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Mugshot Released Of Woman Going 90 MPH+ Charged For Crash Killing PA Dad, Daughter: Affidavit
The mugshot of a woman who caused a double-fatal crash — killing a father and his daughter — has been released, on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. Beth Anne Fife, 51, of Dawkins Drive, East Earl, has been charged with two counts each of the following: vehicular homicide, involuntary manslaughter, and recklessly endangering another person, as well as related driving offenses on Wednesday, Oct. 16, court records show. The charges are in connection with the crash on Route 322/West 28th Divison Highway near the Lancaster/Lebanon counties line that killed Allen English, 84, of Lititz, and his daug…
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Manheim Mennonite Dad Struck Dead Driving Amish Boys, Friends Say
A Mennonite dad was struck dead on Wednesday morning, Oct. 10, according to the Lancaster County Coroner's Office. Eldon Kreider, 43, of Manheim was driving a pickup truck when he was struck by a sedan at the intersection of Hossler and Breneman roads in Rapho Township at 8:42 a.m., the coroner said. The driver of the sedan "pulled out in front of him at the intersection," a family friend said. Kreider was driving two Amish boys, "that are fine," the friend noted. The pick-up truck had rolled over during the crash, the coroner explained. He was pronounced dead…
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21-Year-Old Mom Killed In PA Turnpike Crash, Family Says
A mother is mourning the loss of her daughter and young mother killed in a car crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike on Monday, Sept. 16, according to a GoFundMe launched by her family. Brianna Quinn, 21, of Palmerton died in the crash, her family says. The single-vehicle happened on Interstate-276/PA Turnpike near mile marker 350.4 in Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania State Police Corporal Richard L. Levan told us on Wednesday, Sept. 18. Brianna had been driving a Nissan sedan in the far left lane and for an unknown reason crossed all three lanes to her right, "struck a PTC yellow …
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Pregnant Passenger Killed When BF Falls Asleep At Wheel: PA State Police
A 20-year-old passenger was 16 weeks pregnant when her partner fell asleep at the wheel and fatally crashed on Saturday, Sept. 7, according to her social media and Pennsylvania State Police. Nadia Startzman, was in 19-year-old Tristen Armolt's 2004 Ford Freestar when he fell asleep, lost control of the vehicle, struck a utility pole with the front passenger side of the vehicle, and spun out — ejecting Startzman — she was pronounced dead at the scene, PSP Carlisle Trooper Luke Fiore explained in the release. Armolt had been going east on Route 641/Newville Road at the t…
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Popular PA Sprint Car Racer Killed In Crash: Coroner
A popular 23-year-old sprint car race is dead following a crash into a tree on Tuesday night, Sept. 3, the York County Coroner's Office announced. Kyle Craker, of the 900 block of Siddonsburg Road, in Fairview Township, was not wearing a seatbelt and was thrown from his vehicle after losing control in the area of Alpine Road and Boar Mooring 3 Road in Warrington Township around 7 p.m. as detailed in the coroner's release. First responders found the vehicle slammed into a tree. Craker was taken to WellSpan York Hospital where he died from his injuries at 8:30 p.m. Deputy …
Police & Fire
Crash Involving Philadelphia Firetruck Kills Woman, Police Say
A 23-year-old woman is dead following a crash with a Philadelphia Fire Department truck, city police announced on Saturday evening, Aug. 24. The PFD Ladder truck was heading west on Lehigh Avenue when a passenger vehicle traveling north on West Sedgley Avenue pulled out in front of them at the intersection in the District 22 at 12:10 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 24, PPD detailed in the release. The force of the crash pushed the passenger vehicle into an unoccupied parked car, according to the release. Both the 29-year-old man driving the passenger vehicle and the 23-year-old woman w…
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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…
Obituaries
HS Senior Killed In Car Crash: Northampton County Coroner
A boy was killed in a car crash just days before starting his senior year of high school, his mother said on Friday, Aug. 16. Jaxon Phetsavanh, 17, of Hellertown, has died following a crash along the Route 33 Southbound Exit Ramp to Route 248 in Lower Nazareth Township on Thursday, Aug. 15, according to a release by the Northampton County Coroner's Office. His cause of death was "Blunt Force Injuries," as stated in the release. An investigation into the accident is ongoing by Pennsylvania State Police and the Northampton County Coroner’s Office. His mother took to …
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MD Restaurant Cook ID'd In Fatal PA Crash: York County Coroner
