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Tractor-Trailer Crashes Into PA Turnpike Toll Booth, Driver Injured Tractor-Trailer Crashes Into PA Turnpike Toll Booth, Driver Injured
Tractor-Trailer Crashes Into PA Turnpike Toll Booth, Driver Injured A tractor-trailer crashed into a toll booth on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, causing significant damage and closing part of the highway, officials said. The crash happened on Interstate 376  at the Chippewa Interchange in Chippewa Township just before 7 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 19, according to the Chippewa Township Volunteer Fire Department. Firefighters from Station 22 responded with an engine, rescue truck, and ladder truck to address the scene, which included extensive damage to both the tractor-trailer and the toll booth, as well as a large fuel spill. The driver, who suffere…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Vehicle Strikes Home, Causing Gas Leak In Camp Hill: Police Vehicle Strikes Home, Causing Gas Leak In Camp Hill: Police
Vehicle Strikes Home, Causing Gas Leak In Camp Hill: Police A car crash in Camp Hill caused a home to be evacuated after a vehicle struck the residence and triggered a gas leak, police announced on Friday, Dec. 20.  The incident happened at the intersection of N. 21st Street and Page Street on Thursday, Dec. 19, around 10:56 a.m., according to Camp Hill Police. A 64-year-old driver suffered a medical episode while heading north on N. 21st Street, causing him to lose consciousness, the police explained.  The vehicle veered through several front yards in the 200 block before colliding with the home, police said. The collision caused a natu…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Hazmat Responds To Tractor-Trailer Crash On I-83 In York County (PHOTOS) Hazmat Responds To Tractor-Trailer Crash On I-83 In York County (PHOTOS)
Hazmat Responds To Tractor-Trailer Crash On I-83 In York County (Photos) A tractor-trailer crash on I-83 North involving a fuel leak caused lane closures for several hours late Monday night, Dec. 2, Strinestown Community Fire Company 26 announced. Crews were dispatched at 11:33 p.m. to mile marker 29.9 for a reported motor vehicle accident with a rollover, fire officials said. Chief 26 (Wertz) established command upon arrival, as Rescue 26 and other responding units began assessing the scene. The crash investigation revealed that a tractor-trailer struck an unoccupied vehicle parked on the shoulder of the highway. The collision ruptured the truck’s fuel tank, ca…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Drugs, Sex, Arson: Two Men Wanted In Ex-GF's Twisted Dover Township Revenge Plot: Affidavit Drugs, Sex, Arson: Two Men Wanted In Ex-GF's Twisted Dover Township Revenge Plot: Affidavit
Drugs, Sex, Arson: Two Men Wanted In Ex-GF's Twisted Dover Township Revenge Plot: Affidavit Two men wanted for arson and attempted homicide in York County allegedly set a Dover Township home ablaze and fired bullets into a neighbor’s house in a twisted revenge plot apparently orchestrated by the homeowner’s ex-girlfriend, police announced on Wednesday, Nov. 27. Authorities are searching for Nicholas Lee Burtner, 31, and Jacob Lamar Adams, 28, in connection with an Oct. 4, arson and shooting in Dover Township. Police allege the crime was orchestrated by Leighanne Enders, 37, as part of a revenge plot against her ex-boyfriend a 38-year-old man who had recently obtained a Protection F…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Coroner Called To 'Police Incident' On Chambersburg Train Tracks (DEVELOPING) Coroner Called To 'Police Incident' On Chambersburg Train Tracks (DEVELOPING)
Coroner Called To 'Police Incident' On Chambersburg Train Tracks (Developing) A coroner was called to a "police incident" along the train tracks in Chambersburg on Tuesday afternoon, on Nov. 26, authorities confirmed the following morning. A pedestrian was struck by a train near Catherine Street and Cleveland Avenue in Chambersburg, according to emergency distachers. It prompted a police and fire department response Tuesday, Nov. 26 at 2:41 p.m., authorities announced.  Authorities called this an "isolated incident," but additional details have not been released at the time of publishing. "This investigation will not impact vehicular travel in the area," p…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Two Philadelphia Men Convicted In Arson That Killed Firefighter Lt. Sean Williamson Two Philadelphia Men Convicted In Arson That Killed Firefighter Lt. Sean Williamson
Two Philadelphia Men Convicted In Arson That Killed Firefighter Lt. Sean Williamson Two Philadelphia men have been convicted for their roles in a 2022 arson fire that killed Lt. Sean Williamson, a 27-year veteran of the Philadelphia Fire Department, federal prosecutors announced on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. Al-Ashraf Khalil, 31, and Isaam Jaghama, 31, were found guilty by a federal jury of conspiracy to commit malicious damage by fire and malicious damage by fire of a building used in interstate commerce, according to U.S. Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero. Khalil was also convicted of wire fraud and using fire in furtherance of wire fraud. The fire, set in the early hours of J…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Man Severely Burned In Pennsylvania Wildfire, Charged With Arson: Police Man Severely Burned In Pennsylvania Wildfire, Charged With Arson: Police
Man Severely Burned In Pennsylvania Wildfire, Charged With Arson: Police A man accused of setting one of the wild fire across Pennsylvania has been charged with multiple felonies, police announced Monday, Nov. 18. Malcolm Kellogg suffered severe burns to his upper body in the blaze on Blue Mountain near Autumn Oaks Drive and Box Elder Court on Friday, Nov. 8, according to the Lower Paxton Bureau of Police. The fire started after Kellogg, who was previously cited for illegally dumping trash at the same location, allegedly lit the debris on fire instead of removing it as directed. The flames spread quickly, endangering nearby homes and residents, police said. Mor…

