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77-Year-Old Dies Weeks After Schuylkill County Fire: Coroner
A man rescued from a house fire in Minersville has died from his injuries, the Lehigh County Coroner's Office said in a release. Mario Ramirez, 77, suffered burns across more than a third of his body in the North 2nd Street blaze on April 14, officials said. He died from complications at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest on Sunday, April 28, according to the Coroner's Office. The manner of death was accidental. In addition to the Coroner's Office, Minersville police are investigating.
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Coroner IDs Camper Killed By Falling Tree In Bucks County
The woman who died when a tree fell on her RV at a Bucks County campsite was 69-year-old Cynthia Cousins, the Coroner's Office says. Cousins, of Bensalem, was at the Quakerwoods Campground at 2225 Rosedale Road when a tree fell on her camper late on Saturday, April 20, officials said. Her cause of death was blunt head and torso injuries and the manner was accidental, said Coroner Patricia Campi. State police said a man was also thrown from the camper on impact and survived with minor injuries. Milford Township Fire Department assisted troopers at the scene. "The Buck…
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Jorge Suarez, Jayleen Rivas Charged For Son's 2021 Overdose
A man and a woman face third-degree murder charges three years after their 22-month-old son died from a fentanyl overdose, the Lehigh County District Attorney's Office says. Jorge Suarez-Santiago, 32, and Jayleen Rivas-Rodriguez, 35, are both wanted on arrest warrants, prosecutors said in a release on Wednesday, April 17. According to investigators, their son Johansy Suarez-Rivas died at St. Luke’s Hospital-Sacred Heart on April 5, 2021. Authorities said he had 16.5 nanograms per millimeter of fentanyl in his blood at the time. Suuarez-Rivas' cause of death …
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Man Killed In Crash Into Tree, Pennsylvania State Police
The Topton man who died after crashing into a tree in Mertztown on Tuesday night, April 16 was Allan G. Levin, according to officials. The Lehigh County Coroner's Office said Levin, 51, hit a tree on the 700 block of State Street around 10:30 p.m. He was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest where he died from multiple blunt force injuries about an hour later, the Coroner's Office said. His manner of death was accidental. Pennsylvania State Police are investigating.
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Michael Mumaw Dies Weeks After Hazleton Crash: Coroner
A Hazleton man died from his injuries after being struck by a car on Saturday, March 16, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. Sixty-eight-year-old Michael A. Mumaw was hit by a car near the intersection of North Church Street and 8th Street around 8 p.m. on March 16, Coroner Daniel Buglio wrote in a release. He was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest where he died from multiple traumatic injuries on Sunday, March 31, officials said. His manner of death was accidental. In addition to the Coroner's Office, Hazleton City Police Department is investigating…
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Driver Dies Weeks After Carbon Co. Crash That Killed Passenger: Coroner
A second person has died following a single-car crash in Lansford Borough on March 9, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. James R. Carroll, 47, of Summit Hill, died from complications of multiple traumatic injuries, officials said. The manner of death was accidental. The wreck happened around 2 a.m. on Route 209 near Andrewsville Road, state police have said. The vehicle was headed north when it veered off the road and struck a tree before hitting a guardrail and coming to rest in the southbound lane, troopers wrote in an accident report. Carroll, who the Cor…
Police & Fire
Coroner IDs Lehigh Valley Dad Killed In Workplace Accident
Authorities have named the 43-year-old dad who drowned in an industrial drainage basin in Portland Borough on Saturday, in a release on Tuesday, March 12. Jeffrey R. Delp of Upper Mount Bethel Township has been identified as the man who drowned, the Northampton County Coroner's Office stated in a release. It happened at Ultra-Poly Corporation, 102 Demi Road at the Portland Industrial Park on March 9, officials said. Delp's cause of death was drowning and the manner of death was accidental, as stated in the release. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is inves…
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Passenger Dies Weeks After Fiery Crash Into Tree In Montco: Coroner
One man has died from his injuries after a car crash in New Hanover Township last month, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. Stanley E. Pace was the passenger in a car that hit a tree on the 1900 block of Big Road on Jan. 17, officials said. The car caught fire, and two passersby helped first responders pull Pace and another person from the burning wreck, said New Hanover police. Pace, 70, of Gilbertsville, was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest where he died from complications of a cervical spine fracture, the Coroner's Office said. His manner of de…
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Christopher Baines, 58, Killed In Crash Into Tree: Coroner
A Weisenberg Township man was killed Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 30 when his car left the roadway and hit a tree, said the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. It happened on the 8000 block of Holbens Valley Road around 1:15 p.m., officials said. Christopher M. Baines was pronounced dead at the scene from multiple blunt force injuries, said Coroner Dan Buglio. HIs death was ruled accidental. Pennsylvania State Police are investigating, according to the release.
