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Woman Struck By School Bus In Critical Condition: Philly Police Woman Struck By School Bus In Critical Condition: Philly Police
Woman Struck By School Bus In Critical Condition: Philly 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…

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by Merriell Moyer
Police & Fire
Bomb Squad Clears Philadelphia Supermarket After Teens Tried Lighting Dynamite Sticks Bomb Squad Clears Philadelphia Supermarket After Teens Tried Lighting Dynamite Sticks
Bomb Squad Clears Philadelphia Supermarket After Teens Tried Lighting Dynamite Sticks A group of teens were unsuccessful in their plight to light sticks of dynamite in a Philadelphia grocery store Tuesday, June 20, police said. Three black males ranging from 16 to 19 years old were attempting to light the stick inside Fresh Grocer at 5301 Chew Avenue around 510 p.m., police said. Security recovered the dynamite and a bomb squad clear the scene, and removed the explosives.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Woman, 10-Month-Old Hospitalized After Car Crash: Philadelphia Police Woman, 10-Month-Old Hospitalized After Car Crash: Philadelphia Police
Woman, 10-Month-Old Hospitalized After Car Crash: Philadelphia Police A driver and a 10-month-old boy were treated for injuries at Einstein Medical Center after Philadelphia police say they were involved in an accident in the city's Mount Airy section.  It happened on the corner of East Upsal Street and Chew Avenue early on Monday, March 13, the department told Daily Voice. At around 12:45 a.m., a Hyundai Tuscon struck a Chevrolet Cobalt, which then struck a parked Buick. The parked Buick then collided with a parked Cadillac, they continued.  First responders had to remove the driver of the Chevrolet, a 22-year-old woman, from the car, police said. …

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by Mac Bullock