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Police & Fire
Trailer Fire Shuts Tacony-Palmyra Bridge
All lanes of the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge were closed Sunday evening, July 30 after a tractor trailer caught fire underneath it. The blaze broke out around 5 p.m. .🔥 MAJOR FIRE 🔥🚧 ALL LANES BLOCKED 🚧All lanes are blocked at the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge due to a fire in Tacony. #kywnewsradio pic.twitter.com/VYA555LcJU — Traffic on the Twos (@KYWRadioTraffic) July 30, 2023 The bridge connects Palmyra, NJ to Philadelphia, and runs over the Delaware River. Videos of the blaze were posted to Citizen. No word on a reopening.
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Search Ends For Infant Lost In Bucks County Flood: Officials
After more than a week of active efforts to locate 9-month-old Conrad Sheils, Bucks County officials are ending their search. Sheils, his sister 2-year-old Matilda, and their mother Katie Seley were swept away in the flash flooding that submerged sections of Bucks on Sunday, July 16, Daily Voice has reported. Seley and five other adults were found dead during the initial search that Sunday, police said at the time, but Conrad and Matilda remained the focus of a county-wide recovery effort for the week following. Matilda's remains were found near the Delaware River on Friday, July 21 so…
Police & Fire
'Decomposing' Body Pulled From Delaware River, Police Say
Philadelphia police are investigating after a man's body was recovered from the Delaware River late on Sunday, July 23, the department told Daily Voice. It happened just before 8 p.m. near the corner of North Delaware Avenue and Orthodox Street in Bridesburg, authorities said. The remains were found in the water by a passing ship and reported to the US Coast Guard, police said. A police boat recovered the body and turned it over to the Medical Examiner's Office for identification, according to PPD. The man is described as being white and between 40 and 50 years old. Polic…
Police & Fire
Body Of 2-Year-Old Swept Away By Bucks County Floods Found 32 Miles Away
The body of a 2-year-old girl swept away by intense flooding last weekend in Bucks County has been found after a 6-day search. Matilda "Mattie" Shiels' body was found along the Delaware River in Philadelphia on Friday, July 21, AccuWeather reports. Her body was found after police in Philadelphia received a pair of 911 calls about a body being spotted in the river, and was recovered approximately 32 miles from where she was lost in Upper Makefield Township, the outlet says citing the Upper Makefield fire chief. Her brother, Conrad, 9 months, remains missing, and police said they are "devast…
Police & Fire
Bridge Jumper Swam To Safety, PA Troopers Say
A person jumped into the Delaware River, Pennsylvania State Police told Daily Voice on Thursday. The unidentified person jumped from the I-80 toll bridge around midday on July 20, 2023, PSP explained. The jumper was taken in by authorities for "evaluation," said Trooper Anthony Petroski. Their condition was not immediately clear.
Lifestyle
Neighbors Raise Thousands For Family Of Bucks Flood Victims
Community members and neighbors in Bucks County have pitched in nearly $80,000 to assist a South Carolina family affected by the weekend's storms. Jim Sheils and Katie Seley were in the area visiting family with their three children on Saturday, July 15, when their car was disabled by rising water, Daily Voice has reported. Sheils and the couple's 4-year-old son Jack were able to escape the flood, while Seley, her mother Dahlia, 2-year-old Matilda, and 9-month-old Conrad were swept away, police have said. Dahlia was rescued and treated at an area hospital, while her daugh…
Police & Fire
Paterson Swimmer, 19, Goes Missing At Delaware Water Gap
Crews were continuing to search for a 19-year-old swimmer who went missing at the Delaware Water Gap. Witnesses said the Paterson man was trying to swim from the shoreline to the bridge abutments with three others when he began struggling in the current around 8 p.m. Thursday, July 13 at Karamac — located about a mile north of Route 80, in Warren County, officials said. Three other swimmers were later rescued by volunteer rescue team members from Portland Hook and Ladder Company out of Portland, PA. None of the swimmers were wearing a life jacket. The swimmer disappeared under the water, w…
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Boat Thief Drowns In PA River While Escaping Cops: Authorities
The man whose body was recovered from the Delaware River in Bucks County was allegedly fleeing police, according to the Coroner's Office. Officials announced on Monday, July 3 that an adult man's remains were found on the riverbank near 6206 Radcliffe Street in Bristol Township. Just four days later, County Coroner Meredith Buck says he has been identified as 36-year-old Sokhon Sam of Philadelphia. Citing Bristol police, the Coroner's Office said Sam was trying to steal a boat from a private residence on the 6600 block of Radcliffe Street on June 27. When o…
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Body Found In Delaware River Needs ID, Says Bucks Coroner
The Bucks County Coroner's Office is asking for the public's help in identifying a man found dead in the Delaware River on Monday, July 3. Coroner Meredith Buck said an adult man's remains were found on the riverbank near 6206 Radcliffe Street in Bristol. He is "thought to be the person who went missing" in the river near 6612 Radcliffe Street on Tuesday, June 27, but his identity has not been confirmed, she said. The man was wearing a gray, green, and tan camouflage zip-up hoodie with gray sweatpants and black sneakers, according to officials. "His id…
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Track US Air Force Flyover In
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The U.S. Air Force is celebrating 100 years of air refueling on Tuesday, June 27 with flyovers in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York. The display by the 305th Air Mobility Wing includes a 15-jet formation of tankers and giant cargo planes over the Jersey Shore and Delaware River. The flyover begins from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey with one KC-135, eight KC-46s and six C-17s. The flyovers will follow the Jersey Shore starting at 1:03 p.m. in Asbury Park, heading south over Barnegat Light, Atlantic City and Cape May. The aircraft will then turn toward Philad…
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All Clear: Philly Water Safe To Drink And Unimpacted By Spill, Mayor Says
Four days after a chemical spill into the Delaware River in Bucks County, municipal officials in Philadelphia say the city's tap water was unaffected. Philly's tap water remains safe to drink and use, said Mayor Jim Kenney in an address late on Tuesday, March 28. As the city's water was not impacted by the spill, all ongoing advisories have been lifted, added the Water Department. Mayor Kenney thanked "the swift action, caution, and preparedness" of municipal employees in handling the emergency. "I'm grateful that no residents were exposed to unsafe chemicals in the City’…
Obituaries
Body Of NJ Student, 24, Recovered From Delaware River In PA
Human remains recovered from the Delaware River in Pennsylvania last week have been identified as a New Jersey college student, officials say. The body found by a fisherman in Falls Township, Pennsylvania on Tuesday, March 21 was that of 24-year-old Zachary Lodato, said Bucks County Coroner Meredith Buck in a release. Lodato had been officially missing since Jan. 27, she said. "He is confirmed to be the person witnessed jumping from the Trenton Makes Bridge on that date," reads the release. Preliminary examination reveals "no obvious signs of trauma" though the offici…
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