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Hang Glider ID'd After Fatal Crash In South Central PA, State Police Say
The man who died in a hang glider crash on Monday afternoon, Oct. 28, has been identified by authorities on Wednesday, Oct. 30. David Haughwout, 68, of Belleville was pronounced dead at the scene of the hang glider crash, according to Pennsylvania State Police Lewistown Trooper Yetter and the Mifflin County Coroner's Office. The deadly crash happened in the 2700 block of Jacks Mountain Road in Menno Township around 3:58 p.m. Yetter detailed in the release. The death was accidental, according to Yetter's release but PSP continue to investigate. Details about Haughwout life and f…
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Dad of 3.5 Kids Killed In Central PA Crash: GoFundMe
A father of three boys, with a baby girl on the way, has been identified as the man killed in a two-vehicle crash on Thursday morning, Sept. 19, officials told Daily Voice on Monday, Sept. 23, and as shared on a GoFundMe launched over the weekend to help his family. Devyn "Ditt" Smith, 25, of Harrisburg, died of an accidental death caused by a “traumatic chest injury” following the crash that happened in the 2200 block of Walnut Street — near the Civil War Museum, in Susquehanna Township between 2:30 and 2:40 a.m., officials told us. He was pronounced dead at Holy Sp…
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SUV Driver ID'd In Commercial Vehicle Crash On Allentown Blvd: Coroner
A driver killed in a crash on Allentown Boulevard has been identified, Dauphin County officials told Daily Voice on Friday, Sept. 21. Daniel "Dan" A. Bixler, 91, of Hummelstown was driving an SUV across Allentown Boulevard from North Crawford Street (where it becomes South Crawford Street) in East Hanover Township when it was struck by a commercial vehicle heading west on Allentown Boulevard around 12: 52 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 11, PSP Harrisburg Trooper Ryan Leib detailed in a release, as Daily Voice previously report and confirmed with the Dauphin County Coroner. Both d…
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3-Year-Old Boy Drowns In Pennsylvania Pond: Police
A 3-year-old boy from Chesterbrook died after he was pulled from a pond in Chester County on Labor Day, authorities said. The incident occurred at about 6:50 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 2 at Wilson Farm Park near Lee and Wilson roads in the Chesterbrook area of Tredyffrin Township. Police were called to the scene for reports of a missing child. When the officers arrived, they searched the immediate area and one of the officers found the boy in a nearby pond unresponsive, Captain Tyler Moyer with Tredyffrin Township police told Daily Voice. The officers immediately started resuscitatio…
Obituaries
Mennonite Toddler Killed In Farming Accident ID'd: Dauphin County Coroner
A Mennonite toddler died following a farming accident in Lancaster County, the Dauphin County Coroner told Daily Voice on Monday, Aug. 5. Maria Lois Nolt, 2 years, 11 months, 20 days of Bainbridge, was struck dead in a pull-behind tractor incident on her family's farm on River Road in Conoy Township on July 20, according to the coroner's notes and her obituary published by LNP. Maria passed away at Hershey Medical Center following the incident, but additional details about what exactly happened and her time of death were unavailable. Daily Voice has reached out to numerous…
Obituaries
Lititz Mennonite Teen From Manheim Dies Kayaking: Authorities
A 16-year-old Mennonite boy has died in a kayaking accident, authorities confirmed to Daily Voice on Thursday, Aug. 1. Rylan Trent Weiler of Manheim died while kayaking Hammond Lake in the Tioga-Hammond Lakes Recreation Area at approximately 8:17 a.m. on Saturday, July 27, the PA Fish and Boat Commission told Daily Voice. "The victim was not wearing a life jacket at the time of the incident," a spokesperson with the Commission added. Emergency crews came to Ives Run Lane for a reported "Water Rescue Missing kayaker" around 9 a.m., as stated in a release by Middlebury Township V…
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Elizabethtown Dad Killed In Mount Joy Motorcycle Crash: Coroner
