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21-Year-Old Shoots Himself Inside AutoZone: Allentown Police 21-Year-Old Shoots Himself Inside AutoZone: Allentown Police
21-Year-Old Shoots Himself Inside AutoZone: Allentown Police A 21-year-old man accidentally shot himself with a handgun while inside an Allentown AutoZone store, according to police. Officers responded to the store located at 2919 Lehigh Street after receiving a report of a shot fired inside the building on Wednesday, Oct. 16, the Allentown Police Department said. When the officers arrived on scene they learned that the man had accidentally shot himself, according to police. The man was taken to a local hospital by Allentown EMS with non-life-threatening injuries. He is expected to survive, police said. This was an isolated incident and there is no…

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by Merriell Moyer
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BB Gun Shooting Sends Man To Lehigh Valley Hospital: Hazleton Police BB Gun Shooting Sends Man To Lehigh Valley Hospital: Hazleton Police
BB Gun Shooting Sends Man To Lehigh Valley Hospital: Hazleton Police A man was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital after being shot with what is believed to be a BB gun, according to the Hazleton City Police Department. Officers were dispatched to the area of West 10th and North Locust streets for a gunshot victim Friday, Sept. 27, police said. However, when they arrived the man who had been shot told them he'd been sitting outside when he felt a sharp pain in his right side. The man told police that he'd heard a noise and the pain followed immediately after, according to police. When the officers looked the man over for wound they found a small puncture wound s…

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by Merriell Moyer
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Boy Bicyclist Hospitalized After Strike By Vehicle: Lititz Police Boy Bicyclist Hospitalized After Strike By Vehicle: Lititz Police
Boy Bicyclist Hospitalized After Strike By Vehicle: Lititz Police A teenage boy is in the hospital after being struck by a vehicle while riding a bicycle, Lititz Borough Police announced on Saturday, Aug. 24.  The teen was riding his bike north on the sidewalk along PA Route 501 when he crossed over into East Lincoln Avenue right in front of a vehicle that was traveling west on the Avenue, "resulting in a collision," police explained in the release.  Lititz Borough of police were called to the crash at the intersection of North Broad Street (SR501) & East Lincoln Avenue on Friday, Aug. 23, around 8:50 p.m., according to a release by the depa…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Pedestrian Struck Near Cemetery In Lititz, Police Say Pedestrian Struck Near Cemetery In Lititz, Police Say
Pedestrian Struck Near Cemetery In Lititz, Police Say Directly across from a cemetery, someone was struck by a vehicle, Lititz police announced on Sunday, July 7.  The crash happened at the intersection of South Broad Street/PA Route 501 and East Third Avenue around 2:16 p.m. on June 27, Lititz Borough of Police detailed in the release.  The driver was "attempting to turn left onto South Broad Street from East Third Avenue [and] failed to yield to the right-of-way of a pedestrian crossing the street in the crosswalk," the police stated in the release. The crosswalk is clearly marked as seen on Google Maps Street View (pictured a…

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by Jillian Pikora
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7 People Hospitalized Following Crash In Lititz 7 People Hospitalized Following Crash In Lititz
7 People Hospitalized Following Crash In Lititz Seven people were injured following a crash into a tree in Lititz, area police announced on Thursday, September 15.  The crash happened in the  300 Block of South Broad Street/State Route 501 at 6:21 p.m. on Sept. 1, according to Lititz Borough police.  A man driving the van picture exited the left lane for an unknown reason and "struck a tree which was located adjacent to the roadway," police say. The driver and six passengers were all transported by ambulance "for hospital-based care for non-life-threatening injuries," as stated in the release.  A summary traffic cit…

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by Jillian Pikora