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by Jillian Pikora
Business
New Wawa Store Grand Opening In Robesonia Brings Free Coffee, T-Shirts New Wawa Store Grand Opening In Robesonia Brings Free Coffee, T-Shirts
New Wawa Store Grand Opening In Robesonia Brings Free Coffee, T-Shirts A new Wawa store's grand opening in Berks County will feature free hot coffee and T-shirts, the company announced. The new store is located at 10 Bernville Road in Robesonia, according to the company. Its grand opening will be held beginning with a countdown at 7:45 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 14. Doors will officially open at 8 a.m. There will be free T-shirts for the first 100 customers along with free any-size hot coffee on opening day, while supplies last, the company stated.  A brief ceremony marking the store's opening will be held at 8:30 a.m. followed by a Hoagies for Heroes hoagie…

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by Merriell Moyer
Police & Fire
PA Teen Hospitalized After Rescuing Neighbor During House Fire: Reports PA Teen Hospitalized After Rescuing Neighbor During House Fire: Reports
PA Teen Hospitalized After Rescuing Neighbor During House Fire: Reports A teenage hero and the woman he rescued from an Ephrata house fire are in the hospital, according to reports citing fire officials. The call to the fire in the 100 block of East Chestnut Street came into Lancaster County Wide Communications at 5:05 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 9, according to dispatch logs. The blaze soon closed the street near Grape Alley, as Fox43 reported. A neighbor came to rescue a resident and a dog from the home the outlet explained citing Jim Kiefer, the PIO for Ephrata Fire Co., who noted that two people were injured and taken to the hospital. The pair …