A 28-year-old dad died at the scene of a motorcycle crash with an SUV early on Saturday morning, July 20, the Lancaster County Coroner's office announced in a release on Wednesday, July 24. Matthew D. "Matt" Ferruzza, originally of Hershey most recently of the 470 block of Rockwood Drive in Elizabethtown, was pronounced dead an hour after the collision at 12:50 a.m. on July 20, the coroner detailed in the release. The crash happened at 2907 Mt. Gretna Road in Mount Joy at 11:50 p.m. on Friday, July 19, the coroner explained. No autopsy was performed. His accidental death was cau…
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Teen Was Piloting Second Solo Flight When She Fatally Crashed In PA: NTSB
A 17-year-old girl who died piloting a Cessna on Independence Day was only on her second-ever solo flight, authorities say. Maisie Bitler had taken off from Williamsport Regional Airport in a Cessna 172 owned by Quarter to Two Flying Club, Inc., Engines on Thursday morning, according to fight logs and later identified by the Clinton County Coroner's Office. Maisie was an experienced pilot and a C/1 Lieutenant in the Civil Air Patrol, officials with the Piper Composite Squadron explained in a release on July 5. As she was heading towards William T. Piper Airport, she …
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Bushkill Township Employee Drowns In Riding Mower Accident: Northampton Co. Coroner
A Bushkill Township groundskeeper died after being pinned under a riding mower on Tuesday morning, according to officials. Louis 'Lou' Nagy, 74 of the 800 Block of Bushkill Center Road, was mowing township property near Albert Ponds Preserve along Albert Road when the fatal accident happened. Lou was just starting to cut the grass "along the bank of one of the ponds when the mower tipped over with the operator still on its seat resulting in him being pinned beneath the tractor in the pond," he Northampton County Coroner's Office stated in a release. A coroner was…
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Argument Over Bicycle Leaves Philadelphia 9-Year-Old Dead, Campaign Says
A child was pronounced dead after rescuers found him in Tacony Creek on Sunday, June 9, authorities told Daily Voice. Police were called to the creek near the 100 block of East Wyoming Street around 6 p.m. The victim, 9, was found unresponsive and taken to St. Christopher's Hospital where he died, city police said. Citing the city Medical Examiner's Office, Fox29 identified the boy as Philadelphia School District student Ernest Harmon-Tague. Harmon-Tague's loved ones have launched a fundraiser on GoFundMe to assist with funeral costs. The campaign, launched by&n…
Obituaries
Andy Adelsberger, 48 of Boonsboro, Killed In Carroll Valley
A 48-year-old Maryland man died at the scene of a crash in Pennsylvania, authorities said on Thursday, June 13. Andrew "Andy" Adelsberger, 48 of Boonsboro, MD, had an accidental death due to multiple blunt force injuries, according to the Adams County Coroner's Office. Andy was wearing a helmet when he lost control of his motorcycle on PA Route 116/Fairfield Road westbound near Valley View Trail, according to Carroll Valley police. The motorcycle went on to strike a tree approximately 10 feet from the side of the highway around 6:20 p.m. on Wednesday, June 12, authorities detailed. Rt. 1…
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Holiday Inn Worker ID'd After Fatal Fall Into Hole: Lancaster Officials
A fall into a open grate hole has left a worker dead at a Pennsylvania Holdiay Inn on Sunday, officials say. Alexei Rodriguez-Balceiro, 42 of the 430 block of East King Street in Lancaster, died at 3:20 p.m. following multiple attempts to save his life after he was pulled unconcious from an air vent shaft, the Lancaster City Bureau of Police and the County Coroner's Office announced on Monday. The Lancaster City Bureau of Fire was called to the hotel located at 26 East Chestnut Street in Lancaster at 2:53 p.m. on June 9, according to a release by the police. The hotel…
Police & Fire
Mom, Brianna "Brie" Michelle Lucas, 25, Killed In Crash: PSP
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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PA Driver Killed After Crashing Into Tree: Coroner
The Topton man who died after crashing into a tree in Mertztown on Tuesday night, April 16 was Allan G. Levin, according to officials. The Lehigh County Coroner's Office said Levin, 51, hit a tree on the 700 block of State Street around 10:30 p.m. He was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest where he died from multiple blunt force injuries about an hour later, the Coroner's Office said. His manner of death was accidental. Pennsylvania State Police are investigating.
