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Philadelphia Firefighter Dies In Off-Duty Car Crash Philadelphia Firefighter Dies In Off-Duty Car Crash
Philadelphia Firefighter Dies In Off-Duty Car Crash A 29-year-old Philadelphia firefighter was killed when his car hit a tree early Sunday, June 23, officials say. Ka'Ron B. Montgomery was driving east along the 600 block of Godfrey Avenue, police told Daily Voice. His car lost control and veered off the road around 1 a.m. The firefighter was pronounced dead at the scene by PFD medics, authorities said. The cause of the crash remains under investigation.  According to the Philadelphia Fire Fighters and Paramedics Union, Montgomery was assigned to Engine 43 at 21st and Market streets in Center City. He had served the department for…

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One Teen Dead, Four People Hurt In North Philly SEPTA Bus Stop Shooting: Police (UPDATED) One Teen Dead, Four People Hurt In North Philly SEPTA Bus Stop Shooting: Police (UPDATED)
One Teen Dead, Four People Hurt In North Philly SEPTA Bus Stop Shooting: Police (Updated) A teenager was killed and four others were hospitalized after a shooting near a SEPTA bus stop on Monday afternoon, March 4, authorities told Daily Voice.  It happened at the corner of Broad Street and Godfrey Avenue around 3:45 p.m., police said. A gunman opened fire while commuters were boarding a parked bus.  Dayemen Taylor, 17, was shot multiple times throughout the body and pronounced dead at Albert Einstein Medical Center, PPD said.  Also hospitalized were:  A 15-year-old boy with a graze wound to the right shoulder A 71-year-old woman shot in the forehead …

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by Mac Bullock