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High Winds Leave Thousands Without Power In Central PA
Almost 4,000 PPL customers are without power in Central Pennsylvania following a windy weekend. As of 10 a.m. on Monday, April 15, the majority of outages were approximately as follows, according to the outage map: Lockhaven 900. Bloomsburg 704. Selinsgrove 658. Mechanicsburg 1,103. The National Weather Service had warned the public of the potentially high winds at speeds of 35 to 50 mph, but the winds actually topped 60 mph according to an updated release. 🧢Hold on to your hats! 🌬️Winds will gust 35 to 50mph at times today. 📉Lighter winds expected this evening &…
Police & Fire
Dad ID'd, Girl Taken To Lehigh Valley Burn Unit After Lancaster Twp Fatal Fire: Officials
A girl is in the Lehigh Valley Burn Unit and her dad has died following a fire in the apartment building attached to the Bausman Post Office in Lancaster Township on Tuesday, Feb. 13, fire officials announced later that day. Nathaniel Holmes, 45 of 221 Rosedale Avenue died at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital at 12:16 a.m. on Feb. 13, Lancaster County Chief Deputy Can Eric Bieber detailed in a release. His cause and manner of death are pending the results of an auto, although Bieber noted he suffered thermal burns. The fire broke out in a house with three apartments (only…
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Mark Hackman Killed Himself In House Fire He Set: Coroner
The cause of death has been released for a man found dead after a "domestic incident" turned standoff ending with a house fire, the Lancaster County Coroner explained. Mark D. Hackman, 53, of 6294 High Street in East Petersburg Borough, died by a self-inflicted gunshot to the head, and the manner was suicide, according to Chief Deputy Coroner Eric Bieber. He "had been drinking, was armed with a firearm, and was threatening to burn the house down," when the Northern Lancaster County Regional police department were called to a "domestic-in-progress" at his home around 8:30 p.m. on Sunday…
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Power Knocked Out When Driver Crashes Into Utility Pole In Lititz: Police (
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Power should be restored by 5:30 p.m. after a SUV plowed into a utility pole in Lititz on April 4, 2023. The Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department responded to a call of a vehicle accident with injuries in the 400 bock of Owl Hill Road Tuesday afternoon. The driver left the road way for an unknown reason and struck a PPL power pole. The driver was hurt, but the extent of their injuries is unknown. PPL is in the area making repairs. The investigation into the incident is ongoing.
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Tractor-Trailer Crash Closes Major Road In Lititz: Police
A tractor-trailer crash closed a major thoroughfare in Lititz on Tuesday, August 9, police say. The crash happened on West Lincoln Avenue between South Walnut Street and Arrowhead Drive, according to a release by the police. The tractor-trailer pulled down utility lines and poles, the release explains. Power has been restored to the area as of 3 p.m. as crews remain on the scene. "PPL is on-scene and working to make the utilities safe and the road open," police say. Drivers are asked to find alternative routes as the road will be "closed for an extended period of time," …
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Thousands Lose Power As High Winds Hit Central PA
Thousands of Met-Ed and PPL customers lost power on Monday afternoon, according to company outage maps. High winds appear to be to blame for the outages, but Met-Ed and PPL did not immediately confirm when Daily Voice contacted them on Monday afternoon. Some areas only lost power for a few seconds to approximately 30 minutes, but others are still in the dark. Over 2,000 customers in Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon and York counties remain without power as of 3 p.m., according to each companies outage maps. PPL outage map shows power is expected to be fully restored betwe…
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OUT: Thousands Of Pennsylvania Residents Remain Without Power
Thousands of Pennsylvania residents were still without power due to Tropical Depression Ida as of Friday. PPL's tracker showed 5,197 without power around the same time. Most of those outages were reported in Bucks, Lehigh, Perry and Schuylkill counties. According to Met-Ed's outage tracker, the following areas had the most outages as of 10:40 a.m. Friday: Berks County: 2,301 Bucks County: 533 York County: 1,340 Our thoughts are with NJ and PA communities affected by extreme weather conditions. The past few days have reminded us, again, of how important climate resiliency and infrastr…
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Here's How Many People In Central Pennsylvania Lost Power Due To Hurricane Ida
Thousands of people in central Pennsylvania are without power after Hurricane Ida blew through the region late Wednesday into early Thursday. Gov. Wolf urges people to stay away from flooded roadways and downed wires. Both PPL and MetEd are working to restore power in the region. Here’s a list of the number of customers without power from both providers by county: Adams: 117 Cumberland: 1,425 Dauphin: 1,443 Lancaster: 605 Lebanon: 653 York: 2,623 For more information on outrage and repair status go to PPL and MetEd’s websites.
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Wind Knocks Power To More Than 20K Pennsylvania Residents
Thousands of central Pennsylvanians lost electricity on Friday afternoon due to high winds. Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster and York counties experienced over 20,000 customers without power according to Met-Ed and PPL outage maps. Down trees are a could be a contributing factor as warned by the National Weather Service. All of central Pennsylvania will remain under a wind warning until 2:00 a.m. on Saturday, with gusts of wind expected to 60 m.p.h. Outage maps by PPL showed over 19,000 customers impacted and Met-ED’s map showed approximately 1,000 outages as of Friday night. Custom…
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: NY Truck Hauling 3 Cars Overturns, Hits Utility Pole
A truck from NY that was hauling three cars overturned in Northern Lancaster on Thursday night, authorities said. Police were called to the 200 block of Auction Road around 9:30 p.m. The truck had been traveling westbound when it overturned, striking both the guardrail and a PP&L utility pole, according to police. The crash caused damage to the truck and its trailer as well as all three cars it was hauling -- but luckily the driver, Daniel Tineo of New York, was unharmed. PP&L was contacted to assess the damaged pole and Penn Township Road Department was contacted to addre…
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