Police & Fire
Fatal Fire Victim ID'd: Lancaster County Coroner (
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A man has died after a fire broke out in his Central Pennsylvania home on Friday morning, the Lancaster County Coroner announced that afternoon. Robert Enochs, 65 of 102 Froelich Avenue Mountville Borough, died in the emergency department of Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital at 4:40 a.m. on March 29, 2024, the Lancaster County Coroner's Office stated in a release. The investigating coroner initially "noted thermal injuries," as stated in the release. Following an autopsy at the county forensic center the same morning as the fire, his official cause of death wa…
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Lehigh Valley Dad Drowns In Drainage Basin At Industrial Park: Coroner
Authorities have named the 43-year-old dad who drowned in an industrial drainage basin in Portland Borough on Saturday, in a release on Tuesday, March 12. Jeffrey R. Delp of Upper Mount Bethel Township has been identified as the man who drowned, the Northampton County Coroner's Office stated in a release. It happened at Ultra-Poly Corporation, 102 Demi Road at the Portland Industrial Park on March 9, officials said. Delp's cause of death was drowning and the manner of death was accidental, as stated in the release. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is inves…
Obituaries
Montco Woman Fatally Struck By Own Car, Coroner Says
A Montgomery County woman has died after she was accidentally struck by her own car in Catasauqua on Sunday night, Feb. 4, according to officials. Santosh Gupta-Bala, 64, of Blue Bell, was taking items from the trunk when her car began to roll backward, said the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. She tried to get back into the car but fell underneath and was hit, authorities said. It happened on the 900 block of Bridge Court around 6:30 p.m., said Coroner Daniel A. Buglio. Gupta-Bala was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg where she died from multiple traumatic injuries, Bu…
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Tree Crashing Onto Pick-Up Kills Driver, Cumberland County Coroner Says
A tree falling onto a pick-up truck during Tuesday's storm has left one person dead, according to the Cumberland County Coroner Charley Hall. Bruce Alan Beinhaur, 58 of Dauphin died at the scene in Mechanicsburg at 1:37 p.m. on Jan. 9, Hall detailed. Hampden Township Police had been called to a report of "a traffic collision with injuries" in the 600 block of Good Hope Road, as stated in a separate police release. Officers arrived to find Beinhaur had already passed while trapped in his pick-up by the tree. It is believed that "Beinhaur was travelling …
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Woman ID'd In Lehigh After New Year's Day Harrisburg House Fire
A 65-year-old woman has been identified by the Lehigh County Coroner following a New Year's Day house fire in Harrisburg. Brenda L. Cuff of Harrisburg was pronounced dead in the Lehigh Valley Burn Center at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Cedar Crest at 4:35 a.m. on Tuesday, January 02, 2024, coroner Daniel Buglio detailed in the release. Her cause of death was listed as "complications of 50-60% full thickness burns due to house fire." The manner was ruled accidental. The call to the fire at 2326 Berryhill Street came into the Harrisburg Bureau of Fi…
Obituaries
'Carbon Monoxide Toxicity' Kills 5-Year-Old Boy On PA Farm, Coroner Says
A 5-year-old boy has been pronounced dead shortly after being found unresponsive on his family's farm, the York County Coroner's Office announced on Monday, Nov. 13. Daniel Esh of the 5400 block of Prospect Hill Road was found unconscious near a generator on Friday evening, according to York County Coroner Pam Gay. He was taken to WellSpan York Hospital were he died at 8:48 p.m. Nov. 10 as certified by Deputy Coroner Karen Frank. Since it was unclear if Daniel had been exposed to fumes from the generator he was found near, an autopsy was conducted on Monday at Lehigh …
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Man ID'd After Asphyxiation In Pit At Central PA Garage: Coroner
A man repairing a water valve in his garage appears to have asphyxiated, the York County Coroner's Office announced on Wednesday, Nov. 1. Kennith L. “Ken” Roach, 69, of Thomasville, was found face down in the pit where the water valve is located, according to the coroner's office. Deputy Coroner Molly York was called to a fatality reported at his home in the 1800 block of Detters Mill Road, Washington Township around 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 31. The coroner thinks he "could not easily extract himself" due to "constraints of the physical space," as stated in the release. He was declared dec…
Obituaries
PA Mom Of 2 Dies After Getting Impaled At County Fair In Freak Accident
A 33-year-old Pennsylvania mom has died after part of a tractor broke off and hit her in the neck at a county fair, authorities said. Brandy Horner was watching the tractor pull at the Union Couty West End Fair when "an exhaust wheel within a turbo housing became dislodged and ejected from its manifold," the wheel "then ejected from the metal covering of the tractor," and a piece of the wheel broke off and became lodged in her neck, according to the Pennsylvania State Police. The deadly debris impaled Brandy around 8:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 11, according to the county coroner's office. …
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32-Year-Old Fisherman ID'd Following Drowning: York County Coroner
A 32-year-old fisherman died on Indepence Day, according to a release by the York County Coroner's office. Dustin Snook, of Dover Township was found dead in Conewago Creek near the 4200 block of Conewago Road on Tuesday evening, the York County Coroner’s office detailed in a release the following day. Dustin lived in the 3900 block of Conewago Road and had been fishing in the area when "it is believed that he may have a medical event which lead him to falling in the creek and becoming unresponsive," Coroner Pam Gay stated in the release. His death was ruled an accidental …
