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PA 911 Operator, Kaitlynn Beatty, 20, Killed In Crash: State Police PA 911 Operator, Kaitlynn Beatty, 20, Killed In Crash: State Police
PA 911 Operator, Kaitlynn Beatty, 20, Killed In Crash: State Police A three-vehicle crash has left a 911 operator dead, authorities explained in the days following her sudden passing.  Kaitlynn Elizabeth Beatty, 20 of Irwin, was killed in a three-vehicle crash along Glades Pike/Route 31, west of Tree Army Road in Jefferson Township on Jan. 30, as detailed in the Pennsylvania State Police report.  Kaitlynn died at the scene, PSP Trooper Christopher Allen Explained. She had been on her way home from work at Somerset County 911.  She was a Pittsburgh native who had turned 20 years old just 15 days before the crash, according to her obituar…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Berks Driver May Face Homicide Charge For Crash That Killed Blandon Man Berks Driver May Face Homicide Charge For Crash That Killed Blandon Man
Berks Driver May Face Homicide Charge For Crash That Killed Blandon Man A driver in Berks County may be charged with vehicular homicide after authorities say he caused an accident by illegally passing another car.  Pennsylvania State Police were dispatched to the scene of a three-car accident on Shartlesville Road near the intersection with Lonesome Valley Road in Jefferson Township just after 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 6, troopers said in a release.  One driver was found trapped and unresponsive in his car. Later identified as 55-year-old Roger Miller of Blandon, he was declared dead at the scene.  Investigators believe an unnamed driver who was headed …

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Coroner IDs Driver Killed In Berks County Crash Coroner IDs Driver Killed In Berks County Crash
Coroner IDs Driver Killed In Berks County Crash The Berks County coroner's office has identified the man killed on Route 183 in Jefferson Township Monday morning, according to a recent news report. A car was traveling north on Route 183 when the driver, identified as a 31-year-old Matthew Clemens, of Florida, lost control and hit the bridge near Shartlesville Road and New Schafferstown Road just before 10:30 a.m., according to WFMZ. A tractor-trailer, driving in the opposite direction, reportedly crashed into the car and pushed it into the creek, the news outlet reports. The truck driver was not injured. Click here for the full report …

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by Nicole Acosta
News
Pennsylvania HS Senior Wins National Taco Bell Scholarship For $25K Pennsylvania HS Senior Wins National Taco Bell Scholarship For $25K
Pennsylvania HS Senior Wins National Taco Bell Scholarship For $25K A high school senior and Taco Bell employee in Cumberland County won the national Taco Bell scholarship contest, according to the company’s foundation’s website. Emma Seibert, of Enola works at the Taco Bell on Market Place Way and earlier this week she find out that she won the biggest scholarship her employer offers. Her $25,000 scholarship will help cover her tuition at John Hopkins University where she plans to study nursing. Taco Bell employees between the ages of 16 and 26 were eligible to apply and over 10,000 did, sharing their passions--mostly their future college majors-- in a tw…

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by Jillian Pikora