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Mennonite Toddler ID'd After Fatal Train Strike In Walnut Bottom Mennonite Toddler ID'd After Fatal Train Strike In Walnut Bottom
Mennonite Toddler ID'd After Fatal Train Strike In Walnut Bottom A 15-months and 14-days-old boy has been identified after being struck by a Norfolk Southen Train on Thursday. Landis Sensenig Newswanger was hit by a Norfolk Southern train running along the tracks in his backyard in the 400 block of West Main Street, South Newton Township, Cumberland County at 10:04 a.m. on Dec. 7, according to state police and later identified in his obituary.   Landis was taken to Carlisle Hospital where they were pronounced dead, Cumberland County Coroner Charles Hall told Daily Voice.  His autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 12, Hall said. …

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by Jillian Pikora
News
No Charges After 3-Year-Old Virginia Boy Found Shot Dead In Pennsylvania: DA No Charges After 3-Year-Old Virginia Boy Found Shot Dead In Pennsylvania: DA
No Charges After 3-Year-Old Virginia Boy Found Shot Dead In Pennsylvania: DA A 3-year-old boy Virginian boy's parents will not be charged after he shot himself dead at Tucquan Family Park Campground in Pennsylvania on Oct. 20, the Lancaster County District Attorney's office announced on Wednesday, Nov. 22. "This mistake in judgment ultimately led to the child’s death but did not rise to the level of a criminal act based upon the nature and intent of the circumstances,"  DA Heather Adams explained in the release. The boy was found shortly after a shooting was reported at the camp located at 917 River Road, Holtwood, Martic Township, Lancaster County First Deputy Cor…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
PA Girl, 7, Dies In Fall From Back Of Neighbor's Pickup Truck: DA PA Girl, 7, Dies In Fall From Back Of Neighbor's Pickup Truck: DA
PA Girl, 7, Dies In Fall From Back Of Neighbor's Pickup Truck: DA A 7-year-old girl died in a fall from a neighbor's pickup truck in Montgomery County this week, authorities announced. The girl had been playing outside when a man in their Plymouth Township neighborhood gave them a ride in the back of his Isuzu Elf pickup truck on Tuesday night, Aug. 22, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. As the driver turned a corner at the intersection of Jolly and Harvard Roads in Plymouth Township, the 7-year-old fell out of the truck, the DA said alongside Plymouth Township Police Chief John C. Myrsiades. The girl was rushed to the hospita…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Lollipop Stick Had Trace Amounts Of Fentanyl That Killed PA Toddler, Parents Charged: DA Lollipop Stick Had Trace Amounts Of Fentanyl That Killed PA Toddler, Parents Charged: DA
Lollipop Stick Had Trace Amounts Of Fentanyl That Killed PA Toddler, Parents Charged: DA The parents of a Pennsylvania child who died from a drug overdose late last year are facing charges of involuntary manslaughter and related counts, says the Chester County District Attorney's Office. Jason Moore, 36, and Amanda Moore, 35, surrendered to police on Friday, Aug. 11 and were each remanded to the county lockup in lieu of their $250,000 bonds, authorities said in a release.  In a criminal complaint cited by prosecutors, police said they were called to the Moores' Caln Township home to find an unresponsive 4-year-old around 10:50 a.m. on Nov. 29 last year.  He was rushe…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Legacy Of Toddler Killed By Falling Tree In PA Lives On Legacy Of Toddler Killed By Falling Tree In PA Lives On
Legacy Of Toddler Killed By Falling Tree In PA Lives On Friends, neighbors, and loved ones are rallying a Bucks County family two weeks after their 2-year-old son was struck and killed by a falling tree. Two-year-old Dax Theodore Babcock was at his Lower Southampton Township home with his mom and an older sibling when sudden, strong winds swept through the area on Saturday, April 22, Daily Voice reported.  The winds split a nearby tree, and a large bough fatally struck the boy, Bucks County Coroner Meredith Buck has said. His mother and sibling were unharmed.  “This horrible tragedy was an unforeseen act of nature,” Coroner Buck …

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by Mac Bullock