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Motorcyclist Dies Following Crash With Volkswagen In York County (
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A motorcyclist died at WellSpan York Hospital following a crash in York County on Tuesday morning. The 63-year-old rider of a 2000 Suzuki motorcycle was heading south on Davidsburg Road when a 25-year-old Carlisle man turned left onto West Canal Street — entering the path of the Dover motorcyclist, according to a release by the Northern York County Regional Police Department. The driver of the 2011 Volkswagen Jetta stayed on the scene as crews arrived at the crash around 6:15 a.m. on Oct. 3, the NYCRPD detailed. "Lifesaving efforts were performed at the scene on the motor…
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Rt 30 Closes In Both Directions In Central PA (
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A multi-vehicle crash has shuttered Route 30 in both directions in Central Pennsylvania on Monday morning. The crash happened in Jackson Township, York County around 7:52 a.m. on Oct. 2, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. The closure is between Big Mount, Labott, and Biesecker roads. The highway remains closed in both directions as of 9:30 a.m. This is a developing story. Check back here for updates.
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Kreider Farms Box Truck Slams Into Elizabethtown Church
Emergency crews were called to a church struck by a box truck on Friday morning, authorities say. A Kreider Farms box truck struck Mount Calvary Church on North Holly Street by Hillside Avenue in Elizabethtown around 10:30 a.m. on Sept. 29, according to the fire department. No injuries were reported.
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Pedestrian 'Incident' On I-81 At Maryland Border Clears: PennDOT
Part of Interstate 81 shut down in Central Pennsylvania on Friday morning, according to Pennsylvania Department of Transportation spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler. The "pedestrian-related incident" happened at mile marker 1 on Sept. 22 shortly before 7:40 a.m., Schreffler detailed to Daily Voice. The southbound lanes closed between exit 3 to Molly Pitcher Highway and the Maryland border, according to PennDOT. The roadway reopened shortly after 9 a.m. "No more information will be released at this time," Schreffler said.
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Man Killed Slamming Into Tow Truck In Central PA ID'd: Coroner
A driver who died after back-to-back crashes on Pennsylvania Route 581 has been identified, Cumberland County Coroner Charles Hall told Daily Voice. Alexander O’Donnell-Colella, 28, of Carlisle, died a the scene of the two crashes on Sunday, Sept. 17. The first crash involved two passenger vehicles on PA Route 581 east at the on-ramp from US Route 15, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler explained. That crash happened around 9 p.m. "A tow was nearby and responded to help protect the other vehicles," she said. "A third passenger veh…
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'Shit Show' In Shippensburg Street Halts Traffic (
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A tractor pulling a trailer spilled its load of manure on Wednesday. The stinky spill happened in the 8100 block of Molly Pitcher Highway North/US 11 in Southampton Township, Shippensburg around 11:30 a.m. on Sept. 13. The roadway was closed between Clearfield Road and Temporary Drive, the Shippensburg Fire Department said. The rollover caused delays between Mount Rock Road and Temporary Drive, according to PennDOT. The "shit show" happened near Final Auto Drive Dealership, the local resident and photographer Alexis Santiago said in a post. The area appears to have reope…
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Crash On US 222 Causing Delays In Ephrata (
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A multi-vehicle crash is causing major delays on US 222 in Ephrata, authorities say. A van hauling a trailer flipped over by mile marker 39.4 on US 222 northbound near Peach Road, West Earl Township just after 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 13, according to Lancaster County Wide Communications. The crash shuttered the highway between exits PA 772 to Brownstown or Rothsville and US 322 to Ephrata as of 2:27 p.m. according to PennDOT. Major delays are ongoing but no injuries have been reported as of 3 p.m. Follow Daily Voice for updates.
