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High-Speed Chase Ends In Massive Gas Line Explosion: DA High-Speed Chase Ends In Massive Gas Line Explosion: DA
High-Speed Chase Ends In Massive Gas Line Explosion: DA A driver who turned a simple traffic stop into a high-speed police chase, ultimately crashing into a home and causing a gas line explosion, has been sentenced to state prison, authorities announced Monday, March 17. Waleem Felder, 46, of Philadelphia, was sentenced to three years and nine months to 12 years in state prison on Tuesday, March 5, after being convicted on multiple charges, including risking catastrophe and fleeing or attempting to elude an officer, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office. The chaos began in November 2023 when Lancaster police attempted to p…

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Vehicle Strikes Home, Causing Gas Leak In Camp Hill: Police Vehicle Strikes Home, Causing Gas Leak In Camp Hill: Police
Vehicle Strikes Home, Causing Gas Leak In Camp Hill: Police A car crash in Camp Hill caused a home to be evacuated after a vehicle struck the residence and triggered a gas leak, police announced on Friday, Dec. 20.  The incident happened at the intersection of N. 21st Street and Page Street on Thursday, Dec. 19, around 10:56 a.m., according to Camp Hill Police. A 64-year-old driver suffered a medical episode while heading north on N. 21st Street, causing him to lose consciousness, the police explained.  The vehicle veered through several front yards in the 200 block before colliding with the home, police said. The collision caused a natu…

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Gas Leak Prompts Evacuation In Elizabethtown: Police (DEVELOPING) Gas Leak Prompts Evacuation In Elizabethtown: Police (DEVELOPING)
Gas Leak Prompts Evacuation In Elizabethtown: Police (Developing) A gas leak has led to an evacuation and traffic being diverted, Lancaster County authorities explained on Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 6.  The gas leak happened at the intersection of East Bainbridge and South Spruce in Elizabethtown at 2:25 p.m., according to Lancaster County Wide Communications.  "Residents should avoid the area," Elizabethtown police said in a release at 3:09 p.m.  A two-block perimeter has been evacuated as a precaution, LCWC explained. "The Elizabethtown Fire Department and Fire Police, Elizabethtown Police Department, and UGI are already on scene diverting…

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Tractor-Trailer Plows Through Middletown Wendy's, Slams Into Holiday Inn (PHOTOS) Tractor-Trailer Plows Through Middletown Wendy's, Slams Into Holiday Inn (PHOTOS)
Tractor-Trailer Plows Through Middletown Wendy's, Slams Into Holiday Inn (Photos) Foggy eye-glass lenses supposedly caused a tractor-trailer to plow through a Wendy's into a Holiday Inn in Middletown on Friday morning — two things we know for sure, this isn't how late in drive-thru or hotel check-ins work. The crash happened off 801 South/Eisenhower Boulevard at PA Route 283 in Middletown, Lower Swatara Township around 2:43 a.m. on July 12, the township police and fire department explained in separate releases later that morning.  Before he was taken to the hospital, the driver told the police he had been coming from Lancaster, PA en route to Washington State when t…

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