A 61-year-old woman who died in a two-crash has been identified by the York County Coroner's office on Monday evening, Aug. 6. Susan Lam, of the 2400 Block of Smith Mill Road, Shrewsbury Township died at the scene of the crash at the intersection of Mt. Airy Rd. and Buchanan Avenue in Shrewsbury Township at 6:15 p.m., as detailed in the release. Lam struck a vehicle with two people inside who suffered injuries and were taken to a nearby hospital. "Deputy Coroner Onalee Gilbert responded to the scene to investigate and certify the death," as stated in the release. There will be no autops…
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TikToker With Over 10 Million Views On First Video Killed In PA Crash
A content creator who is known for surviving two shots to the face died in a crash on PA Route 322 on Friday morning, July 19, Derry Township Police announced in a release on Saturday, July 20. Amanda Thome, 36, of Annville, became internet famous and a bit of a local celebrity when she took to TikTok to talk about what happened after she shot herself twice in the face in a suicide attempt in Sept. 2022 — with reconstruction surgeries still pending, less than two years after the shooting she died in a car crash. @amandathome87 This is my first video. I'm here to…
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Mom Of 3-Year-Old Girl Killed In 'Ricochet' Crash On PA Rt 372: PSP
A 3-year-old girl lost her mom in a car crash on Saturday, according to a Pennsylvania State Police release on July 7, social media posts, and a GoFundMe launched to help her daughter. Kristy Larson, 42 of Lancaster, was driving a 2013 Mitsubishi Outlander east on Holtwood Road/PA Route 372 when she crossed into oncoming traffic, left the roadway struck a tree, PSP Lancaster Trooper Joshua Croyle. The force of the crash "ricocheted [her vehicle] off the tree coming to its final resting place in the middle of the roadway," as Trooper Croyle stated in the release. Kristy wa…
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Former Hagerstown Hockey Player Killed In Waynesboro Crash: PA State Police
A 21-year-old man who was a former popular Hagerstown Youth Hockey Association player died in a car crash in Waynesboro on Sunday, officials announced on June 24. Benjamin "Ben" Browall of Waynesboro, PA previously of Hagerstown, MD, was the passenger in a 2002 Subaru sedan driven by Kirkland M. Knepper, 23 also of Waynesboro when a wild crash happened just before 8 p.m. on June 23, according to a release by the Pennsylvania State Police. While in the 5000 block of Old Forge Road, Quincy Township heading south, Knepper left the roadway for an unknown reason — striking a tree, ro…
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Child Leds Police On Chase In Stolen Car Before Cumberland Crash: Police
A child stole a car, led police on a chase, and was injured in a rollover crash on Sunday, Upper Allen Township Police announced on June 11. East Pennsboro Township Police Department and the Lower Allen Township Police Department pursued the stolen Chevy Suburban into Upper Allen Township early Sunday morning, according to the UATPD release. The child driver lost control of the Suburban and crashed into a railroad embankment — causing it to roll over around 4:23 a.m. on June 9, the police explained. The "unlicensed juvenile" was taken to PSU Hershey Medical Center fo…
Obituaries
Deer Crashes Through Windshield Killing Mom, 43, From NJ In PA: State Police
Molly Dowd, 43-year-old New Jersey mother, died Monday, April 1, the day after a deer jumped through the windshield of the car she was riding in on a Pennsylvania highway, according to her PA State Police and her obituary on the Dangler Funeral Home website. Dowd was a passenger in the vehicle operated by Michael Bird on I-276 east when a deer crossed the westbound lanes, jumped over the center concrete barrier and onto the hood of the vehicle at 6:25 p.m. March 31 in Lower Southampton, Pennsylvania State Police said in a news release. The deer came crashing through the windshield, seriousl…
Police & Fire
Lebanon Woman Failed To Register As Sex Offender With Pennsylvania State Police
A Utah woman convicted of attempted sexual abuse of a child without consent in Illinois has absconded from her Pennsylvania home, Lebanon City police announced on Friday, March 8. Convicted felon Shantelle Marie Burkett, 36, has not checked in with the Pennsylvania State Police to update the Megan's Law Sex Offender Registry since March 29, 2023. She had a lengthy record in Illinois including drug charges and trespass, dockets show. The same month she attempted to sexually abuse a child while on drugs, a wanted poster ran in the Lebanon Daily News issued by the county's s…
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Lebanon Man ID'd After Fatal Lititz Crash On Rt 322: Lancaster Co. Coroner
A 68-year-old Lebanon County man has been identified following a crash on Route 322 on Friday, Lancaster County Chief Deputy Coroner Eric Bieber told Daily Voice. Michael Halupa of the 220 block of Black Oak Road died at the scene of a single-vehicle crash into a tree at the intersection of Route 322 and Pumping Station Road in Lititz, Elizabeth Township at 2:56 p.m. on Feb. 23, Chief Deputy Coroner Bieber detailed. Following an autopsy at the Lancaster County Forensic Center, his cause of death was determined to be multiple traumatic injuries, and his manner of death was ruled …