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Milk Tanker Spills Into The Susquehanna River (
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A milk tanker spilled on US 22/322 on Wednesday morning, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation officials say. The tractor-trailer cab was hauling the milk tanker when it crashed at mile marker 236.8, between the Dauphin Narrows and the Front St exit when it crashed, according to PennDOT spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler. The call to officials came in at 9:52 a,m, on Sept. 13, according to Schreffler. The driver suffered minor injuries and was taken to an area hospital, Schreffler explained. The right lane was closed for emergency vehicles accessing the area. US 22/322 E…
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Driver Hurt In I-81 Work Zone Tractor-Trailer Crash: PennDOT
A box truck driver was hurt in a crash with a tractor-trailer on Interstate 81 on Friday morning, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation officials told Daily Voice. The multiple-vehicle crash happened on I-81 South near exit 66 by Front Street in Harrisburg around 5:45 a.m. on Sept. 8, according to PennDOT spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler. The box truck slammed into the back of the tractor-trailer "at the beginning of a left lane restriction for a work zone," Schreffler said. The roadway was shuttered across all southbound lanes from Exit 67 "across the length of the bridge," …
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Tractor Trailer Fire Shuts I-81
A tractor trailer fire closed all lanes of Interstate 81 in Dauphin County Tuesday night, Sept. 5. The incident happened on the northbound side at mile post 81 in Grantville (East Hanover). UPDATE: Vehicle fire on I-81 northbound at Mile Post: 81.0. All lanes closed. — 511PA Harrisburg (@511PAHarrisburg) September 6, 2023 The highway reopened after an hour.
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I-81 In PA Reopens Following Triple Fatal Maryland Crash (
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Part of Interstate 81 in Pennsylvania was shuttered following a triple fatal multi-vehicle crash at the border with Maryland, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Officials told Daily Voice on Friday. Four tractor-trailers, at least two passenger vehicles, and several motorcycles were involved in a deadly crash at mile marker 10 on Interstate 81 South in Washington County Maryland around 11 a.m. on Sept. 1, PennDOT spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler told Daily Voice. Three people are confirmed dead, several others are entrapped, and at least one person has been airlifted from the sce…
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Tractor-Trailer Crash Halts Traffic For Hours In PA On I-81 (
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An oil spill caused by a tractor-trailer crash halted traffic on Interstate 81 for hours on Friday morning. The tractor-trailer crashed in the northbound lanes of I-81, near Exit 80/Route 743 for Grantville around 1 a.m. on Sept. 1, authorities say. The Pennsylvania State Police, fire police, and the Grantville Volunteer Fire Company were called to the scene. The scene of the tractor-trailer crash on Interstate 81 in Central Pennsylvania. Grantville Volunteer Fire Company The highway reopened around 4:30 a.m., according to PennDOT. The scene of the tractor-tr…
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: Crash Closed All Lanes Of I-81 In Central PA, PennDOT Says
A crash shuttered all lanes of Interstate 81 Northbound in Central Pennsylvania, authorities say. The crash was between exits 48 to PA 74- York Road and 52A to US 11 North-New Kingstown, according to 511PA. The crash happened at 8:14 a.m. on Aug. 25. The roadway repopened around noon. The number of vehicles or people involved is unclear. Check back here for updates.
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I-83 Bridge Reopens After 'Police Incident': PennDOT (
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A "police incident' halted all traffic on Interstate 83 in Central Pennsylvania, authorities announced on Thursday night. The police incident on I-83 North happened in the northbound lane of South Bridge around 9:15 p.m. on Aug. 24, according to PennDOT spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler. The area closed was from Exit 41B for Lemoyne to Exit 43 for Capitol/2nd Street. All southbound lanes were briefly closed as well but were reopened before 9 p.m., according to 511PA. All lanes reopened at 11:30 p.m., according to Schreffler. The number of vehicles or persons involved…
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Police Allege Driver On Drugs Caused Crash Killing Mom At Lancaster, Lebanon County Line
A 41-year-old mom is dead and several others have been injured following a crash on State Route 322, authorities say. Bethany Welch of Palmyra was in the passenger seat of a sedan involved in the crash with a commercial van and a tractor-trailer, the coroner announced the following afternoon. The deadly head-on collision happened on West 28th Division Highway (SR322) near the Lancaster and Lebanon County line just before 2:22 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 22, the NLCRPD detailed in a release. The Brickerville Fire Company, EMS,The Lancaster County Crash Team, and the Lancaster County Coroner…
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5 People In Serious Condition After Crash On US 422, Police Say (
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Five people are in the hospital and US 422/Benjamin Franklin Highway/West Chocolate Avenue was partially closed in Hershey due to a multi-vehicle crash, authorities announced on Monday morning. The crash closed the highway's westbound lanes on the roadway between University Drive and Sipe Avenue around 9 a.m. on Aug. 21, according to PennDOT. A large SUV left the northbound lane and went down an embankment and slamming head-on into a large tree, Derry Township police explained in an updated release on Monday afternoon. Skyler Spangler, 20, of Red Lion, was driving, two other adu…
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HAZMAT: Asphalt Spills On US-15, PennDOT Officials Say (