Police & Fire
Woman ID'd In Lehigh After New Year's Day Harrisburg House Fire
A 65-year-old woman has been identified by the Lehigh County Coroner following a New Year's Day house fire in Harrisburg. Brenda L. Cuff of Harrisburg was pronounced dead in the Lehigh Valley Burn Center at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Cedar Crest at 4:35 a.m. on Tuesday, January 02, 2024, coroner Daniel Buglio detailed in the release. Her cause of death was listed as "complications of 50-60% full thickness burns due to house fire." The manner was ruled accidental. The call to the fire at 2326 Berryhill Street came into the Harrisburg Bureau of Fi…
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Pedestrian Killed Crossing Road In Bucks County: Coroner
Officials have named the pedestrian who fatally struck in Warminster on Saturday evening, Dec. 9. Dennis Keith Hines II was hit crossing Street Road near Newtown Road, said the Bucks County Coroner's Office in a release. He died from multiple injuries and the manner was accidental, authorities said. The driver remained on scene and is cooperating fully with investigators, according to the Coroner's Office. Hines, 51, was in the area on business, said Coroner Meredith Buck. “The Bucks County Coroner’s Office conveys their deepest condolences to the family and friends…
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Whitehall Twp. Man, 26, Killed In Overnight Allentown Crash: Coroner
A 26-year-old driver died in an overnight Lehigh Valley crash, officials said. Kendy V. Acosta-Gomez, of Whitehall Township, was driving on the 400 block of Basin Street in Allentown when his car left the roadway and struck a tree, Lehigh County Coroner Daniel Buglio said. It happened around 3:35 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 26. Acosta-Gomez was pronounced dead at the scene. The cause of death was Multiple Blunt Force Injuries due to Motor Vehicle Accident. The manner of death is was Accidental, Buglio said.
Obituaries
'Carbon Monoxide Toxicity' Kills 5-Year-Old Boy On PA Farm, Coroner Says
A 5-year-old boy has been pronounced dead shortly after being found unresponsive on his family's farm, the York County Coroner's Office announced on Monday, Nov. 13. Daniel Esh of the 5400 block of Prospect Hill Road was found unconscious near a generator on Friday evening, according to York County Coroner Pam Gay. He was taken to WellSpan York Hospital were he died at 8:48 p.m. Nov. 10 as certified by Deputy Coroner Karen Frank. Since it was unclear if Daniel had been exposed to fumes from the generator he was found near, an autopsy was conducted on Monday at Lehigh …
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Lehigh Valley Man Dies After 34-Foot Fall From Grain Bin: Coroner
A 72-year-old man is dead after falling from a grain bin at his Upper Macungie home on Sunday, Oct. 29, according to officials. Dennis D. Schaffer was fixing a "malfunctioning unit" on a grain bin at his Main Street property around 10 a.m. when he slipped, said the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. Schaffer fell 34 feet to the ground and was pronounced dead on-scene by 11 a.m., the coroner said. His cause of death was multiple blunt-force traumatic injuries due to a fall and his manner of death was accidental, authorities added. Upper Macungie police are investigatin…
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Bucks Coroner IDs Bicyclist Killed In Labor Day Crash
Authorities have identified the man hit and killed on New Falls Road in Levittown on Monday, Sept. 4, as 64-year-old Francisco Chavarria of Bristol. Chavarria died from multiple injuries, said the Bucks County Coroner's Office. The manner of death was ruled accidental. It happened near the intersection with Vermillion Drive, Falls Township police previously said. Chavarria was hit by a Nissan Rogue around 7 p.m. and pronounced dead at the scene, according to authorities. The driver of the Nissan, a 21-year-old Morrisville resident, remained on-scene and is cooperatin…
Obituaries
PA Mom Dies After Being Impaled By Flying Debris At County Fair
A 33-year-old Pennsylvania mom has died after part of a tractor broke off and hit her in the neck at a county fair, authorities said. Brandy Horner was watching the tractor pull at the Union Couty West End Fair when "an exhaust wheel within a turbo housing became dislodged and ejected from its manifold," the wheel "then ejected from the metal covering of the tractor," and a piece of the wheel broke off and became lodged in her neck, according to the Pennsylvania State Police. The deadly debris impaled Brandy around 8:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 11, according to the county coroner's office. …
Police & Fire
Man Drowns After Rescuing Children In Lake Nockamixon
A man is dead after leaping into Lake Nockamixon to save two children who "appeared to be in distress," says the Bucks County Coroner's Office. It happened on Thursday, June 29, officials wrote in a release. Marvin Alexan Fernandez Chicas, 37, "disappeared in the water following his rescue of two children who were swimming," the Coroner's Office said. His cause of death was drowning and the manner was ruled accidental. “Our office extends its deepest condolences to the Decedent’s family and friends during this difficult time as they process this tragic loss," sa…
Police & Fire
Schuylkill County Driver, 83, Dies Months After Accident
A Schuylkill County man has died from injuries sustained in a crash that happened over three months ago, authorities say. Leroy K. Smith, 83, was the driver of a car that veered off the road and hit several parked vehicles in Hegins Township on March 6, the Lehigh County Coroner's Office said in a release. Smith, of Barry Township, died from multiple traumatic injuries on Tuesday, June 27, the coroner said. The manner of death was ruled accidental. The Hegins Township Police Department also investigated Smith's death, the Coroner's Office noted.
