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Fatal Crash On Rt 22 At I-81 Ramp: PennDOT
One person has died in a crash at an on-ramp to Interstate 81 North, Pennsylvania State Police spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler told Daily Voice on Friday night, Nov. 8. The multi-vehicle crash happened on US Route 22 West at the entrance ramp for I-81 North around 6 p.m., Schreffler detailed in the release. The road was expected to be closed for at least four hours but reopened around 9:30 p.m., Schreffler said in an updated release. The fatality was confirmed by Pennsylvania State Police but additional information as unavailable. Check back here for possible update…
Politics
Harris, Trump To Hold Dueling Campaign Events In PA On Eve Of Election Day
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are holding dueling campaign events across Pennsylvania on Monday, Nov. 4. The two presidential candidates will be making stops all over the Keystone State on the eve of Election Day, including Allentown, Reading, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia. The former president is also expected in Lititz on Sunday morning. The Harris-Walz Campaign The Harris Campaign is scheduled for a stop in Allentown sometime in the early afternoon, according to a news release. Exact details on the location were not released as of press time. Harris …
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: Tractor-Trailer Flips On Central PA Road, PennDOT Officials Say
A tractor-trailer hauling wood has flipped over on a road in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation officials announced on Friday, Oct. 25. The rollover crash happened on South River Road/PA Route 147 North and Peters Mountain Road/PA Route 225 South at Parmer's Road in Reed Township shortly after 9 a.m., as detailed by PennDOT. The area is closed in both directions between Mountain and Brumaker roads, according to PennDOT. "The closure could last into the evening and may impact afternoon commuters," the spokesperson said. Drivers are asked to find alternate route…
Traffic
21-Year-Ol ID'd As Rt 22 Fatal Crash Victim: Lower Paxton Police
The man who was killed in a crash that closed Route 22 in both directions, has been identified. Michael Butchko, 21, of Lower Paxton Township, was taken to an area hospital from the scene with "severe injuries" and pronounced dead on Tuesday, Oct. 8, LPT Bureau of Police wrote in an updated release. The deadly crash involved a passenger vehicle and a motorcycle on Allentown Boulevard/Rt 22 West at South Arlene Street at 7:47 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 8, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler told Daily Voice. The police later confirmed that, no…
Police & Fire
Fire Breaks Out At Storage Unit On US Rt 30: Officials (
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A storage unit caught on fire in South Central Pennsylvania on Friday morning, Oct. 4, officials announced. Firefighters were called to the blaze at 55West Loudon Street/Lincoln Way West/US Route 30 in Chambersburg Borough around 8:30 a.m., according to police and fire companies called to the scene. Numerous storage sheds burned, according to the Franklin Fire Company. "Hydrant failures have hindered operations," the company said, but by 9:30 a.m., "crews have secured a water source and the fire is under control." The roadway was shut down between Federal Street and Sollenberger Road as …
Traffic
Virginia Man ID'd In Fatal Jeep Crash On I-81 Near Hershey: PA State Police (
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A Virginia man has been identified as the passenger killed in a crash that closed part of Interstate 81 in Central Pennsylvania on Sunday, Sept. 29, Pennsylvania State Police announced in a release on Tuesday, Oct. 1. Utkarsh Munjal, 23, originally of Jalandhar, India but more recently of Arlington and Manassas, Virginia, USA, has been named as the victim of the deadly crash that happened on I-81 North at mile marker 77.5 near Hershey over the weekend, according to PA State Police and his social media. During the rain, a 2021 Jeep Wrangler going north on the interstate crossed ov…
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Amish Horse-Buggy Crash Closed PA 340: PennDOT
