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HOMICIDE: Man Dies 38 Years After Baseball Bat Beating, York County Coroner HOMICIDE: Man Dies 38 Years After Baseball Bat Beating, York County Coroner
Homicide: Man Dies 38 Years After Baseball Bat Beating, York County Coroner A 26-year-old man was beaten with a baseball beat and left with life-altering injuries— 38 years later he died and the York County Coroner has ruled his death a homicide according to a release on Tuesday, June 12.  Craig "PeeWee" Tschudy, was 64 when he died from "Diffuse Traumatic Brain Injury" at Inners Creek Nursing Home in Dallastown at 11:25 a.m. on June 5, 2024, as detailed in the coroner's release.  Although his death comes nearly four decades after an assault left him with the TBI and other injuries that left him wheelchair-bound, his "this is ruled a homicide in [the…

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by Jillian Pikora
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PA Firefighter For 50+ Years Dies, Family Says PA Firefighter For 50+ Years Dies, Family Says
PA Firefighter For 50+ Years Dies, Family Says A Pennsylvania firefighter of over 50 years has died, according to his family and friends. John Bruetsch, 65, a New Cumberland native living in Enola, passed away on June 9, his sister Karen Blazina announced on Facebook. In her post she wrote the following: "Today I lost my younger brother. Unexpected that the man, the husband, the father, the grandfather, the brother, the uncle, the fireman, the PIO for Cumberland County answered his last call on earth. He is loved and will be missed. You fought a great fight John Bruetsch ....peace." He passed away at  Penn State Holy Spirit Hospit…

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Man Dies Nearly 20 Years After Motorcycle Crash: Lehigh County Coroner Man Dies Nearly 20 Years After Motorcycle Crash: Lehigh County Coroner
Man Dies Nearly 20 Years After Motorcycle Crash: Lehigh County Coroner Approximately 19 and a half years after a motorcycle crash seriously injured a man he died from complications of those injuries.  Eric J. Fenstermaker, was 52 when he passed at St. Luke's Hospital, Allentown at 10:50 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 31, Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio detailed.  When the Northampton man was about 32 years old he was riding "a motorcycle that was in collision with a pickup truck," Buglio said.  The crash happened at the Intersection of Route 309 North at Route 143, Lynn Township, Lehigh County at 6 a.m. on Tuesday, June 1, 2004…

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Man Struck By Car Outside NJ Supermarket Settles Suit For $1.28 Million Man Struck By Car Outside NJ Supermarket Settles Suit For $1.28 Million
Man Struck By Car Outside NJ Supermarket Settles Suit For $1.28 Million UPDATE: A Hackensack man who suffered a traumatic brain injury when he was hit by a car in a supermarket parking lot in Saddle Brook reportedly received a $1.275 million settlement from a lawsuit. Richard Kunzweiler was 75 when he was struck by a car driven by a 66-year-old Fair Lawn man outside the Acme in Saddle Brook on Aug. 16, 2018, records show. Besides the traumatic brain injury, Kunzweiler suffered a C7 vertebral fracture, a ligament tear, a spinal cord injury and bulging discs and several broken bones, a suit filed in Superior Court in Hackensack claims. He had surgery that requir…

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Pedestrian Struck By NJ Transit Bus Settles For $2M Pedestrian Struck By NJ Transit Bus Settles For $2M
Pedestrian Struck By NJ Transit Bus Settles For $2M A pedestrian who suffered a traumatic brain injury when he was struck by a commuter bus in Essex County reportedly has received a $2 million settlement. Kiliek Anthony, now 31, was knocked an estimated 15 feet when he was struck by a New Jersey Transit bus as he crossed Chancellor Avenue in Irvington on Dec. 1, 2015 around 6 a.m., police reports show. He suffered several injuries, including brain bleeding and a loss of brain tissue and part of his frontal lobe, argued his attorney, Beth Baldinger of Mazie, Slater, Katz & Freeman (Roseland), argued, according to the New Jersey Law Journa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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MISSING: Woman, 57, With TBI Has Been Reported Missing In Lancaster County MISSING: Woman, 57, With TBI Has Been Reported Missing In Lancaster County
Missing: Woman, 57, With TBI Has Been Reported Missing In Lancaster County A 57-year-old woman has been reported missing according to police in West Earl Township. Police are attempting to locate Nancy Joy Eckel of West Earl Township. She is described as a white female, 5’05”, 180 pounds, grey hair, hazel eyes who was last seen wearing a flowered dress--the same as shown in the picture, light colored moccasins.and her hair was pulled up in bobby pins. She has been missing since she left Nonna Rosa restaurant located on State Highway 272 Akron Borough on June 15 at 4:26 p.m. She left the restaurant on foot in an unknown direction. Eckel suffers from a traumatic…

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by Jillian Pikora