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2 Electrocuted, 2 Crushed: Brutal Storm Leaves 4 Dead In Pennsylvania 2 Electrocuted, 2 Crushed: Brutal Storm Leaves 4 Dead In Pennsylvania
2 Electrocuted, 2 Crushed: Brutal Storm Leaves 4 Dead In Pennsylvania A 22-year-old trying to stop a mulch fire. A man electrocuted in the street. A passenger crushed by a tree. A retiree killed outside his home. Four Pennsylvanians died horrifying deaths as savage storms ripped through the state Tuesday, April 29, downing power lines, uprooting trees, and knocking out electricity to nearly half a million homes. Man Dies Trying To Extinguish Mulch Fire In State College, a 22-year-old man was electrocuted while trying to put out a mulch fire near a utility pole, police said. He came into contact with an active current and was killed instantly. His identity is…

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11-Year-Old Boy Steals, Crashes Grandparents Car In Pittsburgh: Authorities 11-Year-Old Boy Steals, Crashes Grandparents Car In Pittsburgh: Authorities
11-Year-Old Boy Steals, Crashes Grandparents Car In Pittsburgh: Authorities An 11-year-old boy stole his grandparents car and crashed it into a pole in Pittsburgh’s Windgap neighborhood early Thursday morning, authorities say. Pittsburgh police were called to the report of a vehicle that had hit a pole at the intersection of Broadhead Fording Road and Windgap Avenue just before 3 a.m., according to Pittsburgh Public Safety. The 11-year-old was not hurt in the crash, according to the police.  The boy’s family members were at the scene, and he is now in their care, public safety officials say. Apparently, the tween had previously taken the car and gone driving…

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Coroner Called When Garbage Truck Slams In Western PA Home: Reports Coroner Called When Garbage Truck Slams In Western PA Home: Reports
Coroner Called When Garbage Truck Slams In Western PA Home: Reports One person has died after a garbage truck hit a home in western Pennsylvania on Tuesday, August 2, according to multiple media outlets. The rollover crash into the home happened in the 300 block of Patton Street, Wilmerding around 4 a.m., reports WPXI. A second home was damaged in the crash, according to the outlet. Duquesne Light and People's Gas are on the scene after a gas line was supposedly struck in the crash, WTAE reports. A medical examiner arrived to the scene of the crash several hours later, according to KDKA. It is unclear if anyone was home during the crash and the person ki…

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by Jillian Pikora