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Child Struck By Vehicle In Lancaster County, Road Closed: Police Child Struck By Vehicle In Lancaster County, Road Closed: Police
Child Struck By Vehicle In Lancaster County, Road Closed: Police A young child was hit by a truck in Lancaster County on Tuesday morning, Feb. 11, leaving them hospitalized as authorities investigate, police said. The crash happened at 7:36 a.m. on East Farmersville Road in the Farmersville section of West Earl Township, according to the West Earl Township Police Department. Emergency responders treated the child at the scene before transporting them to Lancaster General Health for further care. The child’s current condition has not been released. East Farmersville Road remains shut down between North Farmersville Road/South Farmersville Road and Ca…

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Driver Killed, 3 Injured In Jeep Rollover On Icy Rt 222: West Earl Police Driver Killed, 3 Injured In Jeep Rollover On Icy Rt 222: West Earl Police
Driver Killed, 3 Injured In Jeep Rollover On Icy Rt 222: West Earl Police A deadly rollover crash on an icy stretch of Route 222 left one person dead and three others injured, West Earl Township police announced on Monday, Feb. 3. The crash occurred at mile marker 40.3 in the northbound lanes at approximately 10:20 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 2, authorities said. Responding officers found a 2019 Jeep Wrangler overturned on its roof off the roadway. The vehicle was carrying five occupants, according to police. Three individuals sustained minor injuries and were taken to area hospitals, while one person was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. The identity of the d…

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Goods Disposal Worker Injured In West Earl Township Crash: Police Goods Disposal Worker Injured In West Earl Township Crash: Police
Goods Disposal Worker Injured In West Earl Township Crash: Police A Goods Disposal worker was injured in an early-morning crash in West Earl Township, authorities announced on Monday, Dec. 9. The incident happened at 5:30 a.m. outside 225 South State Street, when a 34-year-old male worker had just stepped off a trash disposal truck to begin loading duties, according to the West Earl Township Police Department. He was struck by a 2015 GMC pickup truck, sustaining multiple injuries. The worker was transported to Lancaster General Hospital, where he is currently listed in stable condition, police said. His name is being withheld to protect his privacy. The …

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Vigilante ‘Mr. 17540’ Nabs Lower Paxton Man In Child Predator Sting: Affidavit Vigilante ‘Mr. 17540’ Nabs Lower Paxton Man In Child Predator Sting: Affidavit
Vigilante ‘Mr. 17540’ Nabs Lower Paxton Man In Child Predator Sting: Affidavit A Lower Paxton man faces multiple charges after being caught in a sting operation by a vigilante posing as a teenage girl, authorities announced Friday, Nov. 17. John Robert Tasevoli, 44, is accused of attempting to meet a 14-year-old girl for sex in August 2023 following months of explicit communication with Justin Perry, better known as “Mr. 17540,” according to West Earl Township police, and an affidavit of probable cause obtained by Daily Voice on Wednesday, Nov. 20. The affidavit details how Perry, who runs social media accounts to expose child predators, began communicating with Tasev…

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8 Flat Tires In One Morning Prompts Sinkholes Repairs On Rt 222: PennDOT 8 Flat Tires In One Morning Prompts Sinkholes Repairs On Rt 222: PennDOT
8 Flat Tires In One Morning Prompts Sinkholes Repairs On Rt 222: PennDOT After eight drivers got flat tires driving over sinkholes on Route 222, repairs are underway, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and a local fire company announced on Monday, Aug. 5.  All the flat tires were experienced in the morning commute along 222N at mile marker 37.2 just north of the Brownstown exit before Pool Road the West Earl Fire Company explained around 5:48 a.m. at 7:13 the PennDOT road crews arrived to complete the scheduled repairs.  The sinkholes responsible for the flat tire are within the limits of a 3.3-mile pavement preservation project on Route 222…

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