A horse-and-buggy crash closed part of PA 340 in Lancaster County on Thursday evening, Sept. 19, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler told Daily Voice. The horse-and-buggy and vehicle collided at the intersection of PA 340 and School Lane Road in the Salisbury Township, Gap area around 6:30 p.m. The road was completely closed "due to the vehicle rolling over," Schreffler said. The area fully reopened just after 8 p.m. There is no word of any injuries to the people or the horse involved in the crash. Pennsylvania State Police are investigatin…
Traffic
Tractor-Trailer Carrying Lumber Rolls Over On I-81 In Central PA: PennDOT
A tractor-trailer crash closed part of Interstate 81 South in Central Pennsylvania on Sunday night, Sept. 15, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler told Daily Voice. The single-vehicle rollover crash happened on I-81 South at Exit 70: I-83 South/US 322 East - Harrisburg. 81 at 9:59 p.m., according to Schreffler and 511PA. A special crew with heavily lifting equipment was called to the scene of the crash as the tractor-trailer had been hauling lumber that spilled onto the highway, Schreffler explained. There was no word on any injuries bu…
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Fatal Crash Closes Rt 22 In Susquehanna Township (
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A fatal crash closed Route 22 West in Susquehanna Township late Sunday night, Sept. 15, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler told Daily Voice. The crash was first reported on Rt 22 West at Exit: PA 39 - Linglestown/Rockville at 11:38 p.m., according to Schreffler and 511PA. It is a single vehicle crash with one fatality confirmed just after midnight on Monday, Sept. 16, Schreffler told us. The road was closed between Exit 39 and Exit: PA 443 - Fishing Creek but it reopened around 4:11 a.m., according to Schreffler. This is a developing…
News
Fatal Crash Involving Motorcycle Closes Part Of I-81: PennDOT
A fatal crash involving a motorcycle has closed part of Interstate 81 in Central Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation spokeswoman Fritzi Schreffler told Daily Voice on Saturday evening, Aug. 31. The deadly crash completely shuttered the southbound lanes of I-81 near the crash scene at mile marker 82 beginning around 5:30 p.m., Schreffler detailed. Traffic is being detoured at exit 85 in South Hanover Township. The interstate was closed for several hours., reopening around 9:19 p.m., according to an updated statement from Schreffler. Check back here for updates.
Traffic
Second Tractor-Trailer Crash On PA Turnpike Interchange To Rt 283: PennDOT
Yet another tractor-trailer rolled over on the interchange of Route 283 with the PA Turnpike on Thursday, Aug. 22, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. The second tractor-trailer overturned on the ramp from Rt 283 West to the PA Turnpike/Interstate 76 South near the exit to the Harrisburg International Airport in Lower Swatara Township. This crash happened at 1:12 p.m. The first crash happened almost 12 hours before it but was still being cleaned up as that rollover caused dog food the tractor-trailer was hauling to spill out on the ramp. As of 2:20 p.m., the …
Traffic
Tractor-Trailer Rolls Over Spilling Dog Food On PA Turnpike: Officials
A ramp of the PA Turnpike/Interstate 76 closed Thursday morning, Aug. 22 due to a rollover crash, officials said. A tractor-trailer hauling dog food was heading east on I-76 when it attempted to take Exit 257 - Harrisburg East Interchange to I-283 Northbound, according to PennDOT and Turnpike officials. That's when it flipped over — spilling dog food on the interstate at 1:47 a.m. The exit ramp was fully closed until around 9 a.m. when one lane reopened, as seen on traffic cameras, but a second crash happened at 1:12 p.m. closing the ramp again. Crews remained on the scene for clean up as…
Police & Fire
Double Fatal Crash On I-81 Hospitalizes 2: Pennsylvania State Police
Two people were killed in a crash on Interstate 81 on Wednesday, Aug. 21, Pennsylvania State Police announced. The single-vehicle crash led to two people being pronounced dead at the scene, and the two other passengers were taken to local hospitals for injuries, according to PA State Police. The deadly crash happened on I-81 South at mile marker 5.5 in Antrim Township, Franklin County at 1:54 a.m., troopers detailed in the release. Southbound lanes were closed for over five hours Wednesday morning between Exit 10: PA 914 Marion and Exit 5: Greencastle - Waynesboro, according to PennDOT. Th…
