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Semi-Pro NJ Football Player Killed In Route 322 Crash In PA: Derry Twp. Police Semi-Pro NJ Football Player Killed In Route 322 Crash In PA: Derry Twp. Police
Semi-Pro NJ Football Player Killed In Route 322 Crash In PA: Derry Twp. Police A 27-year-old man from New Jersey was killed in a crash on Route 322 near Hummelstown on Monday, Nov. 11, after his box truck struck the Fiddlers Elbow bridge abutment, police announced. Zachary J. Bautz, 28, of Maple Shade, NJ, was killed in a crash on Route 322 near Hummelstown when his box truck struck the Fiddlers Elbow bridge abutment, Derry Township police announced on Monday, Nov. 11.  Bautz veered off the westbound lane, hitting a roadside message board, a concrete barrier, and traveling up an embankment before colliding with the bridge abutment at 6:16 a.m., causing the truck …

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Traffic
Tractor-Trailer Rolls Over Spilling Dog Food On PA Turnpike: Officials Tractor-Trailer Rolls Over Spilling Dog Food On PA Turnpike: Officials
Tractor-Trailer Rolls Over Spilling Dog Food On PA Turnpike: Officials A ramp of the PA Turnpike/Interstate 76 closed Thursday morning, Aug. 22 due to a rollover crash, officials said. A tractor-trailer hauling dog food was heading east on I-76 when it attempted to take Exit 257 - Harrisburg East Interchange to I-283 Northbound, according to PennDOT and Turnpike officials. That's when it flipped over — spilling dog food on the interstate at 1:47 a.m. The exit ramp was fully closed until around 9 a.m. when one lane reopened, as seen on traffic cameras, but a second crash happened at 1:12 p.m. closing the ramp again. Crews remained on the scene for clean up as…

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Traffic
Camper Rollover Crash On I-81 In PA: PennDOT Camper Rollover Crash On I-81 In PA: PennDOT
Camper Rollover Crash On I-81 In PA: PennDOT A overturned trailer has blocked all lanes on Interstate 81 in Central Pennsylvania on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, authorities said.  The crash happened on I-81 southbound 1.4 miles south of Exit 37: PA 233 - Newville around 4 p.m., according to PennDOT. Crash on I-81 southbound at Mile Post: 36.0. There is a lane restriction. — 511PA Harrisburg (@511PAHarrisburg) June 20, 2023 "A truck towing a camper overturned, blocking southbound I-81 at Mile 36," Dave Thompson District Press Officer with PennDOT told Daily Voice, "as of 4:19 p.m. one lane is open to traffic."  The traffic appears t…

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Traffic
Holy Guacamole! I-81 Avocado Spill Leaves Tractor-Trailer Dangling: PennDOT Holy Guacamole! I-81 Avocado Spill Leaves Tractor-Trailer Dangling: PennDOT
Holy Guacamole! I-81 Avocado Spill Leaves Tractor-Trailer Dangling: PennDOT A truck carrying avocados has spilled on Interstate 81, according to Pennsylvania Department of Transportation officials.  The tractor-trailer, "failed to make a curve" from the I-81 North ramp to US 22 around 8 a.m. on Friday, May 12, 2023, PennDOT spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler explained.  The trailer split open– along with hundreds of avocados, as they rolled, smooshed, and splattered onto the highway below. The trailer was also dangling off the ramp but crews have been working to put it back on the roadway, which also caused the trailer to rupture open even further– spilling …

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Obituaries
Marine, PA Dad Of Three, Dies After Climbing On Tractor-Trailer On Christmas Day Marine, PA Dad Of Three, Dies After Climbing On Tractor-Trailer On Christmas Day
Marine, PA Dad Of Three, Dies After Climbing On Tractor-Trailer On Christmas Day A Marine, registered nurse, and father of three from Ephrata died after climbing onto the underside of the chassis of a truck between the trailer and the tractor, authorities announced on Wednesday, Jan. 4.  Video footage revealed how 39-year-old Paul Donnelly climbed "onto a tractor trailer truck and lie down on the chassis between the cab and the trailer while it was stopped at an intersection in Ephrata Borough" on  December 25, 2022 at approximately 12:25 a.m., the Eprata police stated in the release. He then "held onto the underside of the chassis upside down as the truck pul…

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News
Illinois Man ID'd Following York County Milk Truck Crash: Coroner Illinois Man ID'd Following York County Milk Truck Crash: Coroner
Illinois Man ID'd Following York County Milk Truck Crash: Coroner A cargo truck driver has been identified following a deadly crash involving a milk truck in York County on Saturday, Nov. 5, authorities say.  Patrick Moynihan, 61, of Summit, IL, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash at 2882 Delta Road in Chanceford Township, Airville around 4 a.m., according to a release by the York County coroner's office.  He had driving south on Delta Rd. when a milk truck entered the road from an adjacent highway but Moynihan did not seem to notice the milk truck and directly hit it "without slowing down or braking" around 2:30 a.m., Coroner Pam…

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Police & Fire
I-83 Reopens At Queen Street Bridge Following Stuck Dump Truck Crash: Authorities I-83 Reopens At Queen Street Bridge Following Stuck Dump Truck Crash: Authorities
I-83 Reopens At Queen Street Bridge Following Stuck Dump Truck Crash: Authorities A stuck dump truck crash along Interstate 83 has closed the roadway in both directions in York County as on Wednesday, August 24, according to the Pennsylvania department of transportation.  On 8-24-22 at 1520 hrs Station 26 was dispatched to box 19-832 I 83 NB at Queen St. to assist multiple Fire Police... Posted by Strinestown Community Fire Company 26 on Wednesday, August 24, 2022 The crash happened at the overpass between Exit 16B: PA 74 North Queen Street and Exit 15: I-83 BUSINESS - South George Street around 3 p.m., PennDOT officials say.  The bed of the dump truck was seemingl…

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Police & Fire
FedEx Truck Hits 18-Year-Old Girl, Rolls Over In Deadly I-81 Crash: PA State Police FedEx Truck Hits 18-Year-Old Girl, Rolls Over In Deadly I-81 Crash: PA State Police
FedEx Truck Hits 18-Year-Old Girl, Rolls Over In Deadly I-81 Crash: PA State Police An accident involving a FedEx truck driver and an 18-year-old girl has left one person dead, Pennsylvania state police say. The FedEx truck hit the 18-year-old’s vehicle along Interstate 81 at mile marker 88.6 in Union Township around 12:16 p.m. on Saturday, May 7, according to a release by state police. The unnamed 50-year-old trucker had left his lane prior to hitting the teenager’s vehicle— he then continued to cross the highway and rolled over— he was trapped and despite EMS rescue efforts, he was pronounced dead at the scene, the release shows. The man was hauling tandem trailers w…

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