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Fatal Motorcycle Pursuit-Crash Closes Route 30: PSP (UPDATE) Fatal Motorcycle Pursuit-Crash Closes Route 30: PSP (UPDATE)
Fatal Motorcycle Pursuit-Crash Closes Route 30: PSP (Update) A motorcyclist crashed and died during a pursuit with Pennsylvania State Police in Chester County overnight, the agency said. Troopers began pursuing the motorcycle around 1:40 a.m. Friday, Oct. 27, eastbound on the US 30 bypass when the 31-year-old motorcyclist got off the limited access highway at a high rate of speed, PSP Trooper James Grothey said. The motorcyclist lost control and struck the northbound metal guardrail on State Route 113, where he died. The incident remains under investigation. Route 113 is closed in the area of the Route 30 Bypass bridge in Downingtown for an und…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Crash On Commodore Barry Bridge Closes All Lanes Crash On Commodore Barry Bridge Closes All Lanes
Crash On Commodore Barry Bridge Closes All Lanes All lanes were closed on the Commodore Barry Bridge due to a crash on Thursday evening, Oct. 26. According to the NJDOT website, it happened in the westbound lanes of the New Jersey side in Logan Township. The bridge was closed into Chester, PA, the DOT said.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Sewer Line Break Reroutes Traffic In Morgantown: Officials (UPDATED) Sewer Line Break Reroutes Traffic In Morgantown: Officials (UPDATED)
Sewer Line Break Reroutes Traffic In Morgantown: Officials (Updated) (Note: this story has been updated to include new information from Caernarvon police.) Morgantown area drivers were asked to avoid Quarry Road Thursday afternoon while crews worked to address a sewer line break, Caernarvon Township officials said.  The street was shut down from Morgan Way to Morgantown Road as of from about 3:30 to just before 4:30 p.m. The sewer blockage was cleared and Quarry Road has since reopened, said Caernarvon Police Chief Paul Stolz. 

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by Mac Bullock
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Unconscious Motorcyclist In Critical Condition After Crash On Rt 441 In Lancaster Co.: Police Unconscious Motorcyclist In Critical Condition After Crash On Rt 441 In Lancaster Co.: Police
Unconscious Motorcyclist In Critical Condition After Crash On Rt 441 In Lancaster Co.: Police A "serious motorcycle crash" sent a rider to the hospital in "critical condition" and caused a closure along part of Route 441 in Lancaster County on Tuesday, police announced. The Susquehanna Regional Police, along with the Lancaster County Crash Team, were called to a report of a crash involving a vehicle and a motorcycle at 2420 Rt 441/River Road in Conoy Township at 6:38 a.m. on Oct. 24, according to a police release.  They arrived to find "the driver of the vehicle involved was alert and responsive" but the motorcyclist was unconscious near the crash scene.&nbs…

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by Jillian Pikora
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$12K+ Raised By PA Turnpike Commission Employees For Family Of Coworker Killed In Crash On I-83 $12K+ Raised By PA Turnpike Commission Employees For Family Of Coworker Killed In Crash On I-83
$12K+ Raised By PA Turnpike Commission Employees For Family Of Coworker Killed In Crash On I-83 A fundraiser has raised over $12,000 dollars to help the family of a Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission employee killed in one of three crashes on Interstate 83 on Tuesday morning.  Sean A. Laudenslager, 41, of Dalmatia was driving his 2018 Ford Focus in the left lane of I-83 Southbound at mile marker 49 in Lower Paxton Township when he struck the rear of a tractor-trailer on Oct. 17, according to the Pennsylvania State Police.  Randall S. Yother, 64, of Tyrone had stopped his 2020 Freightliner Cascadia due to a backlog of traffic from two earlier crashes, PSP explained. The f…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Second Driver Dies After Wrong-Way Crash On PA Route 22 Second Driver Dies After Wrong-Way Crash On PA Route 22
Second Driver Dies After Wrong-Way Crash On PA Route 22 A second driver involved in the wrong-way crash on Route 22 in Bethlehem Township early this month has died, according to the Lehigh County Coroner.  Barry W. Fulton, 58, of Summit Hill, passed from multiple blunt force injuries on Sunday, Oct. 5, authorities said. His cause of death was ruled accidental.  Troopers have said Fulton was in a red Chevrolet heading the wrong way on Route 33 when he drove up an on-ramp from Route 22 on Oct. 5.  Another driver, 22-year-old John Michael Woodburn of Bethlehem, was pronounced dead at the scene. A 76-year-old driver from Wi…

