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Mom Handcuffed, Stabbed Dead By Estranged Husband In Pittsburgh: Report Mom Handcuffed, Stabbed Dead By Estranged Husband In Pittsburgh: Report
Mom Handcuffed, Stabbed Dead By Estranged Husband In Pittsburgh: Report A 50-year-old Pittsburgh man wanted for handcuffing and stabbing his estranged wife to death before sending a photo of her body to a friend was arrested in West Virginia earlier this week, according to authorities and a report by the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. William L. Fitzgerald was captured on Interstate 79 near Morgantown, West Virginia on Monday, Jan. 9 in connection with the slaying of Tarae Washington, 47, Pittsburgh police said.  Washington was found handcuffed with stab wounds in her blood-covered Arlington home on Jan. 5, where Fitzgerald snapped a photo and sent it …
Police Corporal Caused Head-On Crash On I-79: PA State Police Police Corporal Caused Head-On Crash On I-79: PA State Police
Police Corporal Caused Head-On Crash On I-79: PA State Police A police corporal caused a head-on crash that sent himself and another driver to hospitals on Tuesday, April 5, state police say. The crash happened in the northbound lanes of Interstate 79 in Lancaster Township, Butler County at mile marker 91 around 4:18 p.m., according to Pennsylvania state police. New Sewickley Township police Cpl. Gregory Carney, 43, of Beaver County, lost control of his patrol  car for unknown reasons— exiting the southbound lanes, crossing the median, and then entered the northbound lanes— hitting a Jeep Cherokee head-on, according to PSP's release. Both vehicl…
Fake GoFundMe Removed As Community Rallies For School Bus Driver Dad Killed In I79 Crash Fake GoFundMe Removed As Community Rallies For School Bus Driver Dad Killed In I79 Crash
Fake GoFundMe Removed As Community Rallies For School Bus Driver Dad Killed In I79 Crash Pennsylvanians are rallying for two families who lost loved ones in a school bus crash along Interstate 79, but a fake GoFundMe campaign temporarily thwarted their efforts. A school bus crashed into a tractor-trailer along I-79 near the Route 422 interchange in Butler County on Tuesday around 5 p.m., as Daily Voice reported at the time. The bus was from Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center and was carrying 13 students all between the ages of 13 and 17, as Daily Voice previously reported. A student, Brylee Walker, 14, was the student killed in the crash, according to a GoFundMe campaign p…
Support Surges For Families Of Student, Bus Driver Killed In l79 Crash Support Surges For Families Of Student, Bus Driver Killed In l79 Crash
Support Surges For Families Of Student, Bus Driver Killed In l79 Crash UPDATE: The fake GoFundMe campaign for school bus driver, Lindsay Thompkins' family has been removed and his family has launched a real one. You can read more about it and find out how to donate here. ORIGINAL: The victims of a fatal school bus crash along Interstate 79 have been identified by police. Lindsay Thompkins, 31, of Aliquippa, Beaver County, was the driver of the school bus that crashed into a tractor-trailer near the Route 422 interchange on Tuesday, according to Pennsylvania state police.  The tractor-trailer driver Karandeep Singh, who was uninjured when the bus crashed int…
14-Year-Old Girl, School Bus Driver Killed In Multi-Vehicle Crash On I-79, Coroner Says 14-Year-Old Girl, School Bus Driver Killed In Multi-Vehicle Crash On I-79, Coroner Says
14-Year-Old Girl, School Bus Driver Killed In Multi-Vehicle Crash On I-79, Coroner Says A 14-year-old girl and a school bus driver died in a multi-vehicle crash along Interstate 79 Tuesday afternoon, according to the Butler County coroner’s office. The school bus hit the back of a tractor-trailer while traveling north on I-19 near the Route 422 interchange, as reported by WPXI. The multi-vehicle crash happened between Exit 96: PA 488 - PORTERSVILLE/PROSPECT and Exit 105: PA 108 - SLIPPERY ROCK, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Emergency medical services were called to the scene just after 5 p.m., according to numerous broadcast news reports and as …
Massive Crash Involving School Bus Halts Traffic At I-79, 422 Interchange Massive Crash Involving School Bus Halts Traffic At I-79, 422 Interchange
Massive Crash Involving School Bus Halts Traffic At I-79, 422 Interchange A serious crash involving a school bus has halted traffic on interstate 79, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. The multi-vehicle crash happened along interstate 79 northbound between Exit 96: PA 488 - PORTERSVILLE/PROSPECT and Exit 105: PA 108 - SLIPPERY ROCK, according to PennDOT. Multiple medical vehicles, including helicopters were called to the scene just after 5 p.m., according to numerous broadcast news reports and as seen on PennDOT's 511pa. The crash involves a school bus, as reported by WPXI. All northbound lanes of I-79 are closed in the area of Worth…