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I-476, PA

Driver In Deadly Delco Hit-Run Was Fleeing Police In Stolen Car, Troopers Say Driver In Deadly Delco Hit-Run Was Fleeing Police In Stolen Car, Troopers Say
Driver In Deadly Delco Hit-Run Was Fleeing Police In Stolen Car, Troopers Say State troopers have announced charges against the driver who allegedly hit and killed a motorcyclist while fleeing police in Delaware County last month.  Zamir Walthour was spotted in a stolen Toyota Camry on MacDade Boulevard in Ridley Township late on Jan. 12, state police said in a release.  Walthour fled when Chester city police tried to pull him over and intentionally rammed one squad car during his escape, troopers wrote.  He pulled onto I-476 southbound from MacDade Boulevard and was driving down the shoulder when he struck 53-year-old motorcyclist Firoz Jahangir from…
Lehigh Valley Man ID'd As Victim In Deadly Tractor-Trailer Crash: Troopers Lehigh Valley Man ID'd As Victim In Deadly Tractor-Trailer Crash: Troopers
Lehigh Valley Man ID'd As Victim In Deadly Tractor-Trailer Crash: Troopers Authorities have named the 40-year-old passenger who was fatally struck by a tractor-trailer on I-476 in Salford Township on Friday morning, Dec. 8.  Sean Terwilliger of Allentown was riding south in a utility truck when he and the driver pulled over to secure the load near mile marker 36.4, state police said.  They parked on the west shoulder and Terwilliger was standing off the roadway at the rear of the truck, according to investigators.  A passing southbound tractor-trailer drifted into the shoulder, striking Terwilliger and the utility truck, officials said.  Terw…
Lehigh County Turnpike Rest Stop Sells $150K Lotto Ticket Lehigh County Turnpike Rest Stop Sells $150K Lotto Ticket
Lehigh County Turnpike Rest Stop Sells $150K Lotto Ticket One Lehigh County driver picked up more than they bargained for at a turnpike rest stop over the weekend, state officials say.  The 7-Eleven at the Exit 56 rest area on I-476, 5052 Cetronia Road, Wescosville, sold a Powerball ticket that won $150,000 in the Saturday, March 4 drawing, Pennsylvania lottery representatives announced.  The lucky winner matched all five white balls and the one red ball pulled in the Saturday, March 4 drawing, officials said. The 7-Eleven will now receive a $500 bonus for selling the winning slip, they added.  Across Pennsylvania, more than 2…
Flying Tire Strikes PA Turnpike Driver's Windshield, Sending Two To Hospital: Police Flying Tire Strikes PA Turnpike Driver's Windshield, Sending Two To Hospital: Police
Flying Tire Strikes PA Turnpike Driver's Windshield, Sending Two To Hospital: Police Two people were sent to the hospital Sunday after a tire from one car blew out and smashed through the windshield and sunroof of another car traveling on the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Lehigh County, authorities said. Troopers responded to I-476 near northbound mile marker 67.1 in Washington Township around 10:45 a.m., Pennsylvania State Police said. A cracked stud on a southbound Nissan Altima's wheel hub caused a tire to come loose and collide with the windshield and sunroof of a northbound Volkswagen Golf, according to state police. The 66-year-old Golf driver …
Authorities ID 3 NJ Men Killed In PA Crash Authorities ID 3 NJ Men Killed In PA Crash
Authorities ID 3 NJ Men Killed In PA Crash One was a comedian. Another an actor. And the third an engineer with a passion for singing. All three were New Jersey residents who died in a Pennsylvania crash over the weekend. Nicholas Nissen, 24, of South Amboy, and Joseph Riggio, 30, of Parlin, were pronounced dead at the scene, Carbon County Coroner Robert W. Miller Jr. told Lehigh Valley Live. Michael Guezara, 31, of Bayonne, died at Geisinger Medical Center in Luzerne County, the coroner said. Nissen was the only one wearing a seatbelt, authorities said. The three men were traveling in a 2018 Toyota Camry driven by Morris Plains …
Driver Airlifted From Crash Scene On I-476 In Plymouth Township Driver Airlifted From Crash Scene On I-476 In Plymouth Township
Driver Airlifted From Crash Scene On I-476 In Plymouth Township A driver was airlifted from the scene of a crash on 1-476 in Plymouth Township Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. Crews responding to mile marker 17.5 southbound on I-476 around 4:25 p.m. were told a driver was trapped after they drove into and over the guardrail, landing down a slight ditch in the center median, according to Plymouth Fire Company Crews worked in temperatures in excess of 100 degrees, to remove the full side wall on the driver's side, both passenger side doors, and the roof, authorities said. Crews then had to cut away a large section of the meta…