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Obituaries
Deer Crashes Through Windshield Killing Mom From NJ On I-276 In Lower Southampton: State Police
Molly Dowd, 43-year-old New Jersey mother, died Monday, April 1, the day after a deer jumped through the windshield of the car she was riding in on a Pennsylvania highway, according to her PA State Police and her obituary on the Dangler Funeral Home website. Dowd was a passenger in the vehicle operated by Michael Bird on I-276 east when a deer crossed the westbound lanes, jumped over the center concrete barrier and onto the hood of the vehicle at 6:25 p.m. March 31 in Lower Southampton, Pennsylvania State Police said in a news release. The deer came crashing through the windshield, seriousl…
Police & Fire
Bristol BMW Driver, 24, Dead In Philadelphia Crash
The 24-year-old driver of a BMW was killed in a Philadelphia crash overnight, police said. Marc Anthony Kulp, of Bristol (Bucks County), was heading north in a a 2016 Black BMW E-Series, on Knights Road when he lost control and veered off the roadway around 2:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 25, Philadelphia police said. The car struck a tree, and ultimately struck the median before coming to a rest. Philadelphia Fire Department paramedics responded to the scene and transported the driver to Jefferson/Torresdale Hospital. Despite the efforts of emergency medical personnel, Kulp was pronounced dead at…
Police & Fire
Driver Severely Injured In Crash At PSP Lykens Barracks, Troopers Say
A driver who crashed into the pillars in the parking lot outside PSP Lykens's barracks has been hospitalized with severe injuries, Trooper Megan Frazer told Daily Voice on Friday. The unidentified driver struck the pillars on the sidewalk stopping them from hitting the building around 12:12 p.m. on Feb. 23, Trooper Frazer detailed. Their "injuries are considered severe and they were transported to [a] local hospital," Frazer said. There were troopers and civilians inside the barracks at the time of the crash but no one else was injured but the driver, Frazer explained. The side…
Police & Fire
Huntington Valley Truck Driver, 30, Dies In Fiery NJ Turnpike Wreck
A 30-year-old Pennsylvania man died in a fiery crash on the New Jersey Turnpike over the weekend. The unnamed Huntingdon Valley man was behind the wheel of a Volvo bobtail heading south on the Turnpike in Bordentown when it collided with a Volvo semi-trailer around 4:25 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 28, New Jersey State Police Detective I Jeffrey Lebron said. The Volvo bobtail traveled off the road, collided with the sound barrier, and became engulfed in flames. As a result of the crash, the driver died. There were no other injuries reported. The accident remains under investigation.
Traffic
90-Year-Old Reading Man Dies After Lancaster Crash: Officials
A Reading man died from his injuries following a two-car crash in Lancaster County, state troopers say. It happened near Good's Feed Mill, 949 Dry Tavern Road in Brecknock Township, on Jan. 22, according to the police report. Donald F. Swavely, 90, pulled out of the Good's parking lot when a southbound Jeep Compass struck his Hyundai Sonata, authorities said. Swavely's car hit a guide rail on the north side of the road and came to a rest, police wrote. The 28-year-old woman and her 11-month-old daughter in the Jeep were not harmed, but Swavely was taken to Reading Hospita…
News
Passenger Dies Weeks After Fiery Crash Into Tree In Montco: Coroner
One man has died from his injuries after a car crash in New Hanover Township last month, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. Stanley E. Pace was the passenger in a car that hit a tree on the 1900 block of Big Road on Jan. 17, officials said. The car caught fire, and two passersby helped first responders pull Pace and another person from the burning wreck, said New Hanover police. Pace, 70, of Gilbertsville, was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest where he died from complications of a cervical spine fracture, the Coroner's Office said. His manner of de…
News
Car Lodged Under Tractor Trailer In Central PA — Driver 'OK' Witnesses Say (
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A driver is supposedly "ok" after crashing into a tractor-trailer and getting stuck underneath it, witnesses to the Grantville area crash said. The crushing crash happened at Allentown Boulevard/Route 22 and Route 743 in East Hanover Township on Tuesday. Emergency crews were called to the scene around 1:20 p.m. on Jan. 23, according to the Grantville Volunteer Fire Company. The Jaws of Life were used to extract the man from the driver's seat of the vehicle, the fire company explained. Grantville Vol Fire Co. He was reportedly taken to an area hospital for an eval…
Police & Fire
Delco Felon Reaches For Gun After Crash Ends Police Chase, Troopers Claim
