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Route 222
Traffic
Route 222 South Closes After Serious Crash, Lane Restrictions North (
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A serious crash has shut down all southbound lanes of Route 222 between the Brownstown/Rothsville and Oregon Pike exits near Leola, authorities announced Friday, Dec. 13. Northbound traffic is restricted to one lane in the same area. The southbound lanes of Route 222 were closed at 2:12 p.m., according to 511PA. Traffic is being diverted at the Brownstown exit, with the roadway expected to remain closed until at least 4:15 p.m., authorities said. The northbound lanes of Route 222 are also impacted, with one lane restricted between the Oregon Pike and Brownstown/Rothsville exits. Drivers s…
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Tractor-Trailer Rollover Cause Closure At PA Turnpike Ramp In Lancaster
A tractor-trailer rollover crash has caused a closure at the on-ramp for the Pennsylvania Turnpike/Interstate 76, officials said. The tractor-trailer flipped at Colonel Howard Boulevard in the eastbound lanes leading to the PA Turnpike/I-76 entrance from Route 222 around 11:30 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 28, according to East Cocalico Township police and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. "Both lanes will be closed for approximately 1-2 hours," the police wrote in a release. There is no word of any injuries. Check back here for possible updates.
Police & Fire
Car Sliced In Half At Lancaster, Berks County Line: Fire Officials (
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A car was found sliced in half on Route 222, Adamstown firefighters announced on Monday, Oct. 7. While heading to a training in Berks County, volunteers with the Adamstown Fire Company volunteers were called to a single vehicle accident on Rt 222. The crash was in the northbound lanes between the Exit: I-76 Turnpike/ PA Route 272 - Denver/PA Turnpike and Exit: PA 272 South/PA 568 East - Adamstown/Knauers around 7:30 p.m., according to PennDOT's 511PA. "Crews arrived to find a vehicle that had struck the guardrail and split in half," officials with the fire company wrote in a Facebook…
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SUV Collides With Equipment Near Amish Farm: Officials (
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The front of an SUV was crushed when it was struck by farming equipment being towed by a pick-up truck on Thursday morning, Aug. 29, the Robert Fulton Fire Company announced. The collision happened in the 1700 block of Robert Fulton Highway/Route 222 near Fulton View Road in Little Britain Township at 5:54 a.m., according to a release by the fire company. Robert Fulton Fire Company Robert Fulton Fire Company Robert Fulton Fire Company Robert Fulton Fire Company Robert Fulton Fire Company The roadway reopened just over an hour later. There is no word ab…
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Water Balloons Thrown From Bridge Damage Cars On Rt 222: Ephrata Police
Cars were damaged after items thought to be water balloons were thrown from an overpass, Ephrata police announced on Friday, Aug. 2. Two vehicles were heading north on Route 222 when they were struck by the falling items at the East Mohler Church Road overpass, around midnight on Aug, 1. "One vehicle sustained a large dent to the hood, and the other sustained a cracked windshield," the police stated in the release. Anyone with additional information about this incident is asked to contact Officer Martin with the Ephrata Police Department.
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Berks Pair Charged In Route 222 Road Rage Shooting
Two men were arrested this week for the apparent road rage shooting on Route 222, said Wyomissing police in a release. Luis Alejandro Rosado Colon, 24, and Alejandro Perez Rodriguez, 23, were taken into custody on Tuesday, July 9, according to authorities. A car was shot at around 1 p.m. on July 1 near the Berkshire Mall, police said previously. No injuries were reported. Authorities obtained an arrest warrant for Perez Rodriguez after identifying him as the owner of the suspect vehicle, Wyomissing PD said. Rosado Colon was at Perez Rodriguez's house and "further rec…
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Overturned Truck Closes Rt. 222 In Berks County
Traffic slowed in Berks County on Tuesday as emergency workers responded to the scene of an overturned tractor-trailer on Route 222, authorities said. It happened near the intersection with Schaeffer Road in Blandon before 10 a.m. on March 21, said Northern Berks Regional Police in a statement. Both the northbound lane of the highway and Schaeffer Road were shut down through the morning as crews worked, they added. By mid-afternoon on Tuesday, NBRPD told Daily Voice the highway was re-opened. Authorities have not said what caused the truck to overturn, nor did they report any i…
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Witnesses Jump Into Action Giving CPR At The Scene Of Deadly Crash On RT 222, Police Say
Police arrived at the scene of a deadly crash on Route 222 to find two bystanders had jumped into action and were given CPR to a man, according to a release on Monday, Oct. 31. The crash happened in the northbound lanes near mile marker 33 in Manheim Township on Friday, Oct. 28, around 5:17 p.m., as detailed in the release. A 69-year-old man from Lititz had been riding a motorcycle when he changed lanes but continued drifting off the right side of the road, striking a guide rail— coming off the bike, township police explain citing witnesses. "The motorcycle then cont…
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