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Driver Who Struck Teen Dead In Central PA Hit-Run ID'd: Police (2nd UPDATE) Driver Who Struck Teen Dead In Central PA Hit-Run ID'd: Police (2nd UPDATE)
Driver Who Struck Teen Dead In Central PA Hit-Run ID'd: Police (2nd Update) The names of both the driver who fled a fatal Manheim hit-and-run and the victim have been released by the police and the family respectively.  Mikayla Victoria Mustard, 23 of Harrisburg, has been identified as the driver of a white Nissan Maxima that hit a 16-year-old boy believed to have been working along the side of the road on May 2, according to the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department's updated release on Wednesday, May 8.  The boy has been identified by his family and friends as Curtis Michael Groff. He was in the 11th grade in the Manheim Area Ch…
Pennsylvania BMW Driver, 30, Struck, Killed After Crash Along NJ Turnpike Pennsylvania BMW Driver, 30, Struck, Killed After Crash Along NJ Turnpike
Pennsylvania BMW Driver, 30, Struck, Killed After Crash Along NJ Turnpike A 30-year-old Pennsylvania man standing along the side of the New Jersey Turnpike after a collision was struck and killed by a passing car early Monday, April 22, authorities said. Alton Smith, of Levittown, PA, had bee driving a BMW 328i when he got into a crash with another BMW around 2:20 a.m. in Robbinsville, New Jersey State Police said. Smith was standing outside of his vehicle on the southbound side of the highway near milepost 64.1 on the inner roadway, when a passing Hyundai struck him and the back of his car, police said. Smith died while the driver of the Hyundai susta…
PA Woman Killed Walking Along Garden State Parkway PA Woman Killed Walking Along Garden State Parkway
PA Woman Killed Walking Along Garden State Parkway A 34-year-old woman from Pennsylvania walking along the Garden State Parkway in Middlesex County, NJ, was struck and killed by a pickup truck, authorities said. Liliya Rosenblum was struck by the Chevrolet pickup at about 4:50 a.m. on Sunday, April 14, in the southbound left lane near milepost 130.2 in Woodbridge, New Jersey State Police said. Rosenblum, of Newville, Pennsylvania, was pronounced dead at the scene, State Police said. The crash remains under investigation.
Woman Getting Mail Struck Dead In Lebanon: State Police Woman Getting Mail Struck Dead In Lebanon: State Police
Woman Getting Mail Struck Dead In Lebanon: State Police New details have been released by Pennsylvania State Police about a pedestrian being struck dead on Wednesday. Michael E. Zimmerman, 62, of Harrisburg, was driving a 2016 Chevrolet west on William Penn Highway near the intersection with Racehorse Drive in Union Township (Lebanon County) when he struck Jill C. Staub, 51, of New Oxford, the state police detailed in the release.  Before striking Jill, Michael hit a concrete barrier, continued west, but gradually entered the right lane, according to the updated release. He continued on the grassy right shoulder, into a row of mai…
Deadly Crash On I-78 In Pennsylvania: State Police Deadly Crash On I-78 In Pennsylvania: State Police
Deadly Crash On I-78 In Pennsylvania: State Police A driver died after losing control of their car and hitting a guard rail early on Monday, Aug. 14, Pennsylvania State Police detailed in a release.  The crash happened on Interstate 78 in Tilden Township just before 3 a.m., troopers wrote in a report.  The driver was eastbound when their car veered off the south side of the road and hit the rail, according to investigators. The vehicle was found some 50 feet away from the Interstate when police arrived.  The victim was found dead at the scene. Troopers said they are withholding the driver's name until next of kin are notifi…
20-Year-Old Hershey Man Killed In Lancaster County Crash: Police 20-Year-Old Hershey Man Killed In Lancaster County Crash: Police
20-Year-Old Hershey Man Killed In Lancaster County Crash: Police A 20-year-old man from Hershey has died in a three-vehicle crash in Rapho Township, police say. The crash happened on state route 283 at mile marker 22.2 on Oct. 29 around 10:50 p.m., Manheim Borough police detailed in a release on Monday, Oct. 31.  A preliminary investigation has determined that the 20-year-old was driving behind a vehicle driven by a 43-year-old male from Lititz heading east on 283 when the younger man attempted to pass. He was trying to get into the westbound lane, but somehow he hit the Lititz's man's vehicle—causing his vehicle to spin into the median and then on-…
Woman, 25, Killed In Central PA Crash ID'd By Coroner Woman, 25, Killed In Central PA Crash ID'd By Coroner
Woman, 25, Killed In Central PA Crash ID'd By Coroner A 25-year-old motorcyclist died at the scene of a crash on Thursday, Apr. 28, according to the coroner’s office. The motorcyclist was traveling west on Trindle Road when a car traveling east on Trindle Road pulled out in front of her, attempting to make a left turn onto 39th Street, according to the Cumberland County coroner’s office. Carissa Mecum, of Camp Hill, died at the scene, Cumberland County coroner Charles Hall says. She was wearing a helmet and died due to “multiple traumatic injuries” police say. Mecum was not at fault for the crash and the driver of the car did stop, accordin…
3 Killed In I-83 Crash: Coroner 3 Killed In I-83 Crash: Coroner
3 Killed In I-83 Crash: Coroner Three people have died as a result of a three vehicle crash on Interstate 83 on Wednesday afternoon, according to a release by the York County coroner's office and reports by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. The crash occurred at the southbound ramp for Exit 16A- Queen Street in York Township at approximately 2:44 p.m., according to the coroner's office. Emergency crews arrived at the scene at approximately 3:02 p.m., according to the release. One victim died at the scene and was pronounced dead at 3:50 p.m. by Deputy Coroner Jacob Clevenger according to the coroner's office.…