Causes Back-To-Back Hit-Runs In PA, Police Say NY Man Causes Back-To-Back Hit-Runs In PA, Police Say
NY Man Causes Back-To-Back Hit-Runs In PA, Police Say A 21-year-old New York man caused two hit-and-runs in Pennsylvania, police announced on May 10, 2023.  Franknness A. Martinez Tavarez of Corona first crashed into a vehicle in the 400 block of Long Lane in Pequea Township around 11 a.m. on May 9— causing injuries, according to area police.  While at the scene, the police find another vehicle had been side-swiped, and that driver was unharmed, the police explained.  The officer found a head-on collision just 1000 feet down the same road. In that crash, a 60-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman both from York were hurt. Final…

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by Jillian Pikora
Traffic
Fire Truck, Street Sweeper Collide In Central PA, Police Say Fire Truck, Street Sweeper Collide In Central PA, Police Say
Fire Truck, Street Sweeper Collide In Central PA, Police Say A street sweeper and a fire truck collided in Central Pennsylvania on Friday, May 12, 2023.  The crash happened in the 1700 block of Highland Street at 9:50 a.m., according to police The crash involved a Swatara Township Fire-Rescue fire truck and a Swatara Township street sweeper, the police explained. "There were no injuries resulting from this accident," police said.  The accident is being investigated by the township police. 

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by Jillian Pikora