Police & Fire
Motorcyclist Dies Hours After Crash By Cementry At PA/MD Stateline: Coroner
A motorcyclist fatally crashed into a tree by a cemetery along the Pennsylvania and Maryland state line, authorities announced on Tuesday, June 20, 2023. The unidentified man died just under two hours after the crash in the 6700 block of Steltz Road in Codorus Township around 6 p.m. on Monday, June 19, 2023, the York County Coroner's office detailed in the release. His death was certified by Deputy Coroner Michelle Kirchner at Wellspan York Hospital at 7:53 p.m., that same evening. His death was caused by "Multiple Blunt Force Injuries" and the manner was accidental, York County Coron…
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Details About Guatemalan Couple's Fiery Deaths Shared By York Co. Coroner
An early morning house fire left a Guatemalan couple dead in York on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, and nearly a month later deaths about their deaths were shared by authorities. Randolfo Hernandez Garcia, 20, and Sulma Trigueros, 25, have been identified as the residents who were found dead in the first floor of their home in the 300 block of West North Street between Newberry and Penn streets in York City around 5:09 a.m., according to the York County Coroner's office and the country emergency dispatch service. The three-story duplex was quickly upgraded to a two-alarm fire, thr…
Obituaries
Man Walking Dog Dies 9 Days After Being Struck, York Co. Coroner Says
An 88-year-old man has died just over a week after he was hit by a pick-truck, the York County Coroner's office announced on Tuesday, May 16, 2023. John Smeltzer of the 100 block of Claire Avenue, Hellam Borough was crossing West Market Street with his dog when he was struck by a 2017 Chevy Silverado turning onto the road from South Lee Street around 5:30pm on May 3, 2023, authorities explained. Smeltzer was taken to WellSpan York Hospital where he died from blunt force trauma to his head at 5 p.m. on Friday, May 12, 2023, as certified by Deputy Coroner Michelle Rau. The …
Police & Fire
Toddler Killed By Falling Tree In Bucks County
A 2-year-old child was killed by a portion of a falling tree over the weekend in Bucks County, according to the coroner. The child was at his Lower Southampton Township home with his mom and an older sibling when sudden, strong winds swept through the area on Saturday, April 22, Bucks County Coroner Meredith J. Buck said. The tree split, with a section approximately 25 to 30 feet long and 8 to 10 inches wide struck the boy. His mother and sibling were unharmed. The child was pronounced dead at the scene after response and evaluation by Lower Southampton Police and Medic 114. The Bucks…
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Football Player Posts Instagram Story Before Fatal Christmas Crash In Lehigh County
A 21-year-old former football player posted one final Instagram story before he was killed in a crash on Christmas Day in Lehigh County. Dante M. Kaintz of Catasauqua was behind the wheel when he veered off the road and struck a tree on the 2200 block of Light Horse Harry Road around 7:20 p.m. in Lower Mancungie, the Lehigh County Coroner's Office said. His final Instagram story remind live 14 hours after the crash: A bouquet of Christmas flowers. Dante Kaintz' final Instagram story.Dante Kaintz Instagram The manner of death was ruled accidental and the cause as multiple blunt force in…
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Septic Truck Crash Kills 23-Year-Old Maryland Man: York County Coroner
A 23-year-old Whitehall Maryland man died at the scene of a two-vehicle crash involving a septic truck in Hopewell Township, Pennsylvania on Wednesday afternoon, authorities say. Jacob Bertazon was heading north on Barrens Road with he crossed over the double yellow line for an unknown reason near the intersection of Barton Circle striking a septic tanker truck on Dec. 21 around 2:30 p.m., according to the York County coroner's officer and Pennsylvania state police. Bertazon died an accidental death due to multiple blunt-force trauma, as certified by Deputy Coroner Milly Y…
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Two Infants, Woman Killed, Six Hospitalized Following Crash At Pennsylvania-Maryland Stateline
Nine people from Chambersburg were in a deadly single-vehicle crash near the Pennsylvania-Maryland Stateline on Sunday, Dec. 4, authorities say. 59-year-old Mary Gordon lost control of her vehicle and crashed her 2018 Dodge Journey into a tree in the 5900 block of Little Cove Rd. at around 1:56 a.m., according to Pennsylvania state police. She was airlifted and taken to WellSpan York Hospital where she died an accidental death caused by multiple blunt force injuries at 5:43 a.m., as certified by York County Deputy Coroner Kayla Starner. Two girls who were passengers listed as "0 years old…
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Lehigh Valley Woman Dies After Being Pinned Under Her Own Car, Coroner Says
A 72-year-old Lehigh Valley woman died after she became pinned under her own vehicle, authorities said. Sharon Lee Pecka was pronounced dead just before 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 25 in her driveway on the 3100 block of Fern Lane in Upper Saucon Township, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. The victim was found pinned underneath the driver's door of her vehicle, Coroner Daniel A. Buglio said. Pecka's cause of death was determined to be positional asphyxia, and her death was accidental, the coroner said. Further details surrounding the incident were not immediately known. The…
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