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Man’s Prosthetic Leg Causes High-Speed Crash Off PA Route 322: Police
A Stevens man’s prosthetic leg reportedly got stuck on the gas pedal, leading to a high-speed crash off Route 322 in Lancaster County, authorities announced Tuesday, Nov. 12. John Steffy was driving a 2015 Chevrolet Equinox eastbound on State Route 322 near Sharp Avenue in Clay Township when his prosthetic leg became lodged on the accelerator while turning south onto Sharp Avenue, the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department detailed in the news release. Steffy’s vehicle struck a 2025 Chevrolet Trax driven by Eileen Sprague of Ephrata, police said. The impact caused damage to Sp…
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Car Flips Over Inside Covered Bridge In Lancaster County: Fire Officials
A car crash inside a covered bridge in Lancaster County late Friday night, Nov. 8, officials announced the following day. Upper Leacock Fire Company reported that the crash happened shortly after 11 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 9. Fire crews were dispatched after receiving reports of a vehicle accident involving a car flipped onto its side within a bridge in Upper Leacock Township. When emergency units arrived, all occupants of the car were already outside the vehicle. Firefighters provided lighting and assisted with clearing debris once the car was removed from the bridge, authoriti…
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Mug Shot Released For Woman Charged For Double-Fatal Rt 322 Crash At Lebanon/Lancaster Line
The mugshot of a woman who caused a double-fatal crash — killing a father and his daughter — has been released, on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. Beth Anne Fife, 51, of Dawkins Drive, East Earl, has been charged with two counts each of the following: vehicular homicide, involuntary manslaughter, and recklessly endangering another person, as well as related driving offenses on Wednesday, Oct. 16, court records show. The charges are in connection with the crash on Route 322/West 28th Divison Highway near the Lancaster/Lebanon counties line that killed Allen English, 84, of Lititz, and his daug…
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Manheim Mennonite Dad Killed Driving Amish Boys, Friends Say
A Mennonite dad was struck dead on Wednesday morning, Oct. 10, according to the Lancaster County Coroner's Office. Eldon Kreider, 43, of Manheim was driving a pickup truck when he was struck by a sedan at the intersection of Hossler and Breneman roads in Rapho Township at 8:42 a.m., the coroner said. The driver of the sedan "pulled out in front of him at the intersection," a family friend said. Kreider was driving two Amish boys, "that are fine," the friend noted. The pick-up truck had rolled over during the crash, the coroner explained. He was pronounced dead…
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21-Year-Old Mom Killed In PA Turnpike Crash, Family Says
A mother is mourning the loss of her daughter and young mother killed in a car crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike on Monday, Sept. 16, according to a GoFundMe launched by her family. Brianna Quinn, 21, of Palmerton died in the crash, her family says. The single-vehicle happened on Interstate-276/PA Turnpike near mile marker 350.4 in Bensalem Township, Pennsylvania State Police Corporal Richard L. Levan told us on Wednesday, Sept. 18. Brianna had been driving a Nissan sedan in the far left lane and for an unknown reason crossed all three lanes to her right, "struck a PTC yellow …
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Pregnant Passenger Killed When BF Falls Asleep At Wheel: PA State Police
A 20-year-old passenger was 16 weeks pregnant when her partner fell asleep at the wheel and fatally crashed on Saturday, Sept. 7, according to her social media and Pennsylvania State Police. Nadia Startzman, was in 19-year-old Tristen Armolt's 2004 Ford Freestar when he fell asleep, lost control of the vehicle, struck a utility pole with the front passenger side of the vehicle, and spun out — ejecting Startzman — she was pronounced dead at the scene, PSP Carlisle Trooper Luke Fiore explained in the release. Armolt had been going east on Route 641/Newville Road at the t…
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Popular PA Sprint Car Racer Killed In Crash: Coroner
A popular 23-year-old sprint car race is dead following a crash into a tree on Tuesday night, Sept. 3, the York County Coroner's Office announced. Kyle Craker, of the 900 block of Siddonsburg Road, in Fairview Township, was not wearing a seatbelt and was thrown from his vehicle after losing control in the area of Alpine Road and Boar Mooring 3 Road in Warrington Township around 7 p.m. as detailed in the coroner's release. First responders found the vehicle slammed into a tree. Craker was taken to WellSpan York Hospital where he died from his injuries at 8:30 p.m. Deputy …
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Crash Involving Philadelphia Firetruck Kills Woman, Police Say
