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Distracted Delivery Driver From Philly Hits Grandmother, Girl At NJ Bus Stop: Police Distracted Delivery Driver From Philly Hits Grandmother, Girl At NJ Bus Stop: Police
Distracted Delivery Driver From Philly Hits Grandmother, Girl At NJ Bus Stop: Police An Amazon delivery driver was accused of using her phone when she struck a young girl and her grandmother near a Gloucester County bus stop, authorities said. Laura Mayo Pulgarin of Philadelphia was charged with two counts of assault by auto, the Franklin Township Police Department said in a news release on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. Officers responded to the crash scene on the 1800 block of Grant Avenue at around 4:28 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 11. Investigators said Pulgarin, 22, ignored a Franklin Township School District bus that was stopped with its red flashin…

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
Dad Of 2 ID'd As 1 Of 3 Construction Workers Struck Dead On I-83 In PA Dad Of 2 ID'd As 1 Of 3 Construction Workers Struck Dead On I-83 In PA
Dad Of 2 ID'd As 1 Of 3 Construction Workers Struck Dead On I-83 In PA A 24-year-old man has been identified by his family as one of the three construction workers killed when a 24-year-old box truck driver struck a construction vehicle that propelled it into the men working along Interstate 83. Jesse Mckenzie has been identified as one of the workers killed in the crash at mile marker 35.5, on I-83 South in Fairview Township. The crash happened at 3:25 a.m. on April 17, 2024, Trooper Grothey detailed in the release. Jesse McKenzie my heart can’t handle what I’ve heard today…. one of my childhood friends gone in an instant. We were... Posted by Jarrett Hen…

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by Jillian Pikora
Politics
PA Rep.'s Crash Involving Alcohol Under Investigation By State Police PA Rep.'s Crash Involving Alcohol Under Investigation By State Police
PA Rep.'s Crash Involving Alcohol Under Investigation By State Police PA State Rep. Torren C. Ecker was the only person involved in a crash into a guide rail on Route 94 on Tuesday, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Thursday, April 20, 2023.  It is believed that alcohol was a factor in a crash in the 7900 block of Carlisle Pike in Huntington Township on April 18 around 11:45 p.m., state police said. The 37-year-old drifted off the road and hit a guide rail, disabling his vehicle.  The New Oxford man submitted to a blood test, the results of which as pending—as is the charge of "driving on roadways laned for traffic," according to the release.  Ecker r…

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by Jillian Pikora
News
NJ Tesla Driver Airlifted After Slamming Into AT&T Cell Tower In PA: State Police NJ Tesla Driver Airlifted After Slamming Into AT&T Cell Tower In PA: State Police
NJ Tesla Driver Airlifted After Slamming Into AT&T Cell Tower In PA: State Police A 46-year-old New Jersey man driving a Tesla was airlifted to York Hospital after crashing into an AT&T cellular tower along Interstate 76 in Pennsylvania, according to State Police in Newville.  Ashish Sonawane, of Livingston, was heading east through Blue Mountain Tunnel in Lurgan Township when he left his lane for an unknown reason while exiting the tunnel at 9:39 p.m. on Friday, March 31, 2023, as detailed in the release. He "struck a portable traffic trailer on the right shoulder" then rolled into the AT&T tower where his 2018 Y3 Tesla came to a stop, the police explained.…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Driver In PA School Bus Crash Was ‘Distracted’ And Won’t Be Charged: Report Driver In PA School Bus Crash Was ‘Distracted’ And Won’t Be Charged: Report
Driver In PA School Bus Crash Was ‘Distracted’ And Won’t Be Charged: Report A school bus crash that hospitalized the driver and eight students last month in Pennsylvania was caused by a distracted driver and no charges will be filed, PennLive.com reports. The Easton Area School District bus was carrying almost 30 middle school students when it barreled through a guardrail on Bushkill Drive and plunged 25 feet into Bushkill Creek in Easton on Nov. 8, DailyVoice.com reported. According to a follow-up investigation by the district attorney’s office, the driver tested negative for drugs and alcohol following the crash and moments before had turned her head to address a…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
DA: Unlicensed Driver From Lansdale Charged In Deadly Doylestown Crash DA: Unlicensed Driver From Lansdale Charged In Deadly Doylestown Crash
DA: Unlicensed Driver From Lansdale Charged In Deadly Doylestown Crash A 24-year-old unlicensed driver was charged with homicide by vehicle and related charges for causing a deadly crash in Doylestown Tuesday, authorities said. Paul S. Foster, of Lansdale, is also facing charges of accidents involving death or personal injury while not properly licensed, involuntary manslaughter, recklessly endangering another person, driving on roadways laned for traffic, driving vehicles at unsafe speeds, and reckless driving, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Officers responded to Route 202 near the Wells Road overpass around 3:15 p.m. on a repo…

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by Nicole Acosta