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NJ Trucker Killed In PA I-78 Overturn Crash: Coroner NJ Trucker Killed In PA I-78 Overturn Crash: Coroner
NJ Trucker Killed In PA I-78 Overturn Crash: Coroner A New Jersey truck driver was killed when his tractor-trailer veered off the road and overturned on Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania, officials announced on Thursday, March 6. Timothy O. Atanda, 48, of Newark, was behind the wheel when the crash happened at mile marker 60.7 in Upper Saucon Township, Lehigh County, at approximately 2:01 p.m. on Wednesday, March 5, the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office said. Atanda was pronounced dead at 2:47 p.m. in the emergency department at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest. An autopsy determined his cause of death was blunt force injuries due to a motor veh…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Plumstead Township Man, 26, Killed In Route 32 Crash: Police Plumstead Township Man, 26, Killed In Route 32 Crash: Police
Plumstead Township Man, 26, Killed In Route 32 Crash: Police A Plumstead Township man was killed when his car struck a tree along Route 32 in Solebury Township, police announced Saturday, Dec. 7. Nicholas Camillo, 26, was driving southbound near Chapel Road around 8:35 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6, when his vehicle left the roadway, veered onto the shoulder, and hit a tree, according to Solebury Township police. Camillo was trapped inside the vehicle and extricated by the New Hope Eagle Fire Company, authorities said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Preliminary investigations suggest excessive speed was a factor in the crash, police said. The investiga…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Family Raising Money For Pedestrian Killed By Philly Hit-Run Driver Family Raising Money For Pedestrian Killed By Philly Hit-Run Driver
Family Raising Money For Pedestrian Killed By Philly Hit-Run Driver The family of a 24-year-old pedestrian struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in Philadelphia last week is raising money for funeral expenses. Tahtiana Diggs, of the 5000 block of F Street, was struck by a gray Kia traveling on Front Street at about 3:40 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 15, as reported by Daily Voice. "None of us were prepared to handle a tragedy like this, on any level. I have been asking for anyone who loved her to please help us give my daughter a proper goodbye," Tahtiana's mother, Melanie, wrote on a GoFundMe page. "Anything given is appreciated, even if it can only be a prayer.…

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by Jon Craig