A police chase in Ridley Township ended in a car crash and an arrest on Monday afternoon, Jan. 8, state police wrote in a release. Troopers tried to pull over a driver, later identified as 30-year-old Khalid Mack, in the southbound lanes of Interstate 95 around noon, according to officials. Mack stopped initially but then sped away, exiting the highway onto Highland Avenue, troopers said. The 30-year-old blew through a red light before crashing into another driver and several parked cars, authorities said. After his car came to a rest, police claimed Mack was "actively re…
Schools
Car Crash Causes Power Outage Closing Bangor Schools, Admins Say
Bangor Area School District is closed on Friday, Jan. 5, according to administrators. Superintendent Williams Haws said in a post on X that the outage was caused by a car crash on Five Points Richmond Road. Good Morning. Due to a traffic accident on Five Points Richmond Rd. The Bangor Area School District and offices will be closed today. — William Haws (@WHawsBASD) January 5, 2024 All schools and offices are closed with no "flexible instruction" planned online, said a message on the district's website. This is a developing story. Check back later for updates. …
Police & Fire
Pregnant Woman, 36, Killed In Lower Merion Pedestrian Crash
A pregnant woman died after she and four other pedestrians were struck by a vehicle in Montgomery County on Saturday, Dec. 30, authorities said. The striking vehicle hit two parked cars and the five pedestrians at W. Rock Hill Road near Bryn Mawr Avenue around 2:45 p.m. in Lower Merion, police said. A physical altercation ensued following the crash. The 36-year-old woman and her unborn child died at the hospital as a result of injuries sustained during the crash, police said. The four other pedestrians are being treated for their injuries at an area hospital. W. Rock Hill Road was clo…
Police & Fire
Head-On Crash Into Stone Wall Kills Upper Black Eddy Man In NJ: Police
A 55-year-old Pennsylvania man was killed and another person was injured after their car crashed into a wall in Hillsborough on Friday, Dec. 29, authorities said. At 12:07 a.m., police responded to River Road near the Basilone Bridge and found Steve Christiano, of Upper Black Eddy, PA, unconscious and his female passenger with a severe leg injury after their vehicle struck a stone wall head-on, officers said. The occupants were removed from the vehicle and officers began life saving measures on Christiano, police said. Christiano was transported to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital wh…
Obituaries
Missing Chesco Dad Died From Car Crash In Delaware: Authorities
An Oxford man who was reported missing late last month was identified as the victim of a Delaware car crash, officials say. Forty-two-year-old Bobby Pipkins Jr. was killed in a wreck in north Wilmington sometime between Nov. 25 and Dec. 6, said Delaware State Police in a release. Pipkins was reported missing to Wilmington police on Nov. 25 after he left a family function and was not heard from again, according to DSP and relatives. The accident remains under investigation by troopers. Loved ones described Pipkins as a hard-working family man. "He is a working man, a lovi…
Police & Fire
Fatal Crash Under Investigation In Warminster
Officials in Warminster Township are investigating a deadly three-car crash, police say. It happened near the corner of Street Road and Johnsville Boulevard around 7:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 22, according to authorities. Investigators said the wreck involved an SUV, a minivan, and a sedan and left the roadway shut down for over three hours Wednesday night. Daily Voice has reached out to the Bucks County Coroner's Office for the victim's identity. Any witnesses to the crash are asked to call the Warminster Township Police Department's Highway Patrol Unit…
Police & Fire
PA Driver Crossed Double-Yellow Line In Serious Head-On NJ Crash: Police
Four people were seriously injured in a head-on Sussex County crash on Saturday, Nov. 25, New Jersey State Police said. A Honda Civic heading south on W. Owassa Turnpike (Route 521) crossed over the double yellow line and struck a Honda CRV heading north, head-on around 11:50 a.m. near milepost 26.2 in Frankford Township, NJSP Sgt. Charles Marchan said. The driver of the CRV, a 75-year-old Newark man, suffered moderate injuries, as did his passenger, a 37-year-old Newark man. The driver of the Civic, Matthew Budd, a 22-year-old Dingmans Ferry, PA resident, and his passenger, a 19-year-old…
Police & Fire
Major Thanksgiving Crash Shuts I-95 Near Commodore Barry Bridge
A serious crash closed a portion of Interstate 95 Thanksgiving morning. The northbound lanes were closed after the multi-vehicle 6:30 a.m. crash near the Commodore Barry Bridge in Chester (Delaware County), 6abc reports. All NB lanes of I-95 closed near Commodore Barry Bridge after multi-vehicle crash https://t.co/Axqqdf1DNO — Action News on 6abc (@6abc) November 23, 2023 PDOT footage shows the lanes remained close as of 9 a.m.
