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Pair Ejected In Fatal Head-On Crash Along I-81: PA State Police Pair Ejected In Fatal Head-On Crash Along I-81: PA State Police
Pair Ejected In Fatal Head-On Crash Along I-81: PA State Police A 51-year-old woman has died a week after being ejected during a head-on crash along Interstate 81, Pennsylvania State Police and the Dauphin County Coroner confirmed to Daily Voice on Tuesday, April 9.  Sharon Michelle Bentler, originally of Berwick and most recently of Harrisburg (according to her social media and court records), passed away at Penn State Hershey Medical Center on Sunday due to multiple traumatic injuries she sustained in a crash on I-81 on April 3 Dauphin County press secretary Diane McNaughton told Daily Voice.  Her death was ruled accidental by the county co…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Crash Closes Roadway In South Central PA, Police Say Crash Closes Roadway In South Central PA, Police Say
Crash At South Potomac, West Fifth Streets In Waynesboro: PD A crash in Waynesboro shut down an intersection, police announced on Tuesday afternoon.  The police notified the press about the crash at the intersection of South Potomac and West Fifth streets in Waynesboro at 3:45 p.m. on April 9.  The public was asked to avoid the area. The intersection reopened at 4:27 p.m. according to an updated release.  Details about the crash were not immediately available so check back here for updates.

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by Jillian Pikora
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Pennsylvania Pizzeria Owner Admits To Killing Partner, Prosecutors Say Pennsylvania Pizzeria Owner Admits To Killing Partner, Prosecutors Say
Pennsylvania Pizzeria Owner Admits To Killing Partner, Prosecutors Say The part owner of Pina's Pizza in Chalfont admitted to killing her partner on Monday, April 8, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office.  Anna Maria Tolomello, 50, pleaded guilty to the third-degree murder of Giovanni Gallina, prosecutors said in a release.  Tolomello was arrested in March 2022 after police said they found 64-year-old Gallina's body wrapped in a blue tarp in a bedroom of their shared Hilltown home. Officers were sent for a welfare check when Gallina's son said he hadn't heard from his father in over a week.  Tolomello reportedly told him…

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by Mac Bullock
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Country Star Colt Ford In ICU After Suffering Heart Attack: Reports Country Star Colt Ford In ICU After Suffering Heart Attack: Reports
Country Star Colt Ford In ICU After Suffering Heart Attack: Reports Country-rap star Colt Ford is in a hospital after suffering a heart attack after a performance in Arizona, casting doubt on his summer performances across the northeast. PEOPLE magazine reported that Ford had a heart attack last week after performing at Dierks Bentley's Whiskey Row venue in Gilbert, AZ. He was taken to the ICU at Banner Desert Medical Center in Mesa. In a statement to PEOPLE, a spokesperson for the 54-year-old musician said he's slowly on the road to recovery. "Ford remains in the ICU, with his condition steadily improving in a positive direction," read a statement from Fo…

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by Chris Spiker
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Woman Found 'Fused To Sheets' In Soiled Bed, PA Son Arrested: Cops Woman Found 'Fused To Sheets' In Soiled Bed, PA Son Arrested: Cops
Woman Found 'Fused To Sheets' In Soiled Bed, PA Son Arrested: Cops An Upper Chichester man was taken into custody after police said they found his mother "fused to the bed sheets" in his home.  Daniel Klein, 51, is charged with abuse of a care-dependent person and reckless endangerment, township police said.  Authorities were called to Klein's Dresner Circle home by neighbors who noticed packages piling up by the door.  Arriving officers could see "a large amount of trash on the floor" and "numerous flies present on the windows," the department said in a release.  They forced entry and spoke with Klein who led them to his mother'…

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by Mac Bullock
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5 Injured In 2 Crashes In Lititz, Police Say (PHOTOS) 5 Injured In 2 Crashes In Lititz, Police Say (PHOTOS)
5 Injured In 2 Crashes In Lititz, Police Say (Photos) Five vehicles were involved in two crashes that left five people injured in Lititz in approximately 24 hours, the Northern Lancaster Regional County Police Department announced on April 9. The first crash involved two vehicles and it happened at the intersection of Pine Hill and Clay roads on Monday, according to a release by the department shared on Tuesday morning. Both drivers suffered minor injuries, and their vehicles required towing, the police explained. The Brunnerville Fire Co. and Rothsville Ambulance assisted at the scene.  The second crash involved three-vehicle at the inte…

