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Police & Fire
Driver Hospitalized After Crashing Into Lancaster County Home: Officials
A driver lost control and slammed into a home in Leacock Township, sending one person to the hospital and sparking a dramatic rescue operation, authorities said on Friday, Nov. 29 at 11:07 a.m. The crash occurred on Buckingham Lane, where emergency crews discovered a vehicle embedded in the side of a house, according to the Intercourse Fire Company. The impact caused significant structural damage, requiring a coordinated effort to stabilize the home. The Lancaster County Rescue Task Force, including members of Rescue Companies 905 and Manheim Township Fire Rescue, worked alongside multiple …
Police & Fire
Amish Farm Rescue 30 Feet Up Barn Rafters In Bart Township (
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A man having a "medical issue" in the rafters of a tobacco barn on an Amish farm was rescued on Friday morning, Aug. 16, authorities said. Firefighters were called to the farm rescue in the 1700 block of Georgetown Road in Bart Township at 8:52 a.m. on Friday, according to a release by the Quarryville Fire Company and Lancaster County Wide Communications. Crews from both the Quarryville and Bart Township fire companies responded. Firefighters located the man approximately 30 feet off the ground in the rafters of the tobacco barn. To safely get to him, a hole was cut in th…
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: 14 Adults, 5 Children Saved In Dover Twp. (
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A group of 19, which included children, was rescued from flash flooding in South Central Pennsylvania on Friday, Aug. 9, officials announced. A local flagged over emergency crews who were clearing a vehicle in the water at 12:04 p.m., Dover Township Fire Department detailed in the release. They told the crews that multiple victims needed to be rescued due to flood waters from Conewago Creek. Crews at Conestago Creek for a water rescue. Dover Township Fire Department Crews at the water rescue in York County. Dover Township Fire Department Boats b…
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Police ID 2 Bodies Recovered From Baltimore Bridge Collapse, Others May Be Encased In Concrete
The bodies of two construction workers were reportedly recovered from the site of the Francis Scot Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore Wednesday, March 27, according to state police and multiple reports. The bodies of Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes, 35, and Dorlian Ronial Castillo Cabrera, 26, were recovered from a red pickup truck about 25 feet under water in the Patapsco River, near the middle span of the bridge around 10 a.m., Maryland State Police said at a briefing on Wednesday. Police believe other vehicles are encased in concrete that came down in the collapse. All six of the Brawner Buil…
Police & Fire
MD Helicopter MedEvacs Man Wedged Between Rail Car, Conveyor Track In PA
A man with his legs caught between a rail car and a heavy-duty conveyor track in Pennsylvania was rescued, thanks in part to emergency crews from Maryland. The call to the industrial accident happened at TB Woods located at 440 Fifth Avenue in Chambersburg at 10:52 a.m. on Monday, July 23, 2023, according to a release by the Franklin Fire Company. According to his family, 20-year-old Colby Taylor was found trapped at the scene. The fire company's Squad 41 "utilized the HyperTherm cutter, airbags, rams and cribbing" to free the man's legs. "The complex incident required multiple torch…
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Lightweight Plane Crashes At Central Pennsylvania Airport
An ultralight aircraft crashed in central Pennsylvania on Wednesday, Nov. 9, authorities say. While trapped in the airplane, the pilot called 911 to a field near Shoestring Airport Ebaugh Road in North Hopewell Township around 2:20 p.m., according to emergency dispatchers. Upon arrival, rescue crews freed the pilot and found that "the pilot was entangled in the wreckage and was most likely suffering from broken lower extremities," authorities with North Hopewell-Winterstown Volunteer Fire Company said. The scene of the crash.North Hopewell-Winterstown Volunteer Fire Company. Crews us…
Lifestyle
Girl Scout Rescued After Becoming 'Inverted' On Ropes At Camp Small Valley
A Girl Scout was rescued after becoming "stuck and inverted, several feet in the air, while attempting to transverse a High Line Obstacle course," at Camp Small Valley on Thursday, July 28, authorities say. Rescue Company 1 of the Harrisburg Bureau responded to the call of the upside camper around noon, the department says. When the company arrived at the Scout Camp, they found that camp staff had already stabilized the girl, who had been upside down for "several minutes," according to a statement released by the rescue company. Firefighters used "ropes and riggings to safely lower the…
Business
Pair Pulled From Chocolate Tank At M&Ms Factory: Authorities
Two people fell into a vat of chocolate at the M&M/Mars factory, authorities say. The pair fell into the chocolate at the Elizabethtown factory located in the 200 block of Brown Street at 1:51 p.m. on Thursday, June 8, according to Lancaster County Wide Communications. They people were not believed to be at risk of drowning as they can stand up in the vat and the chocolate is only waist deep, according to LCWC. Elizabethtown firefighters were called to the scene for the rescue mission and are believed to have drilled a hole in the bottom of the vat to free the trapped pair, accord…
Police & Fire
Bridge Jumper Rescued From Susquehanna River: Officials
A man was pulled from the Susquehanna River Saturday, May 14 in Harrisburg, fire officials said. The man had jumped into the river from the Market Street bridge, bringing Box 9 to the scene with mutual aid boats, the fire department said. The victim was brought to City Island and turned over to Life Team EMS. The "A" Platoon at work with Battalion 6(Bradford), fire officials said.
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NASCAR Driver Among Rescuers In Central PA Wrong-Way Crash
Two star race car drivers assisted fire crews at a fatal fiery crash caused by a driver traveling six miles in the wrong direction of traffic, according to Duncannon Fire Company. The crash occurred on Route 22 East in Middle Paxton Township on Saturday around 10:30 p.m., as Daily Voice previously reported. A pickup truck drove approximately six miles in the wrong direction, striking a pickup truck towing a camper, according to new details that have been released by first responders. Michael Hoy, 64, of Daytona Beach, Florida, died shortly after arriving at Holy Spirit Hospital on Saturda…
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Officials Identify Man, 58, Who Drowned In Swatara Creek
A fallen tree in a local creek has led to the death of a Harrisburg area man, according to officials. The man who drowned in Swatara Creek on Saturday has been identified as Stephen "Steve" Matrese Sr., 58, of Marysville and Harrisburg. The drowning happened while crews we're attempting to rescue him, among others on Saturday around 12:30 p.m. and he was found dead on Sunday around 1 p.m., as Daily Voice previously reported. Matrese was a 1981 graduate of Bishop McDevitt High School and an alumnus of Harrisburg Area Community College, according to his classmates profile. He worked as an …
Police & Fire
10 Hospitalized In Upper Macungie Crash (
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Ten victims were hospitalized in a chain-reaction crash Saturday in Upper Macungie, authorities said. A 27-year-old Connecticut man behind the wheel of a tractor trailer apparently failed to stop for a line of cars around 2:15 p.m. on Hamilton Boulevard right near Newtown Road, WFMZ reports. The trailer struck a pick-up truck that was pushed into a van, which was pushed into a car, the outlet said. Nester Video Production captured footage from the scene, showing two victims requiring extrication and several severely damaged cars being towed. 2 people were extricated and 9 were transp…
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