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Dump Truck Owner Arrested For Crash That Killed Pregnant Mom: Montco DA Dump Truck Owner Arrested For Crash That Killed Pregnant Mom: Montco DA
Dump Truck Owner Arrested For Crash That Killed Pregnant Mom: Montco DA The owner of the dump truck that killed a pregnant Montgomery County mom is now facing criminal charges, authorities say.  Kellie Adams of Lansdale, 31, and her Upper Providence firefighter husband Jason were expecting a child when she was struck head-on by a DWI dump truck driver in August 2022, prosecutors have said.  Everett Clayton, the 56-year-old West Virginia man who police say was driving the dump truck, was arrested in Boston in November.  Now, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele says the owner of the truck has been arrested as well. Patrick Doran, 24,…

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by Mac Bullock
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Easton Man Crashes Into Tree, Hides In Warren County Farm During Drunken Hit-Run: State Police Easton Man Crashes Into Tree, Hides In Warren County Farm During Drunken Hit-Run: State Police
Easton Man Crashes Into Tree, Hides In Warren County Farm During Drunken Hit-Run: State Police An Easton man was intoxicated when he crashed into a tree in Warren County and fled into a nearby farm with two others, state police allege. Troopers responded to a Honda Accord crash into a tree at Routes 632 and 643 in Franklin Township just after 1:20 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 21, NJSP Tpr. II Charles Marchan told DailyVoice.com. On the way, responders were told that three men exited the Accord and ran into a nearby farm, Marchan said. The men were caught after a brief search, and Yeins Comacho, 38, of Easton, PA, was found to be the driver, authorities said. Comacho was charged with drivin…

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by Valerie Musson
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Philadelphia Passenger, 66, Dies Of Injuries From Fatal DWI Crash In South Jersey: Police Philadelphia Passenger, 66, Dies Of Injuries From Fatal DWI Crash In South Jersey: Police
Philadelphia Passenger, 66, Dies Of Injuries From Fatal DWI Crash In South Jersey: Police A 66-year-old Philadelphia passenger has died from her injuries in a wrong-way drunk driving crash in South Jersey, authorities said. Melinda S. Hart died Tuesday at Cooper University Hospital in Camden, Gloucester Township police said on Monday, March 21. Hart was a passenger in a car that was hit head-on about 2 p.m. on Feb. 24 on the Black Horse Pike near Landing Road. The Gloucester Township Police Department Serious Crash Investigation Team (SCIT) conducted an investigation into the cause of the crash. It determined that the driver of a gray Chevrolet Traverse, Elizabeth V. McDonel, 4…

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by Jon Craig
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DWI PA Man Found With Hollow-Point Bullets At Route 206 Gas Station: Police DWI PA Man Found With Hollow-Point Bullets At Route 206 Gas Station: Police
DWI PA Man Found With Hollow-Point Bullets At Route 206 Gas Station: Police A PA man was intoxicated when he was found with a box of hollow-point bullets at a gas station on Route 206, police said. Police responding to a report of an erratic driver on Route 206 found Ronald E. Whitaker slumped over the steering wheel at the Shell gas station in Stanhope on Oct. 30, Byram Township police said in a Wednesday release. Whitaker, of New Milford, PA, was awoken by officers who felt that he was intoxicated. Whitaker subsequently failed a series of field sobriety tests, authorities said. Officers arrested Whitaker and conducted a search of his vehicle, which turned up a…

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by Valerie Musson
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Driver In Head-On Cape May Crash Was DWI, NJ State Police Say Driver In Head-On Cape May Crash Was DWI, NJ State Police Say
Driver In Head-On Cape May Crash Was DWI, NJ State Police Say A 19-year-old man from South Jersey  was charged with driving while intoxicated after a collision in which he was seriously hurt, authorities said. The other driver also was injured in the two-car head-on crash that occurred Monday night in Cape MayCounty, a New Jersey State Police spokesman said. Mark Hoffman of Millville in Cumberland County was traveling southbound on Route 47 near Route 83 in South Dennis about 7:30 p.m. when he allegedly crossed into the opposite lane and struck an oncoming northbound vehicle, according to Sgt. Alejandro Goez. Hoffman was flown by medic…

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by Jon Craig