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Shot Car Crashes Into Tree In Harrisburg, Officials Say (
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A car that was shot at crashed into a tree in front of Bellevue Towers, Harrisburg officials announced on Friday evening. The police were called to a report of shots fire and a crash in the 2400 block of Market Street around non but available to find only a crashed white SUV, everyone else involved had fled the scene, officials explained. It appears the SUV was shot at multiple times, with one bullet striking the vehicle, which caused the driver to cross into oncoming traffic and strike a tree, according to the police. Witnesses said two or three other vehicles had been i…
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Driver Severely Injured In Crash At PSP Lykens Barracks, Troopers Say
A driver who crashed into the pillars in the parking lot outside PSP Lykens's barracks has been hospitalized with severe injuries, Trooper Megan Frazer told Daily Voice on Friday. The unidentified driver struck the pillars on the sidewalk stopping them from hitting the building around 12:12 p.m. on Feb. 23, Trooper Frazer detailed. Their "injuries are considered severe and they were transported to [a] local hospital," Frazer said. There were troopers and civilians inside the barracks at the time of the crash but no one else was injured but the driver, Frazer explained. The side…
Traffic
Larry J. Redding Of Gettysburg Killed In Crash: PSP
A Gettysburg man succumbed to his injuries after crashing in Mount Joy Township on Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 13, troopers say. Larry J. Redding was headed south on Barlow Two Taverns Road around 2:30 p.m. when he lost control of his car near Patterson Road, according to the state police report. Troopers said Redding's GMC Enovy drifted across the road and hit a mailbox then a tree. The 72-year-old was taken to Gettysburg Hospital where he was pronounced dead, authorities said. Adams Regional EMS, Alpha Company (Littlestown) EMS, WellSpan Life Flight, and Littlestown Fi…
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90-Year-Old Reading Man Dies After Lancaster Crash: Officials
A Reading man died from his injuries following a two-car crash in Lancaster County, state troopers say. It happened near Good's Feed Mill, 949 Dry Tavern Road in Brecknock Township, on Jan. 22, according to the police report. Donald F. Swavely, 90, pulled out of the Good's parking lot when a southbound Jeep Compass struck his Hyundai Sonata, authorities said. Swavely's car hit a guide rail on the north side of the road and came to a rest, police wrote. The 28-year-old woman and her 11-month-old daughter in the Jeep were not harmed, but Swavely was taken to Reading Hospita…
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Woman ID'd After Head-On Crash In Fairview Township Police: Coroner
A 44-year-old woman has been identified following a two-vehicle crash in Fairview Township on Tuesday evening, the York County Coroner's Office announced the following night. Dimitra Sideras, of the 3100 block of Robin Road, West Manchester Township died at the scene of the crash at 6:35 p.m., according to Coroner Pam Gay. The two-vehicle crash happened at the intersection of Brenneman Drive and Lewisberry Road/PA 382 in Fairview Township shortly after 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 6, according to the York County Department of Emergency Services. The Fairview Township Police…
Police & Fire
Woman ID'd After Mustang Crash Down Embankment: Lancaster County Coroner
A 77-year-old Mustang driver died at the scene of a crash down an embankment on Saturday, the Lancaster County Coroner's Office told Daily Voice. Sandra Ganse of the 100 block of Roselle Avenue in Lancaster, was found partially ejected at the scene, Chief Deputy Coroner, Eric Bieber explained. For an unknown reason, Ganse had lost control of her 1964 Ford Mustang — exiting the road near Lititz Pike, striking a curb — causing the Mustang to fall approximately six feet down an embankment, landing on its side, according to the Manheim Township Police. The police were called…
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Man Killed In Head-On 3 Vehicle Crash, Woman MedEvac'd: PSP Chambersburg
A 66-year-old man is dead and a woman was seriously injured in a crash in Guilford Township on Tuesday, authorities announced on Jan. 31. Rodney Sebring of Chambersburg, died at Chambersburg Hospital on Jan. 30 following a serious three-vehicle crash, according to the Pennsylvania State Police. It all started when Margaret Cole was heading south along Falling Spring Road, SR-2029, near the Briar Lane intersection. Suddenly, she drove her black Jeep Renegade into the northbound lane — side-swiping Brendan Finucane's silver Volvo S60. Then she crashed head-on into Sebring's silver Linco…
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Car Lodged Under Tractor Trailer In Central PA — Driver 'OK' Witnesses Say (