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Neighbors Raise Thousands For Family Of Bucks Drowning Victim
Bucks County neighbors and loved ones have stepped up to help an area family in their hour of mourning. Joseph "Joey" Edward Malcolm Jr., 9, was discovered in a small pond near Vaux and Hickory drives in New Britain Borough last Monday, June 19, Daily Voice reported. The county Coroner's Office ruled later that week that he had died in an accidental drowning. In the days since, area residents have raised a staggering $25,000 through a GoFundMe page organized by Joey's aunt and uncle, Nicole and Tom Malcolm. "While we have been able to cover all the funeral costs, there hav…
Police & Fire
Pedestrian, 77, Killed Crossing Easton Street
An Easton man is dead after being struck by a car while crossing a city street on Thursday, June 15. Saifeddin Alrefai, 77, of the West Ward, was walking across Larry Holmes Drive when he was hit, said Northampton County Coroner Zachary Lysek's Office in a release. Alrefai was rushed to the emergency room at St. Luke’s Hospital, Anderson Campus where he was pronounced dead, officials said. His death has been ruled accidental by cause of multiple blunt force injuries, Lysek added. No charges were announced in connection with the crash.
Police & Fire
Toddler Killed By Falling Tree In Bucks County
A 2-year-old child was killed by a portion of a falling tree over the weekend in Bucks County, according to the coroner. The child 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, Bucks County Coroner Meredith J. Buck said. The tree split, with a section approximately 25 to 30 feet long and 8 to 10 inches wide struck the boy. His mother and sibling were unharmed. The child was pronounced dead at the scene after response and evaluation by Lower Southampton Police and Medic 114. The Bucks…
Police & Fire
Victim ID'd In Deadly West Penn Crash
Authorities have identified the victim who was fatally injured in a car crash in West Penn Township on Thursday afternoon. William J. Reed, 46, of Andreas, was driving along the 300 block of Lizard Creek Road on April 6 when he lost control of his car around 1:45 p.m., said the Lehigh County Coroner's Office in a release. Reed's car veered off the street and into a ditch, officials wrote. He was rushed to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, where he died from multiple blunt-force injuries at about 5:15 p.m., the coroner said. The manner of death was ruled accidental. The …
Police & Fire
Football Player Posts Instagram Story Before Fatal Christmas Crash In Lehigh County
A 21-year-old former football player posted one final Instagram story before he was killed in a crash on Christmas Day in Lehigh County. Dante M. Kaintz of Catasauqua was behind the wheel when he veered off the road and struck a tree on the 2200 block of Light Horse Harry Road around 7:20 p.m. in Lower Mancungie, the Lehigh County Coroner's Office said. His final Instagram story remind live 14 hours after the crash: A bouquet of Christmas flowers. Dante Kaintz' final Instagram story.Dante Kaintz Instagram The manner of death was ruled accidental and the cause as multiple blunt force in…
Police & Fire
Full Body Burns Kill Bucks Man Torching Trash: Coroner
A man lighting trash on fire suffered burns across more than half of his body, ultimately killing him, according to the Lehigh County coroner. Lutz K. Wundshock, 59, of Durham Township, was torching the trash around 10:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 9 at his home, the coroner's office said. He was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital, Cedar Crest, where he was pronounced dead at 2:30 a.m. the following day. The manner of death was accidental, having sustained 58% full thickness burns to the body, officials said. In addition to the coroner's office, this death is being investigated by the Pennsylvan…
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Two Infants, Woman Killed, Six Hospitalized Following Crash At Pennsylvania-Maryland Stateline
Nine people from Chambersburg were in a deadly single-vehicle crash near the Pennsylvania-Maryland Stateline on Sunday, Dec. 4, authorities say. 59-year-old Mary Gordon lost control of her vehicle and crashed her 2018 Dodge Journey into a tree in the 5900 block of Little Cove Rd. at around 1:56 a.m., according to Pennsylvania state police. She was airlifted and taken to WellSpan York Hospital where she died an accidental death caused by multiple blunt force injuries at 5:43 a.m., as certified by York County Deputy Coroner Kayla Starner. Two girls who were passengers listed as "0 years old…
