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Pregnant Teen Among 4 Named In Fatal PA Crash: Authorities
Authorities have named the four people who died on Route 322 in Boothwyn on Wednesday afternoon, April 24. A red Ford Taurus with seven people inside sped off when a state police vehicle tried to pull them over at 1:30 p.m., officials said previously. After a brief pursuit, the trooper turned off their lights and sirens as the Taurus continued and immediately crashed, according to police. Four occupants died, all Philadelphia residents: 20-year-old Isaiah Miller, the driver 20-year-old Ikeam Rogers, the front-seat passenger 21-year-old Kalyn Billups, a …
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US Rt 30 Crash Kills Man, York County Coroner Says (
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A coroner was called to the WellSpan York hospital in connection to the crash near the border of York and Adams counties along US Route 30, authorities said on Friday. An 86-year-old man at 11:01 a.m. on Jan. 12, following the crash, York County Coroner Pam Gay explained. A tractor-trailer and a sedan had collided in the 7400 block of Lincoln Highway/US Route 30 near the intersection of Moulstown Road in Paradise Township, just before 9:19 a.m. on Jan. 12 when the call came into the County of York Department of Emergency Services. The driver of the sedan was entrapped in his v…
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Entrapped Trucker Med'Evaced From Rollover HazMat Incident On US Route 15 (
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A HazMat team and multiple emergency crews have been called to the scene of a crash on US Route 15 on Tuesday morning, according to the York County Department of Emergency Services. The call to a tractor-trailer overturned and spilled an estimated 100 gallons of diesel onto the southbound lanes of Route 15 near Range End Road in Carroll Township, Dillsburg came into dispatch at 9:11 a.m. on Dec. 19, York County Office of Emergency Management Public Information Officer Ted Czech explained to Daily Voice. One person in the truck freed themselves but the other was trapped and needed emer…
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Woman Charged After Crashing Into Firetruck On Harrisburg Pike
A woman has been cited in connection to a crash into a firetruck heading to a house fire on Thursday, according to a Pennsylvania State Police release on Wednesday, Oct. 4. Paula C. Maurer, 56, of Annville was driving her 2023 Subaru RX south on North Deodate Road and pulled forward at a green light at the intersection with East Harrisburg Pike/Route 230, according to the PA State police release. She struck the Middletown Volunteer Fire Company truck that had lights and sirens on when it entered the intersection in Londonderry Township around 7 a.m. on Sept. 2…
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Serious Storm Damage From Flash Flood In Eastern PA (
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More storms may be yet to come, the National Weather Service advised as authorities are assessing damage after major thunderstorms left portions of Chester County underwater on Tuesday, July 25. The National Weather Service had warned of a severe thunderstorm watch from Washington DC to the northern border of Connecticut around noon and lasting through 8 p.m. By 8:30 p.m., the West Whiteland Fire Company said that it had made 16 water rescues to pull more than 30 people from their vehicles that had been caught in the flood. "We cannot stress enough do not drive through flooded roadways…
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MD Helicopter MedEvacs Man Wedged Between Rail Car, Conveyor Track In PA
A man with his legs caught between a rail car and a heavy-duty conveyor track in Pennsylvania was rescued, thanks in part to emergency crews from Maryland. The call to the industrial accident happened at TB Woods located at 440 Fifth Avenue in Chambersburg at 10:52 a.m. on Monday, July 23, 2023, according to a release by the Franklin Fire Company. According to his family, 20-year-old Colby Taylor was found trapped at the scene. The fire company's Squad 41 "utilized the HyperTherm cutter, airbags, rams and cribbing" to free the man's legs. "The complex incident required multiple torch…
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Building Explosion Rocks Central PA (
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A public works building exploded on Wednesday morning, July 5 in Central Pennsylvania, authorities say. Six homes were evacuated when a propane leak caused an explosion at the public works storage building behind the township's office building on 971 North Colebrook Road in Rapho Township, according to Lancaster County Wide Communications Emergency Dispatch. It happened at 6 a.m., and could be felt all the way in Columbia Borough and Mount Joy, readers told Daily Voice. Posted by Zach-DeAnne Jones on Wednesday, July 5, 2023 Rapho Township Buliding Blew up. Houses and woods aroun…
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Amish View Inn Reopened The Same Day It Caught Fire
Three people— including a firefighter— were injured in an early morning fire at a hotel in Lancaster County on Thursday, February 23, 2023, but that afternoon the business had reopened, a spokesperson told Daily Voice. Guests had used sheets to climb out of the AmishView Inn and Suites in the 3100 block of Philadelphia Pike in Leacock Township, at 2:40 a.m. fire officials say. Tom Neely, CEO has released the following statement about the fire: “We are so thankful that emergency services arrived quickly with plenty of equipment and got the fire under control rapidly. We are gra…
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Nine People Hurt In Head-On Bus Crash Near UPitt Campus: Police
Nine people have been hurt in a bus crash involving a Jeep near the University of Pittsburgh campus, authorities say. Emergency crews were called to Allequippa Street and Sutherland Drive near the Petersen Events Center on Pitt's campus in Oakland on Wednesday, Nov. 9 around 11 a.m., according to emergency dispatchers. Upon arrival, authorities learned the crash involved a Jeep crossing over the center line, striking a Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus, Pittsburgh Public Safety officials say and PRT police told WTAE. The majority of the injuries were minor but the bus driver suffered knee…