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A driver is supposedly "ok" after crashing into a tractor-trailer and getting stuck underneath it, witnesses to the Grantville area crash said. The crushing crash happened at Allentown Boulevard/Route 22 and Route 743 in East Hanover Township on Tuesday. Emergency crews were called to the scene around 1:20 p.m. on Jan. 23, according to the Grantville Volunteer Fire Company. The Jaws of Life were used to extract the man from the driver's seat of the vehicle, the fire company explained. Grantville Vol Fire Co. He was reportedly taken to an area hospital for an eval…
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Mechanicsburg Man's Fatal Heart Attack Crashes Car Into York Light Pole On New Year's Eve
A 66-year-old Mechanicsburg man died following a car crash on New Year's Eve, but the coroner believes his actual cause of death was a "probable acute coronary event," as stated in a release late on Monday night. David Geesey of the 600 block of Billet Avenue was in a single-vehicle crash on Broadway, near Stock Street, Hanover, according to the York County Coroner's office. The crash happened around 3:30 p.m. on Dec. 31, the coroner's office detailed. Witnesses told police that Geesey's car was heading south before it suddenly veered off the road and struck a light p…
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Palmyra Man ID'd After Head-On Lebanon County Crash (
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A man has been identified following a head-on crash involving entrapment, the Northern Londonderry Township Police told Daily Voice on Tuesday. Anthony Loewy, 65 of Palmyra, was driving north on Gravel Hill Road in North Londonderry Township when he was struck head-on by Jim Ondesko, 28, of Dauphin, township police told Daily Voice. The crash was first called into LCDES at 8:26 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 11. Loewy had been "retrieving his beloved miniature pinscher from B&D Kennel" after visiting one of his daughter's families for an early Christmas celebration, his daughter…
Police & Fire
16-Year-Old Dead In Lehigh County Crash: Coroner
A 16-year-old boy was killed in a crash near a Lehigh County high school on Tuesday, Oct. 31, officials said. The boy was traveling in a vehicle the two-car crash at North Street and Cedar Crest Boulevard near the Emmaus High Schoo, just before 3 p.m., Lehigh County Coroner Daniel Buglio said. The boy was pronounced dead at the scene and an autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 1.
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Teen ID'd After Deadly Crash Injuring Officer: PA State Police (
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An 18-year-old boy is dead, two teenage girls were injured, and the teenage driver is on the loose after a crash involving a police officer early on Tuesday morning, Pennsylvania State Police say. An 18-year-old boy driving a 2000 white Mercury Sable collided with an occupied Harrisburg City Police SUV at the intersection of Holly and 19th streets at 12:34 a.m. on Oct. 3, according to the release by the State Police. Marion Holmes, 18, of Harrisburg, has been identified as the front-seat passenger who died at the scene and the Dauphin County Coroner has notified his family, troo…
Police & Fire
Ex-BF Stole, Crashed Victim's Car After PA Double Murders: Affidavit
The 17-year-old boy charged with murdering a mother and daughter at their North Catasauqua home was found badly injured after stealing the victim's car and crashing it later that morning, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. John Derwin Bradley of Schnecksville is charged with two counts of criminal homicide, Pennsylvania State Police wrote in an affidavit filed in a Northampton County Court obtained by Daily Voice. Investigators say Bradley "had an intimate relationship" with 16-year-old victim Rianna Lynn Glass which ended in August. On Sept. 13, the ni…
Obituaries
Grandpa Killed In Head-On Crash Into Tractor-Trailer, PA Police
A 69-year-old grandpa died at the scene of a head-on crash on Monday, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Aug. 24, 2023. Ernest Bowens of Shippensburg was driving a 2012 Nissan Pathfinder south on the 9000 block of Olde Scotland Road in Southampton Township when he crossed over the double yellow line for an unknown reason, state police explained in a release. He struck Binod Kuwar, 30, of Shippensburg 2009 Navistar at 7:40 p.m.— the force of the impact caused the Nissan to catch fire, troopers detailed. Binod was taken to Chambersburg Hospital for a medical evaluation, and the roadway…
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Shot Fired, Suspects Flee Crash With Stolen Gun On Harrisburg Pike, Police Say
A 20-year-old man was found fleeing with a stolen gun following a car crash in Lancaster on Saturday, police say. John Clarence David Walls Jr. was found shortly after officers were called to a report of shots fired near Harrisburg Pike and North Pine Street and discovered a crash on Aug. 5. The call to the shots came in at approximately 7:20 p.m., followed by the report "that a vehicle crash had just occurred in the same area," the police said. Three people fled the crash including Walls, according to the police. Walls was found with a stolen gun "not far from the…
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