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by Mac Bullock
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Elderly PA Couple Killed In Crash, Coroner Says Elderly PA Couple Killed In Crash, Coroner Says
Elderly PA Couple Killed In Crash, Coroner Says A husband and wife are following an accident in Sellersville, according to the Bucks County Coroner's Office.  Authorities said it happened on Ridge Road on Saturday, Oct. 7.  John Christian, 71, of Montgomery County, was a passenger in the car and was pronounced dead at the scene. His wife, 70-year-old Tina Christian, died the next day at Grandview Hospital, said Coroner Meredith Buck.  Their causes of death were multiple injuries by manner of accident, she added.  According to their obituary, the Christians lived in Spring Mount and were married for 51 years.  …

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by Mac Bullock
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Man ID'd After Deadly Crash In Lancaster County: Coroner (UPDATE) Man ID'd After Deadly Crash In Lancaster County: Coroner (UPDATE)
Man ID'd After Deadly Crash In Lancaster County: Coroner (Update) The coroner has identified the man killed in a crash in Paradise Township on Friday morning.  Nickolas Dewey, 47 of Christiana, was pronounced dead at 8:42 a.m. on Oct. 13, by the Lancaster County Coroner's office. The crash happened at the intersection of White Oak Road and Route 896/Georgetown Road at 6:30 a.m., according to LCWC. The two-vehicle crash involved a pickup truck and a sedan, and Dewey was the driver and sole occupant of the sedan, according to the coroner's release.   The coroner was called to the scene of the crash at 7:55 a.m. The status of the pickup dri…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Crash Causes Closure At US 222, US 422 In Berks County |(DEVELOPING) Crash Causes Closure At US 222, US 422 In Berks County |(DEVELOPING)
Crash Causes Closure At US 222, US 422 In Berks County |(Developing) Part of US 422 has closed in Berks County due to a motor vehicle crash on Friday morning, according to the West Reading Police Department. The crash happened on US 422 Eastbound at 8:53 a.m. on Oct 13th, the police explained.  The crash has caused a temporary closure of all lanes between Exit: US 222 North/US 422 East - Reading/Allentown through Exit: US 422 East Business - Penn St/Reading, as of 9:09 a.m., according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. The police noted that this includes a closure at the Penn St. Bridge. West Reading officers are on the scene investigat…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Maryland Dad Killed In Wrong Way Tractor Trailer Crash On I-83 In PA Maryland Dad Killed In Wrong Way Tractor Trailer Crash On I-83 In PA
Maryland Dad Killed In Wrong Way Tractor Trailer Crash On I-83 In PA A fatal crash is now known to have been caused by a tractor-trailer going the wrong way on Interstate 83 in York County, Pennsylvania, authorities explained late on Monday night.  Hendry Tamarez Nunez, 47, of the 800 block of Showell Court, Baltimore, Maryland has been identified as the man who died at the scene of the crash, York County Coroner Pam Gay said.  Shortly before 3 a.m. a tractor hauling an empty trailer entered I-83 South incorrectly driving north from Market Street on Oct. 9, the coroner Gay explained citing police.  Gay noted the correct onramp for I-83 was closed for maint…

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Seen This Car? Driver Sought In Fatal Philly Hit-Run Seen This Car? Driver Sought In Fatal Philly Hit-Run
Seen This Car? Driver Sought In Fatal Philly Hit-Run Police in Philadelphia are looking for the driver who they say caused a deadly accident last Friday, Oct. 6, and fled the scene.  It happened around 6:30 a.m. at the corner of Frankford Avenue and East Ontario Street, PPD said.  A silver Nissan headed south on Frankford Avenue hit a 57-year-old pedestrian after running a red light, according to investigators.  Police said the victim, Carol Gascon of Lawndale, was taken to Temple University Hospital where he died later that morning.  The silver Nissan is thought to be a Maxima or Altima and likely has windshie…

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Driver Killed, Others Hurt In Head-On Crash In Eastern PA Driver Killed, Others Hurt In Head-On Crash In Eastern PA
Driver Killed, Others Hurt In Head-On Crash In Eastern PA A 55-year-old man was killed and two others were injured after a crash in Nockamixon Township on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 7, state police say.  Tjerk J. Post of Lansdale was headed north on Easton Road when a Ram left the southbound lane and hit his Kia Telluride head-on, according to troopers.  Post was taken to Grandview Hospital and pronounced dead, authorities said. His 51-year-old passenger was also hospitalized with serious injuries.  The 28-year-old driver of the Ram received "suspected minor injuries," the police report says.  Easton Road was shut down from bot…

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by Mac Bullock