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Multi-Vehicle Crash Closes Part Of Route 30 In Central PA (
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A multi-vehicle crash closed part of Route 30 in York County on Thursday, Oct. 27, according to PennDOT. The crash happened in the eastbound lanes of Route 30 between the Route 74/Dover/West York Exit and Apple Way shortly after 1:30 p.m., authorities say. At least three vehicles were involved in the crash, and one vehicle appears to have flipped over according to traffic cameras in the area. Multiple injuries have been reported to emergency dispatchers but it's unclear exactly how many people were involved and the severity of the injuries. It is also unclear when the road will reop…
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Resident Cautiously Jumps From Burning Allentown Row Home: Officials
A large fire that began in an Allentown row home and spread to two other buildings prompted one resident to cautiously jump out of a second-floor window, authorities said. Crews were called to the three-alarm blaze on the 1500 block of Liberty Street around 9:45 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 19, Allentown Fire Capt. John Christopher said. A resident tried to escape the flames by jumping from the second-floor window to the first-floor roof, then to the ground, Christopher said. That person suffered minor injuries and was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest for treatment, he added. A mut…
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Resident Killed, Firefighters Hurt As Blaze Burns Down PA Home, Reports Say
A person has died and four fighters have been injured in a house fire in central Pennsylvania, according to multiple media outlets. Emergency crews were called to the fire in the first block of Logan Street in Lewistown around 12:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Apr. 19, Fox43 reports citing emergency dispatch. Truck & crew spent hours on the 4 alarm fire in Lewistown overnight, Engine & crew transferred to Brooklyn 13. Prayers to everyone that was affected by the fire. Posted by Mifflintown Hose Co #1 on Tuesday, April 19, 2022 Four firefighters were burned— two of which were taken to an …
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Longtime Suburban Philly Bowling Alley Destroyed By Massive Fire
A three-alarm fire swept through a Bucks County bowling alley early Wednesday, March 30. Flames were shooting out from Levittown Lanes on New Falls Road in Levittown, causing a roof to collapse around 6 a.m., NBC10 reports. Nearly 20 different fire companies responded. Photos from this mornings 3-Alarm blaze at Levittown Lanes. Crews battles the cold weather, ice, and water supply issues. This fire took a combined effort for more than 20 different departments. Posted by The Official Croydon Fire Company, Station 11 on Wednesday, March 30, 2022 Levittown Lanes fireThe Official Croydo…
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Helicopter Called To House Fire In Central PA (Developing)
A fire at a central Pennsylvania home has injured at least one person, authorities say.Fire crews were first called to a house fire in the 200 block of Topper Road around 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Mar. 29, according Adams County emergency dispatchers. A helicopter was soon called to the Liberty Township home, dispatchers say. The number of persons injured and the extent of those injuries has not been released according to Gettysburg Fire officials and dispatchers. A coroner was not called to the scene, the dispatch supervisor says. Follow Daily Voice for updates.
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Man Shot In Both Legs In Highrise Apartment In PA: Police
A man on the eleventh floor of an apartment was shot in both of his legs on Monday night, according to a release by the police. Pittsburgh police received multiple 9-1-1 calls for a person shot inside an apartment building in the 600 block of Stanwix Street in Pittsburgh just before 9:45 p.m., the release shows. Upon arrival police found a man with gunshot wounds to each of his legs, police say. Officers applied tourniquets until paramedics arrived, then the man was transported to the hospital where he remains in critical condition, according to the release. Detectives from Major Cr…
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19 Confirmed Dead, Dozens More Critically Injured In Deadliest NYC Fire Of This Century
UPDATE: At least 19 people, including nine children, were killed Sunday when a fire tore through a high-rise Bronx apartment building -- a blaze that New York City Mayor Eric Adams called "one of the worst that we have witnessed during modern times.” The cause of the five-alarm fire? A "malfunctioning electric space heater” in a bedroom of a duplex apartment on the second and third floors of the 19-story building, NYFD Commissioner Daniel Nigro said. A door to the apartment was left open, filling the building with smoke, Nigro told reporters. All of the children killed were 16 years old a…
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30 Teens Injured In I-81 Church Retreat Bus Crash, Police Say
Over 30 people have been reported as injured after a bus crash in Schuylkill County, according to Pennsylvania State police. While returning from a retreat in New York on Sunday, one of three Lives Changed By Christ buses was traveling south on Interstate 81 when it went off exit ramp 112 toward Hegins. 12 and 67 were dispatched for a report of a bus accident in the rea of MM 111 on Inerstate 81 at around 230pm. Crews... Posted by Tremont 67 Fire Crew on Sunday, September 19, 2021 The bus crossed over Route 25 and went into the woods in Frailey Township, just after 2:30 p.m. As of Mo…
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Fire Closes Giant In Hershey
A fire broke out at the Giant Food Store in Hershey on Thursday morning, according to fire officials. Crews were called to the Giant located at 1250 Cocoa Ave around 5 a.m. The fire started in the back of the store, where a staff member noticed flames coming from a cardboard baler-- a machine used to crush cardboard. The flames spread from the baler to a nearby wall. The employee called 911 and alarms went off in the store, activating the sprinkler system. The building is a 54,000 square foot facility which required more ventilation than a smaller location so a large fan from Lebanon Ci…
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