Traffic
Fiery Fatal Crash Involving Tractor-Trailer, Minivan on US11/15: PennDOT
Multi-vehicle crashes — including a fatal crash — have closed north and southbound lanes on US 11/15/Susquehanna Trail on Wednesday, Aug. 7, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler told Daily Voice. The fatal crash involved "a tractor-trailer and a minivan, fire and entrapment," Schreffler said. The crashes happened in Buffalo Township, Perry County, just before 10:30 a.m., according to Schreffler. The fatality was in the minivan, Schreffler said citing Pennsylvania State Police who are on the scene. The roadway was closed betwe…
News
NJ Man ID'd In Fatal Triple Tractor-Trailer Crash On I-81 In Lebanon: PSP
The man who died after three tractor-trailers crashed on Interstate 81 on Saturday morning, Aug. 3, has been identified by the Pennsylvania State Police Adrian Jemmott, 31 of Trenton, New Jersey died at the scene of the triple tractor-trailer crash, PSP Jonestown Investigator Ryan Schuetrumpf detailed in the release on Aug. 4. The crash happened at mile marker 87.5 on I-81 North around 4:15 a.m., Pennsylvania Department of Transportation spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler initially told us. Jemmott was the passenger of a Hino 268 box truck, driven by John Concepcion, 35, of Hamilto…
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1 Hospitalized After Two Tractor-Trailers Collided On I-81 In Lebanon: PennDOT (
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Two tractor-trailers collided on Interstate 81 sending one person to the hospital, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler told Daily Voice. The crash happened on I-81 South at mile marker 93 in Swatara Township shortly after 4 a.m. on Thursday, August 1, as detailed by Schreffler. There was "heavy entrapment" and one of the tractor-trailers rolled over, Schreffler explained. One driver was taken to Hershey Medical Center. The extent of their injuries is unknown. Bunker Hill Fire Company "One of the tractor-trailers was carrying peat moss…
News
Dad Of 2 Killed In Head-On Tractor-Trailer Crash: York Coroner (
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The 53-year-old man who died in a head-on crash involving a tractor-trailer on Lincoln Highway/US Route 30 has been identified, according to the York County Coroner's office on Thursday, July 25. Michael "Mike" Kenemore, of the 300 block of Wynwood Rd, Springettsbury Township's 2004 Ford F-250 was going east in the 7000 block of the highway when, for an unknown reason he left his lane, entering the westbound traffic, and striking a 2006 Peterbuilt tractor-trailer head-on, as explained in the coroner's release. The Springettsbury Township resident who was driving th…
Police & Fire
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…
News
Fatal Crash On PA Rt 322: Police
A fatal crash near a hospital closed PA Route 322 for several hours on Friday morning, July 19, Derry Township Police announced in a release. The deadly crash happened in the 800 block of East Governor Road/PA Rt 322 around 3:30 a.m., according to the police. The area is along the same road as the entrance to Penn State Milton Hershey Medical Center, as shown on Google Maps. The road was closed for hours from Meadow Lane in Derry Township to Larkspur Drive in South Londonderry Township, as police investigated the crash. The identity of the person killed has not been …
News
Accident Closes Route 30 In Lancaster County
Traffic on Route 30/Lincoln Highway in Lancaster County is shut down after a multi-vehicle crash on Monday morning, June 17, authorities say. Route 30 is closed between Newport Pike and Simmontown Road, according to PennDOT. WGAL reports the Lancaster County Coroner's Office responded to the scene.
Traffic
Two Seriously Injured In Head-On Downingtown Crash: Police (
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A man and a woman are hospitalized after an early morning wreck on Route 322, Downingtown police say. A silver Honda Fit and a white Chevrolet Equinox collided on the 600 block just after 8 a.m. on Wednesday, June 12, authorities said. Both were taken to Paoli Hospital Trauma Center while Route 322/Brandywine Avenue was shut down for more than three hours. The crash remains under investigation and anyone who witnessed it is asked to call 610-269-0263 or email traffic@downingtown.org.
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