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A tanker truck carrying bituminous oil, commonly known as asphalt, crashed on US Route 15 on Thursday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. The truck blew a tire and veered off US 15 going into the woods — spilling asphalt the entire time, according to PennDOT spokesperson Frizti Schreffler. The crash happened in the northbound lanes near mile marker 19.4 in Tyrone Township around 8 a.m. on Aug. 17, as shown on 511pa. Shortly after that crash, there was a crash (that possibly was due to rubbernecking) in the southbound lanes. It involved t…
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: Victims ID'd In Tractor-Trailer V. RV Crash On I-81 (
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All five people and a dog involved in a tractor-trailer and RV on Interstate 81 late on Wednesday night have died, authorities told Daily Voice. Pennsylvania State Police and the families have identified the crash victims. The family in the RV were: Donald 'Don', Kimberly 'Kim', Miranda, and Dane Molander, and their dog Rue of Middletown, PA. The family was on their way home from an ATV event when their RV blew out a tire triggering the deadly crash, authorities say. I’ve never felt so gutted waking up to a bunch of texts and reading the news of the passing of the Molander family. Th…
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Man ID'd After Crash Into Silo In PA Near MD State Line (
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A 25-year-old man has been identified following a crash into a silo in South Central Pennsylvania, near the Maryland state line, on Wednesday night. Jonathan Scheuermann of the first block of Stoney Lane in Fawn Township, Delta, PA, has been identified as the unrestrained driver of a Jeep Grand Cherokee that crashed around 7:47 p.m. on Aug. 9, according to an updated release by the York County Coroner's Office. The single-vehicle crash was originally reported as a crash into a utility pole according to emergency dispatchers, but it is now known that the crash in the 200 block of…
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Several Hurt In Back-To-Back,
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At least seven people were injured in less than 24 hours in a pair of car crashes involving SEPTA buses, transit authorities told Daily Voice. The first occurred around 7 p.m. on Tuesday in Haverford Township, a SEPTA spokesperson said. An SUV crashed into several vehicles on West Chester Pike before coming to rest on its front end, pinned between a tractor-trailer and a SEPTA bus, officials said. Photos from the scene show rescue workers from Manoa Fire Company and Upper Darby Fire Department working to extract the SUV driver. Extraction of the victim on West Chester …
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Two Fatal Crashes In Central PA: PennDOT
Two fatal crashes halted traffic in Central Pennsylvania on Tuesday morning authorities told Daily Voice. As of 11 a.m. on Aug. 1st, lane restriction had just been lifted on Route 22 West/322 between the Midway and PA 34-Newport/New Bloomfield exits. The deadly single-vehicle crash happened around 7 a.m., according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. There was entrapment in the crash, but the number of persons in the vehicle and their identities have not been released. The crash happened between two work zones—but not in any work zone itself,&nbs…
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2 Crashes Shutter I-81 In Southcentral PA: PennDOT (
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Two multi-vehicle crashes halted all traffic on Interstate 81 in Southcentral Pennsylvania on Monday evening. The first crash happened just before 4 p.m. on July 31, 2023. The crash was in the northbound lanes between exits 20: PA 997 - Scotland and 24:PA 696 - Fayette Street, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. The first crash was between a tractor-trailer and a passenger vehicle, PennDOT spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler told Daily Voice. The second crash happened just after 4:30 p.m. in the southbound lanes of I-81 between the same exits…
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Miles Of Traffic Backups On I-81 In Central PA
Sudden lane closures have led to miles of backups on Interstate 81 in Central Pennsylvania on Thursday evening, authorities say. There is a crash on I-81 North between exits 72 B Linglestown and 77: PA 39 Manada Hill /Hershey on July 27, 2023, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. The crash was blocking all lanes when it was called into authorities in Dauphin County shortly after 4 p.m., but one lane reopened just before 5 p.m., PennDOT spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler told Daily Voice. There is no word on any injuries. This is a developing situation, check…
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Tractor-Trailer Driver Hospitalized, I-81 Reopens After Crash In Central PA (
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Part of Interstate 81 has reopened following a crash in Central Pennsylvania, authorities say. An empty tractor-trailer rolled down an embankment on I-81 around 10 a.m. on Monday, July 24, 2023, authorities told Daily Voice. The driver has been hospitalized according to Pennsylvania State Police. The fuel tank of the tractor-trailer ruptured in the crash, state police explained. The area that was affected is the southbound lanes between Exit 100: PA 442 - Pine Grove and Exit 90: PA 72 - Lebanon near the Dauphin and Lebanon county line, according to the Pennsylvania Depar…
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Rollover Crash In Chambersburg: Authorities (
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Someone "self-extricated" from a sedan following a messy rollover crash in Chambersburg on Thursday, authorities say. The car landed on its roof in the 800 block of Lincoln Way West at 7:53 a.m. on July 20, 2023, according to the Franklin Fire Company. Emergency Medical Services evaluated the driver at the scene and no injuries were reported. Fire crews handled the spilled fluids from the vehicle and cleaned up the debris. All lanes of traffic are open.