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
DNA Testing Required In Fatal Fire At 124-Year-Old Harrisburg Rowhome: Officials DNA Testing Required In Fatal Fire At 124-Year-Old Harrisburg Rowhome: Officials
DNA Testing Required In Fatal Fire At 124-Year-Old Harrisburg Rowhome: Officials DNA testing will be required to identify a woman who died in a fire at a rowhome built over 124 years ago, authorities explained on Wednesday, Sept. 17 and public records show.  Three apartments within the rowhome burned in the 200 block of North 15th Street beginning around 3:30 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 12, according to the Dauphin County Department of Public Safety. Crews battled the blaze even as the roof collapsed, fire officials explained and videos and photos showed. 3rd Alarm Fire - North 15th Street, Harrisburg City Posted by Dustin Weese on Thursday, September 12, 202…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Unconscious Man Rescued From Roof In Lancaster County: Officials (PHOTOS) Unconscious Man Rescued From Roof In Lancaster County: Officials (PHOTOS)
Unconscious Man Rescued From Roof In Lancaster County: Officials (Photos) Multiple fire companies worked together to rescue an unconscious man from the roof of a home on Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 14, the Witmer Fire Protective Association announced later that day.  The elderly man was found "not alert, stuck on top of a roof of a mobile home, and unable to get down," as stated in the release.  Members of Lafayette, Witmer, and Ronks fire companies, as well as Lancaster EMS, worked together to get the man down safely. It's unclear why the man was on the roof. 

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
GoFundMe Launches To Help Family Who Escaped House Fire In Lititz GoFundMe Launches To Help Family Who Escaped House Fire In Lititz
GoFundMe Launches To Help Family Who Escaped House Fire In Lititz A GoFundMe has been launched to help a family who escaped from a house fire saving their lives but costing them all of them everything else — including the family dog and cat. Jim and Shannon Eves along with their daughter Ella, survived the fire at their home in the first block of West Orange Street in Lititz which started around 6 a.m., Thursday, July 25, according to the fundraiser started by their son Hunter's girlfriend, Cambrie Kagan, and an earlier release by the police. The road closed from Broad to Spruce streets, according to a separate release by the fire department. N…

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by Jillian Pikora
News
7 Firefighters Injured When 2 Fire Tankers Crash In York: Officials (PHOTOS) 7 Firefighters Injured When 2 Fire Tankers Crash In York: Officials (PHOTOS)
7 Firefighters Injured When 2 Fire Tankers Crash In York: Officials (Photos) Seven firefighters were injured when two tankers, from two different companies, collided on the way to a massive warehouse fire in South Central Pennsylvania on Friday night, according to separate releases issued the following morning, July 13.  Tanker 37 with Laurel Fire Company #1, was involved in a “motor vehicle accident along with Tanker 8 of the Community Fire Company # 1 – York New Salem," as Chief David E. Rittenhouse stated in a release.  Two members of his crew at Laurel Fire Company #1 were taken to Wellspan York Hospital but have since been discharged.  …

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
6 Hospitalized Following Townhouse Fire In Hampden Township: Officials 6 Hospitalized Following Townhouse Fire In Hampden Township: Officials
6 Hospitalized Following Townhouse Fire In Hampden Township: Officials Six people were taken  to the hospital — including one person who jumped from an upper story— after a townhouse fire in Hampden Township on Monday morning. Fire crews were called to the 6300 block of Galleon Drive at 5:11 a.m. on June 20, according to emergency dispatchers. In all 12 fire companies responded to the scene.  The fire was contained to one end of the building but there was smoke damage throughout, Safety Officer for Hampden Township Volunteer Fire Department Rick Flinn explained. One person threw a mattress onto a deck and jumped out a window — they, along with …

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Biglerville Mom Dies In Crash, Infant Daughter Airlifted: PA State Police Biglerville Mom Dies In Crash, Infant Daughter Airlifted: PA State Police
Biglerville Mom Dies In Crash, Infant Daughter Airlifted: PA State Police A 25-year-old Biglerville mom was killed and her infant daughter was medevaced following a two-vehicle crash on Memorial Day, Pennsylvania State Police in Adams County announced on Thursday, May 30. Brianna "Brie" Michelle Lucas was found dead in her 2005 Chevrolet Impala at the scene of the crash, PSP explained. The crash happened at the intersection of Stone Jug and Old Harrisburg roads in Straban Township at 6:59 p.m. on Monday, May 27, as Investigating Trooper Christopher Cannino detailed in the PSP release.  Her 2-year-old daughter was conscious and evaluated by EMS at the sc…

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by Jillian Pikora