Traffic
5 Hurt When Chesco Police Chase Ends In Crash: Authorities
Five people were taken to an area trauma center after a police chase ended with a car crash in Uwchlan Township late Monday night, Nov. 13, according to officials. The three-vehicle crash happened near North Pottstown Pike and Gordon Drive around 11 p.m., said Elverson-Honey Brook Area EMS. Photos from the scene showed severe damage to two sedans and a tractor-trailer separated from its back set of wheels. Accident With Entrapment In Uwchlan Township On November 13th, 2023, At 23:01 hours the Lionville Fire Company along... Posted by Elverson-Honey Brook Area EMS on Monday, Novembe…
News
Victim Named In Deadly Lehigh Valley Car Crash: Coroner
Officials have named the victim who was killed in an Upper Nazareth car crash late on Friday, Nov. 3. Virginia Forest, 64, died from multiple blunt-force trauma, said the Northampton County Coroner's Office. Her manner of death was ruled accidental. Forest, of Upper Nazareth, was involved in a wreck near the corner of Daniels Road and Bath Pike around 10:30 p.m. Friday, the coroner said. She was rushed to St. Luke’s Anderson by ambulance where she died, according to authorities.
Police & Fire
Meth, $4K In Cash Found On Fleeing Philadelphia Driver After Pursuit-Crash: Cops
A high-speed chase in I-476 in Radnor Township ended in a car crash and an arrest on Monday, Oct. 30, according to authorities. Police say they tried to pull over 35-year-old Lechan Meyer on the 600 block of East Lancaster Avenue when he fled onto I-476. A chase ensued "at a high rate of speed" and officers said Meyer continued to ignore their signals to pull over. Radnor police last saw his car exiting the highway and crashing, the department said. Meyer was taken into custody by assisting Haverford Police, who said they found an extensive stash of drugs in the 35-y…
Police & Fire
16-Year-Old Dead In Lehigh County Crash: Coroner
A 16-year-old boy was killed in a crash near a Lehigh County high school on Tuesday, Oct. 31, officials said. The boy was traveling in a vehicle the two-car crash at North Street and Cedar Crest Boulevard near the Emmaus High Schoo, just before 3 p.m., Lehigh County Coroner Daniel Buglio said. The boy was pronounced dead at the scene and an autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 1.
Police & Fire
Philly Woman, 41, Killed When Car Hits Trees Off Atlantic City Expressway
A 41-year-old woman from Philadelphia was killed when her car veered off the Atlantic City Expressway and struck several trees, authorities said. The unidentified woman was driving an Infiniti westbound in Winslow Township at 6:22 a.m., Sunday, Oct. 29 when the car veered off the roadway at milepost 37.6, Detective Jeffrey Lebron, a New Jersey State Police spokesman, said. The driver’s name was withheld pending notification of next of kin. The crash remains under investigation.
News
Car Crash Closes Restaurant In Lower Bucks County
Gusto Ristorante Italiano in Feasterville is temporarily closed after a driver crashed in through the front window over the weekend, say store management and first responders. Firefighters were called to the restaurant, 430 W. Street Road, early in the afternoon on Saturday, Oct. 21. Neither the driver nor the restaurant staff were injured in the crash, Gusto's owner said on Facebook. We want to thank all of you for the prayers and the support! Thanks God, nobody got injured: the driver of the car is... Posted by Gusto Feasterville - Ristorante Italiano BYOB on Sunday, October 22,…
News
Car Crashes Into CVS In Montgomery County
Fire crews responded to the Kugler Road CVS in Limerick on Tuesday, Oct. 3 after a car crashed into the storefront, officials said. First responders cleared broken glass and debris from the area, said the Limerick Fire Department. Photos from the scene showed damage to the brick facade, windows, and entrance vestibule. No injuries were reported by firefighters. An employee told Daily Voice that the store was open again by Wednesday evening, Oct. 4.