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by Jillian Pikora
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2 Trapped In 4-Vehicle Crash Involving Tractor-Trailer On Rt 30 In York (DEVELOPING) 2 Trapped In 4-Vehicle Crash Involving Tractor-Trailer On Rt 30 In York (DEVELOPING)
2 Trapped In 4-Vehicle Crash Involving Tractor-Trailer On Rt 30 In York (Developing) A four-vehicle crash on Route 30 trapped two people in their vehicles on Tuesday morning, York County Department of Emergency Services explained. The crash involving a tractor-trailer and three passenger vehicles happened at  Arsenal Road/Route 30 Westbound near Loucks Mill Road in Springettsbury Township at 8:16 a.m. on April 9, according to YCDES. At least one person was reportedly injured, and two people were extricated from their vehicles, dispatchers explained.  Route 30 Westbound was shut down at Eden Road at 8:45 a.m. but it reopened at 11:32 a.m. according to PennDOT spok…

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by Jillian Pikora
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'Serious Crash' Leaves Man In 'Critical Condition,' Lower Paxton Township Police Say 'Serious Crash' Leaves Man In 'Critical Condition,' Lower Paxton Township Police Say
'Serious Crash' Leaves Man In 'Critical Condition,' Lower Paxton Township Police Say A "serious crash" left a man in the hospital in "critical condition," Lower Paxton Township police announced on Monday, April 8.  The police were called to "an injury-related crash" at the intersection of Locust Lane/State Route 3024 and South Arlington Avenue at 9:36 p.m. on Friday, April 5, as detailed in the release.  The area was closed until midnight as police conducted their on-scene investigation which "indicated that a pedestrian male was running across the roadway when he was struck by a silver Chevrolet Equinox passing straight through the intersection," the police said.…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Fiery Crash Kills Chambersburg Native 24-Year-Old In Central PA, State Police Say Fiery Crash Kills Chambersburg Native 24-Year-Old In Central PA, State Police Say
Fiery Crash Kills Chambersburg Native 24-Year-Old In Central PA, State Police Say A 24-year-old man died at the scene of a crash in Central Pennsylvania, State Police announced on Monday, April 8. Mason Allen Kelley originally of Chambersburg most recently of Carlisle, was heading west on East Old York Road near Lerew Road in Carlisle when he left his lane for an unknown reason at 12:21 a.m. on April 6, the state police detailed in the release. Kelley exited the right-hand lane, and entered into the eastbound lane before leaving the roadway entirely, striking a tree head-on, and becoming engulfed in flames, according to PSP. Citizens Fire Company, Yellow Breeches EMS, C…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Launch Of 3 NASA Rockets Could Be Visible During Total Solar Eclipse Launch Of 3 NASA Rockets Could Be Visible During Total Solar Eclipse
Launch Of 3 NASA Rockets Could Be Visible During Total Solar Eclipse What a day for outer space. NASA will be launching three sounding rockets during the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, to study how Earth’s upper atmosphere is affected when sunlight momentarily dims over a portion of the planet. And they are expected to be visible for between 10 and 40 seconds along the East Coast. The Atmospheric Perturbations around Eclipse Path (APEP) sounding rockets will launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia to study the disturbances in the ionosphere created when the Moon eclipses the Sun.  The sounding rockets will launch at three differe…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Central PA Police Horse Featured In Children's Book Killed Central PA Police Horse Featured In Children's Book Killed
Central PA Police Horse Featured In Children's Book Killed A beloved police horse featured in numerous magazines and a children's book, has died from Cushing's Disease, the Lancaster City Bureau of Police announced on Monday, April 8. The Lancaster Mounted Police Horse, Liam, was a Clydesdale Hackney Cross born in Toronto in 2001, where he worked as a carriage horse before financial constraints lead the previous caretaker to part ways. Liam joined the force in 2005 and was paired with Officer Eric Lukacs in 2007 through his retirement on April 29th, 2023.  Officer Eric Lukacs and his partner, mounted police force horse, Liam. Lancaster Bu…

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Pimp Admits Trafficking Aspiring Teen Model In Central PA, DA Says Pimp Admits Trafficking Aspiring Teen Model In Central PA, DA Says
Pimp Admits Trafficking Aspiring Teen Model In Central PA, DA Says The first man captured by the Lancaster County Human Trafficking Task Force has been sentenced after confessing to his crimes, the District Attorney announced on Monday, April 8. More than two years after his arrest, Louis Fountain, 34 of Brookhaven, Delaware County pleaded guilty to two counts of trafficking individuals, four counts of promoting prostitution, and one count of living off prostitutes before Lancaster County President Judge David Ashworth on March 29, as detailed in the release. Judge Ashworth sentenced him to serve a "prison term of one year, 11 months, and eight d…

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by Jillian Pikora