A 23-year-old woman is dead following a crash with a Philadelphia Fire Department truck, city police announced on Saturday evening, Aug. 24. The PFD Ladder truck was heading west on Lehigh Avenue when a passenger vehicle traveling north on West Sedgley Avenue pulled out in front of them at the intersection in the District 22 at 12:10 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 24, PPD detailed in the release. The force of the crash pushed the passenger vehicle into an unoccupied parked car, according to the release. Both the 29-year-old man driving the passenger vehicle and the 23-year-old woman w…
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Double Fatal Crash On I-81 Hospitalizes 2: Pennsylvania State Police
Two people were killed in a crash on Interstate 81 on Wednesday, Aug. 21, Pennsylvania State Police announced. The single-vehicle crash led to two people being pronounced dead at the scene, and the two other passengers were taken to local hospitals for injuries, according to PA State Police. The deadly crash happened on I-81 South at mile marker 5.5 in Antrim Township, Franklin County at 1:54 a.m., troopers detailed in the release. Southbound lanes were closed for over five hours Wednesday morning between Exit 10: PA 914 Marion and Exit 5: Greencastle - Waynesboro, according to PennDOT. Th…
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HS Senior Killed In Car Crash: Northampton County Coroner
A boy was killed in a car crash just days before starting his senior year of high school, his mother said on Friday, Aug. 16. Jaxon Phetsavanh, 17, of Hellertown, has died following a crash along the Route 33 Southbound Exit Ramp to Route 248 in Lower Nazareth Township on Thursday, Aug. 15, according to a release by the Northampton County Coroner's Office. His cause of death was "Blunt Force Injuries," as stated in the release. An investigation into the accident is ongoing by Pennsylvania State Police and the Northampton County Coroner’s Office. His mother took to …
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MD Restaurant Cook ID'd In Fatal PA Crash: York County Coroner
A 61-year-old woman who died in a two-crash has been identified by the York County Coroner's office on Monday evening, Aug. 6. Susan Lam, of the 2400 Block of Smith Mill Road, Shrewsbury Township died at the scene of the crash at the intersection of Mt. Airy Rd. and Buchanan Avenue in Shrewsbury Township at 6:15 p.m., as detailed in the release. Lam struck a vehicle with two people inside who suffered injuries and were taken to a nearby hospital. "Deputy Coroner Onalee Gilbert responded to the scene to investigate and certify the death," as stated in the release. There will be no autops…
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TikToker With Over 10 Million Views On First Video Killed In PA Crash
A content creator who is known for surviving two shots to the face died in a crash on PA Route 322 on Friday morning, July 19, Derry Township Police announced in a release on Saturday, July 20. Amanda Thome, 36, of Annville, became internet famous and a bit of a local celebrity when she took to TikTok to talk about what happened after she shot herself twice in the face in a suicide attempt in Sept. 2022 — with reconstruction surgeries still pending, less than two years after the shooting she died in a car crash. @amandathome87 This is my first video. I'm here to…
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Mom Of 3-Year-Old Girl Killed In 'Ricochet' Crash On PA Rt 372: PSP
A 3-year-old girl lost her mom in a car crash on Saturday, according to a Pennsylvania State Police release on July 7, social media posts, and a GoFundMe launched to help her daughter. Kristy Larson, 42 of Lancaster, was driving a 2013 Mitsubishi Outlander east on Holtwood Road/PA Route 372 when she crossed into oncoming traffic, left the roadway struck a tree, PSP Lancaster Trooper Joshua Croyle. The force of the crash "ricocheted [her vehicle] off the tree coming to its final resting place in the middle of the roadway," as Trooper Croyle stated in the release. Kristy wa…
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Former Hagerstown Hockey Player Killed In Waynesboro Crash: PA State Police
A 21-year-old man who was a former popular Hagerstown Youth Hockey Association player died in a car crash in Waynesboro on Sunday, officials announced on June 24. Benjamin "Ben" Browall of Waynesboro, PA previously of Hagerstown, MD, was the passenger in a 2002 Subaru sedan driven by Kirkland M. Knepper, 23 also of Waynesboro when a wild crash happened just before 8 p.m. on June 23, according to a release by the Pennsylvania State Police. While in the 5000 block of Old Forge Road, Quincy Township heading south, Knepper left the roadway for an unknown reason — striking a tree, ro…
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Child Leds Police On Chase In Stolen Car Before Cumberland Crash: Police
A child stole a car, led police on a chase, and was injured in a rollover crash on Sunday, Upper Allen Township Police announced on June 11. East Pennsboro Township Police Department and the Lower Allen Township Police Department pursued the stolen Chevy Suburban into Upper Allen Township early Sunday morning, according to the UATPD release. The child driver lost control of the Suburban and crashed into a railroad embankment — causing it to roll over around 4:23 a.m. on June 9, the police explained. The "unlicensed juvenile" was taken to PSU Hershey Medical Center fo…
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