Police & Fire
Teen ID'd After Deadly Crash Injuring Officer: PA State Police (
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An 18-year-old boy is dead, two teenage girls were injured, and the teenage driver is on the loose after a crash involving a police officer early on Tuesday morning, Pennsylvania State Police say. An 18-year-old boy driving a 2000 white Mercury Sable collided with an occupied Harrisburg City Police SUV at the intersection of Holly and 19th streets at 12:34 a.m. on Oct. 3, according to the release by the State Police. Marion Holmes, 18, of Harrisburg, has been identified as the front-seat passenger who died at the scene and the Dauphin County Coroner has notified his family, troo…
News
Driver Killed, Trolley Operator Hurt In Fiery SEPTA Crash: Authorities
A driver died after crashing his car into a SEPTA trolley in West Philadelphia late on Thursday, Sept. 21, authorities told Daily Voice. The wreck happened around 8:20 p.m. near the corner of Lansdowne Avenue and North 59th Street in Overbrook, city police said. Twenty-year-old Ahmir Lesean Henry was headed west on Lansdowne in a Dodge Charger when authorities said he ran a red light and T-boned the trolley. His car burst into flames and he was rushed to Lankenau Hospital where he was pronounced dead minutes later, they added. The driver of the trolley was also taken to Lankenau and is…
Police & Fire
Ex-BF Stole, Crashed Victim's Car After PA Double Murders: Affidavit
The 17-year-old boy charged with murdering a mother and daughter at their North Catasauqua home was found badly injured after stealing the victim's car and crashing it later that morning, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice. John Derwin Bradley of Schnecksville is charged with two counts of criminal homicide, Pennsylvania State Police wrote in an affidavit filed in a Northampton County Court obtained by Daily Voice. Investigators say Bradley "had an intimate relationship" with 16-year-old victim Rianna Lynn Glass which ended in August. On Sept. 13, the ni…
Police & Fire
PA Driver Dies After Hitting Parked Car, Police Say
One person is dead after an early-morning car crash in Reading on Thursday, Sept. 21, authorities say. The driver hit a parked car head-on on the 700 block of Schuylkill Avenue around 2 a.m., according to police. First responders treated the driver at the scene and rushed them to Reading Hospital where they were later pronounced dead, RPD said. They have not been identified by police as of late Thursday morning. The crash remains under investigation.
Police & Fire
Trooper Struck By Driver, 23, While En Route To School Bus Crash In Lehigh County: Officials
A Pennsylvania state trooper and the 23-year-old driver who struck him while he was heading to a school bus crash were both hospitalized with injuries this week in Lehigh County, authorities said. The trooper was en route to a school bus crash with his lights and sirens on just before 3 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 30, State Police said. As the trooper was headed east in the turning lane at the center of the boulevard, the driver of an Acura TSX "traveled directly into the path" and the cars collided, police wrote. The woman in the Acura was injured and taken to Lehigh Valley …
Traffic
Deadly Crash On I-78 In Pennsylvania: State Police
A driver died after losing control of their car and hitting a guard rail early on Monday, Aug. 14, Pennsylvania State Police detailed in a release. The crash happened on Interstate 78 in Tilden Township just before 3 a.m., troopers wrote in a report. The driver was eastbound when their car veered off the south side of the road and hit the rail, according to investigators. The vehicle was found some 50 feet away from the Interstate when police arrived. The victim was found dead at the scene. Troopers said they are withholding the driver's name until next of kin are notifi…
Police & Fire
Five Seriously Injured In Suspected DUI Crash: West Chester Police
Five people were rushed to Paoli Trauma Center with serious injuries following a suspected DUI car crash in West Chester, police say. It happened on the 700 block of Downingtown Pike just before 4 p.m. on Sunday, June 18, the department wrote in a release. Two cars collided and "several people" were trapped, they said. Twenty-four-year-old Reginald Loper of Exton was charged with DUI and related counts following an investigation into the crash, authorities said. Court records show he was arranged on Wednesday, June 28, and released after posting 10 percent of his $10…
Police & Fire
Schuylkill County Driver, 83, Dies Months After Accident
A Schuylkill County man has died from injuries sustained in a crash that happened over three months ago, authorities say. Leroy K. Smith, 83, was the driver of a car that veered off the road and hit several parked vehicles in Hegins Township on March 6, the Lehigh County Coroner's Office said in a release. Smith, of Barry Township, died from multiple traumatic injuries on Tuesday, June 27, the coroner said. The manner of death was ruled accidental. The Hegins Township Police Department also investigated Smith's death, the Coroner's Office noted.
Police & Fire
Montco Driver, 18, Dies In Crash: Police
An 18-year-old man is dead after crashing their car into a tree in Montgomery County on Monday, June 26, authorities say. It happened around 7:15 a.m., Franconia Township police wrote in a release. The driver of a Ford sedan was on Schoolhouse Road near the corner with Halteman Road when he left the roadway and struck the tree, the department said. A passing driver and a nearby state trooper both stopped to assist and were able to remove the teen from the wreck "before the car caught fire," police said. The 18-year-old, of Franconia, was taken to Grand View Hospital where…
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