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Chemical Spill May Have Tainted Drinking Water For Residents Along Delaware River Chemical Spill May Have Tainted Drinking Water For Residents Along Delaware River
Chemical Spill May Have Tainted Drinking Water For Residents Along Delaware River UPDATE: Philadelphia Water officials say tap water is safe to drink through Monday night, Marcy 27, following a chemical spill into the Delaware River Friday, March 24. Officials had been urging some residents who live along the Delaware River to avoid the drinking water after a chemical spill last Friday, March 24. UPDATE: Based on updated hydraulic modeling and the latest sampling, we are confident tap water from the Baxter plant will remain safe to drink through 11:59 p.m. Monday, March 27. We're continuing to respond to this incident. Follow for more updates: https://t.co/g0jrCcy17…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Driver Sought In Fatal Hit-Run At Bucks McDonald's: Police Driver Sought In Fatal Hit-Run At Bucks McDonald's: Police
Driver Sought In Fatal Hit-Run At Bucks McDonald's: Police Investigators are seeking the driver who they said hit and killed a pedestrian at a Levittown Mcdonald's before fleeing the scene. It happened in the parking lot at 7700 Bristol Pike just after 4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 5, said Bristol Township police in a statement. The victim was rushed to Jefferson Torresdale Hospital where he later died from his injuries, they wrote.  The suspect vehicle is described as a four-door Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck circa 2013. The truck has a 4x4 sticker on either side of the bed and may be missing a black, oval-shaped cover for its fog light, they continu…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Ambulance Stolen From Lower Bucks Hospital But Soon Found: Reports Ambulance Stolen From Lower Bucks Hospital But Soon Found: Reports
Ambulance Stolen From Lower Bucks Hospital But Soon Found: Reports UPDATE: Bristol Township police have issued an arrest warrant for Cody D. Lynn-Phipps, 30, on charges of robbery, theft, escape, and related offenses. Cody D. Lynn-PhippsBristol Township PD ***Original story below*** An ambulance was stolen from Lower Bucks Hospital but it was recovered a few miles away, 6abc reports. Medic 168, a Penndel-Middletown Emergency Squad ambulance, was parked outside the hospital in Bristol when someone stole it sometime around 10 p.m. Tuesday, March 1, according to the outlet and Emergency Alerts of Southeastern Pennsylvania. It was found abandoned approxim…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Cause Of Shed Fire Under Investigation In Levittown Cause Of Shed Fire Under Investigation In Levittown
Cause Of Shed Fire Under Investigation In Levittown A fire tore through a shed early Sunday morning in Levittown, firefighters said. The Bristol Township Fire Marshall was investigating the cause of the blaze that ripped through the shed on Heather Lane just after 7 a.m., local firefighters said. Arriving units found 15x20-foot shed was consumed by flames, which apparently extended to another shed in the backyard of a Hawthorne Lane home, firefighters said. The fire was placed under control within 30 minutes. The cause was under investigation.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Gunman Pleads Guilty To Attempted Murder For 2019 Shooting At Bucks County Park Gunman Pleads Guilty To Attempted Murder For 2019 Shooting At Bucks County Park
Gunman Pleads Guilty To Attempted Murder For 2019 Shooting At Bucks County Park One of two gunmen pleaded guilty Wednesday to attempted murder for his role in a 2019 shooting at a park in Bucks County, authorities said. Taariq A. Norris, 26, of Philadelphia, pleaded guilty to attempted murder, aggravated assault, conspiracy to commit aggravated assault, persons not to possess a firearm, possession of a firearm without a license, and possession of an instrument of crime, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Norris was arrested in October 2019 after a months-long investigation into the March 28, 2019, attack that saw a man shot several times at a bas…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Croydon Man Escapes House Fire By Jumping From Second-Floor Balcony Croydon Man Escapes House Fire By Jumping From Second-Floor Balcony
Croydon Man Escapes House Fire By Jumping From Second-Floor Balcony A Croydon man is being treated for his injuries after he escaped a grueling house fire by jumping out of a second-floor balcony early Thursday morning, authorities said. Fire crews responded just before 1 a.m. to a home in the 800 block of Main Avenue to find the 52-year-old man who had reportedly jumped out of a second-floor balcony and a woman trapped on the same floor, authorities said. The man was taken to a local hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation and injuries from the fall, 6abc says. A woman managed to climb from a second-story window onto a first-story roof and was re…

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by Nicole Acosta