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Garbage Truck Crushes PA Sanitation Worker To Death Garbage Truck Crushes PA Sanitation Worker To Death
Garbage Truck Crushes PA Sanitation Worker To Death A sanitation worker is dead after being hit by the truck he was working on, according to authorities.  It happened around 11:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 15 in Ridley Park, borough police said in a statement.  The employee, 31-year-old Frank Daniels, was on the 200 block of West Hinckley Avenue when he was struck and fatally injured, said police and sanitation company JP Mascaro and Sons.  The Occupational Safety and Health Administration confirmed that they are investigating the death and noted that JP Mascaro and Sons has no past OSHA inspection history.  The compan…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Delco Pair Arrested On Child Porn Charges Delco Pair Arrested On Child Porn Charges
Delco Pair Arrested On Child Porn Charges A Delaware County pair was charged with making and uploading videos and photos of child pornography, authorities said. Matteo T. Arriaga, 20, of Ridley Park, was initially charged in January after posting 271 videos of lewd content, including a 23-second video clip recorded on his phone in a Snapchat message thread with a person identified as “Gia," Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer said. Following that discovery, investigators seized four Apple iPhones, two laptop computers, a custom PC, and two external hard drives, they said. Further investigation led detectives t…

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by Nicole Acosta
News
Newborn Named After 911 Dispatcher Who Coached Mom Through Labor On Side Of Highway Newborn Named After 911 Dispatcher Who Coached Mom Through Labor On Side Of Highway
Newborn Named After 911 Dispatcher Who Coached Mom Through Labor On Side Of Highway Elizabeth Elyce Jalloh has a name with a story to tell. "Elizabeth" is an homage to her mom Charlotte Fatoma's grandmother, whom she says is beautiful, kind and caring.  The baby's middle name is after the 911 dispatcher, Elyce Rivera, who coached Fatoma through the entire delivery over the phone on the side of Pennsylvania's Interstate 476 in late October.  Fatoma and her baby met Rivera for the first time early this week on the "Today Show." There, Fatoma asked Rivera -- whom she describes as being "patient, kind and angelic -- to be her new daughter's godmother. "There w…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Unbelted Girl, 12, Dead, 5 Others Injured In I-95 Crash In PA, State Police Say Unbelted Girl, 12, Dead, 5 Others Injured In I-95 Crash In PA, State Police Say
Unbelted Girl, 12, Dead, 5 Others Injured In I-95 Crash In PA, State Police Say A 12-year-old girl died and four children were injured when the minivan they were riding in overturned on I-95 in Delaware County Saturday, authorities said. The crash occurred when the driver, Cynthia Yvette Rodriguez, 27, lost control around 11:30 a.m. on the northbound side near Tinicum Township, Pennsylvania State Police said. Rodriguez and the girl -- of Ridley Park -- were both ejected. The girl was pronounced dead at the scene while Rodriguez was hospitalized with serious injuries, police said. Meanwhile, another woman, 34, and four children ages 10, 9, 6 and 2 months, suffered…

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by Cecilia Levine