Police & Fire
63-Year-Old Pedestrian Dies In Allentown Crash: Officials
A 63-year-old pedestrian died in a crash in Allentown, authorities said. John Sassaman was pronounced dead on Sunday, Oct. 2 at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest after the crash just before 1 a.m. on the 400 Block of S. 24th Street, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. The Salisbury Township resident died of complications from multiple traumatic injuries, the coroner said. His manner of death was determined to be accidental. Further details about the crash were not immediately known. The incident remains under investigation by the Lehigh County Coroner's Office, Allentown Pol…
Police & Fire
Lehigh Valley Woman Dies After Being Pinned Under Her Own Car, Coroner Says
A 72-year-old Lehigh Valley woman died after she became pinned under her own vehicle, authorities said. Sharon Lee Pecka was pronounced dead just before 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 25 in her driveway on the 3100 block of Fern Lane in Upper Saucon Township, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. The victim was found pinned underneath the driver's door of her vehicle, Coroner Daniel A. Buglio said. Pecka's cause of death was determined to be positional asphyxia, and her death was accidental, the coroner said. Further details surrounding the incident were not immediately known. The…
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2 Teens, Man Dead After Becoming Trapped In Silo On Amish Farm In Central PA: Reports
Two teenagers and a 47-year-old man have died after becoming trapped inside a silo on an Amish farm in central Pennsylvania on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022 authorities say. Emergency crews were called to the farm located at 2926 Lower Brush Valley Road/Route 192 in Potter Township shortly after 7 a.m., WJAC reports. A 47-year-old man, a 19-year-old, and a 14-year-old died in the silo, according to the Centre Daily Times citing state police Rockview public information officer Jacob Rhymestine. "The cause of the accident is not confirmed but neighbors say it…
Police & Fire
Hunterdon County Man, 74, Killed In Motorcycle Crash
A 74-year-old man from Hunterdon County was killed in a motorcycle crash over the weekend, authorities confirmed. Daniel A. Dean, of Whitehouse Station, was riding a motorcycle on Route 579 northbound when he collided with another vehicle near milepost 34.77 in Alexandria Township around 2:35 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10, according to a release from the Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Coroner’s Office. Dean was pronounced dead at St. Luke’s University Hospital — Bethlehem Campus just before 4:55 p.m. His official cause of death was ruled as multiple traumatic injuries, and the manner of death is …
Police & Fire
Central PA Dealer Wanted In Victim's 2020 Overdose Death: Lehigh DA
An arrest warrant has been obtained for a 29-year-old woman accused of providing the drugs that killed a 30-year-old man in 2020, various news outlets say citing the Lehigh County District Attorney's Office. Natalia Hellriegel, of Ephrata and Catasauqua, was charged this week with drug delivery resulting in death and related offenses regarding the overdose death of Dominic Anthony, of Lehigh Township, the DA's office reportedly said in a release. Anthony and Hellriegel appear to be friends on Facebook, where Hellriegel announced just days before her arrest warrant that she's been clean…
Obituaries
Sons Of NJ Dad Who Died On PA Camping Trip Looked After By Community
There has been an outpouring of community support for the sons of a New Jersey dad who died on a Pennsylvania camping trip. Adrien Hachey, 43, was found dead Monday, Aug. 22 in a small body of water near the private camping site where he was staying with his family in Hazle Township (Luzerne County), as previously reported by Daily Voice. The Basking Ridge man was reported missing around 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 21, when his family realized he was nowhere to be found, police said. His death did not appear to be suspicious and was determined to be accidental, Pennsylvania …
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