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Trooper Causes Crash Hospitalizing 4 People — Including Himself: PA State Police Trooper Causes Crash Hospitalizing 4 People — Including Himself: PA State Police
Trooper Causes Crash Hospitalizing 4 People — Including Himself: PA State Police Four people, including a trooper, were taken to a hospital following a four-vehicle crash, Pennsylvania State Police announced in a release on Feb. 23.  The crash began with a pursuit on US 30 East in West Whiteland Township at 2:46 p.m. on Feb. 3, as detailed in the PSP release.  PSP Trooper Craig A. Fry, 30 of Coatesville, was pursuing Syrron N. Hovington, 20 of Downingtown's 2023 black Kia Forte as he failed to yield to an emergency vehicle using lights and sirens, according to the release.  Hovington also failed to stop for Trooper Fry, instead exiting the high…

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by Jillian Pikora
Traffic
Mercedes-Benz Driver ID'd After Ejection Crash In Central Pennsylvania: Police Mercedes-Benz Driver ID'd After Ejection Crash In Central Pennsylvania: Police
Mercedes-Benz Driver ID'd After Ejection Crash In Central Pennsylvania: Police A driver has died after being ejected from their Mercedes-Benz on Saturday, police announced.  Roger Morrison, 57 has been identified as the driver who died at the scene, according to Dauphin County officials.  Officers were called to the crash on Union Deposit Road near Fairmont Drive, Lower Paxton Township around 4:10 a.m. on Nov, 18, as detailed in the police release. When they got there, they found a white Mercedes-Benz sedan crashed, off the side of the road, according to the release.  "The driver, and sole occupant, was found deceased after having been ejected from th…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Lancaster Man Struck In Marked Crosswalk ID'd: Police Lancaster Man Struck In Marked Crosswalk ID'd: Police
Lancaster Man Struck In Marked Crosswalk ID'd: Police A 74-year-old man has been identified after he died at a hospital after being struck in a Central Pennsylvania crosswalk, police announced on Tuesday, Sept. 5. Tar Pee Tu of Charles Road in Lancaster, was struck in the crosswalk in the first block of Pitney Road in Lancaster at approximately 11:13 p.m. on Sept. 2, the East Lampeter Township Police Department detailed in a release.  The southbound striking vehicle was a gray 2009 Acura TSX driven by 34-year-old Luis Petrilli-Rivera, of South Ann Street in Lancaster, the police explained. He remained on the scene.&nbs…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
UPDATE Two 'Expected To Survive' Following Serious Crash In Lancaster, Police Say UPDATE Two 'Expected To Survive' Following Serious Crash In Lancaster, Police Say
Update Two 'Expected To Survive' Following Serious Crash In Lancaster, Police Say Two elderly people are expected to survive after reportedly being in critical condition— one with "life-threatening injuries"— following a "serious crash"  in Lancaster on Wednesday, Jan. 4, city police announced in an updated release the following afternoon. Officers were called to the two-vehicle crash in the 300 block of N. Plum Street around 6 p.m. Upon arrival, they discovered the struck vehicle was unoccupied and Lancaster City fire department personnel were extricating the trapped pair from the occupied vehicle.  Both persons were taken to a local hospital, according …

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by Jillian Pikora
Obituaries
Coroner IDs Pedestrian Struck Dead Near Central PA Medical Center Coroner IDs Pedestrian Struck Dead Near Central PA Medical Center
Coroner IDs Pedestrian Struck Dead Near Central PA Medical Center The pedestrian who died in a crash on Harrisburg Pike on Monday has been identified. Richard Bakaric, 63, of Harrisburg, has been identified as the pedestrian fatally struck in Lower Swatara Township, reports PennLive citing the Dauphin County spokesman Brett Hambright. Bakaric's death has been ruled accidental as a result of multiple traumatic injuries, the county spokesman told the outlet. He was hit by an eastbound passenger vehicle traveling along Route 230 West Harrisburg Pike at the intersection of Rosedale Avenue in Lower Swatara Township near a medical center and an airport around …

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
1 Dead, 2 Airlifted, 4 Hospitalized In Route 30 Head-On Crash 1 Dead, 2 Airlifted, 4 Hospitalized In Route 30 Head-On Crash
1 Dead, 2 Airlifted, 4 Hospitalized In Route 30 Head-On Crash One person died and several others were hospitalized in a head-on crash on Route 30 in Lancaster County Saturday. A silver Chrysler 200 was heading east when it crossed the median and struck a Kia Spectra near the Malleable Road overpass around 6:15 p.m., West Hempfield police said. Two people were flown to Hershey Medical Center and four others were rushed to local hospitals. One person was pronounced dead. The victims' identities were being withheld pending notification. This crash is under investigation by the Lancaster County Crash Investigation Team #2.  Route 30 remained close…

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by Cecilia Levine