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Norfolk Southern Train Hits Car In Hershey: Authorities
A car was struck by a Norfolk Southern train in Hershey on Wednesday morning, authorities say. The collision happened on East Derry Road just after 3:30 a.m. on July 19, 2023. At 7:21 a.m., Derry Township police announced that the road will remain closed for about three to four hours, and the public should find alternative routes. No injuries were reported, according to Dauphin County emergency dispatch. Daily Voice has reached out to Norfolk Southern for comment and has yet to hear back as of 10:45 a.m.
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Some Lanes Reopen Following Explosive Tractor-Trailer Rollover On I-81: PennDOT
Minutes after a passenger car crash on Interstate 81, a tractor-trailer rolled over and erupted in a fiery blaze, on Monday evening, authorities told Daily Voice. Stop-and-go traffic appears to have caused the crash of one tractor-trailer into a tractor-trailer hauling delivery vans rolled over in the northbound lanes of I-81 near Exit 44 (Plainfield) along Route 465 and Exit 45 (College Street) shortly after 4 p.m., PennDOT spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler told Daily Voice. The tractor-trailer hauling vans rolled over and the tank exploded, Schreffler said. Just before 5 p.m., all lanes no…
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US 11 Reopens Following Multi-Vehicle Crash In Central PA (
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A multi-vehicle crash closed all lanes of traffic on US Route 11 in Central Pennsylvania on Wednesday morning, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. The crash happened at the intersection of Jeffrey Road and Carlisle Pike/US Route 11 near Skyport Road in Hampden Township, according to PennDOT. The call to the crash came into emergency dispatchers around 10 a.m. on July 12, 2023. The crash was initially reported to have entrapment but it is unclear if that was still the case when emergency crews arrived. The exact number of patients or vehicles…
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Helicopter Called To Crash In Lebanon Co.: Authorities (
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A multi-vehicle crash caused seriously injures and halted traffic in part of Lebanon County on Wednesday morning, authorities said. The crash happened at the intersection of Prescott Drive and Kercher Avenue in North Lebanon Township, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. The call to the crash came into the Lebanon County Department of Emergency Services dispatchers at 7:56 a.m. on July 12, 2023. Initially entrapment was reported, according to dispatch. It is not clear if that was still the case were emergency crews arrived at the scene. The exact n…
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Gas Leak Shutters Penn Square In Lancaster: Police (
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A gas leak closed Penn Square in Lancaster on Friday, July 7, 2023. All vehicle traffic at Penn Square was diverted north onto Queen Street, according to a post by the Lancaster Bureau of Police. The leak appears to have involved a boiler in the area of East King and North Duke streets in the City, according to Lancaster County Wide Communications. "No foot traffic (was) allowed in 100 Block East King," police said. UGI has cleared the scene, according to the police and dispatch.
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Pedestrian Getting Mail When Struck Dead In Lititz: Police (
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New details have been released about a crash that killed a man earlier this month. The Lancaster County Coroner's office was called to the crash scene on July 7, 2023, according to Lancaster County Wide Communications. Clinton Rohrer, 97, of Lititz, has been identified as the victim of the deadly crash by the coroner's office. The crash happened in the 700 block of Doe Run Road by West Lexington Road in Lititz, Penn Township at 6:47 a.m., according to LCWC. The preliminary investigation suggested that Rohrer had driven a “gator” (side-by-side all-terrain vehicle) to …
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