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One Killed, Another Injured In Wrong-Way Route 1 Crash One Killed, Another Injured In Wrong-Way Route 1 Crash
One Killed, Another Injured In Wrong-Way Route 1 Crash One driver was killed and another was hurt following a Tuesday, July 19 wrong-way crash on the Route 1 bypass in East Nottingham Township, authorities confirmed. A 33-year-old Pennsylvania driver was traveling in the northbound lanes between SR472 and SR272 when a 25-year-old wrong-way driver from Maryland struck her vehicle head-on around 5:40 a.m., Pennsylvania State Police said. The Nottingham woman was pronounced dead at the scene while the Rising Sun man was taken to Christiana Hospital in Delaware for treatment, troopers said. Both victims have yet to be identifie…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Philadelphia Man, 56, Killed As SUV Collides With Truck Carrying 42,000 Lbs. Of Sugar: Report Philadelphia Man, 56, Killed As SUV Collides With Truck Carrying 42,000 Lbs. Of Sugar: Report
Philadelphia Man, 56, Killed As SUV Collides With Truck Carrying 42,000 Lbs. Of Sugar: Report A 56-year-old man from Philadelphia was killed after crashing head-on into a tractor-trailer carrying 42,000 pounds of sugar in South Jersey, NJ Advance Media reported.  Hien Dinh Nguyen was driving an SUV east on High Hill Road in Logan Township at about 6 a.m. Tuesday, July 12 when he veered into the oncoming lane, the outlet said, quoting Logan Township Police. Nguyen was pronounced dead at the scene, while the truck driver was not hurt, according to the report. The crash remains under investigation. Click here for the complete story by NJ Advance Media. 

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Wrong-Way Bicyclist Killed By Car In South Jersey Wrong-Way Bicyclist Killed By Car In South Jersey
Wrong-Way Bicyclist Killed By Car In South Jersey A 57-year-old bicyclist died after being struck by a car Friday night in South Jersey, authorities said. The cyclist was struck by a 39-year-old driver heading east on Nottingham Way near Klockner Road in Hamilton (Mercer County) just before 8 p.m., local police said. The bicyclist who was riding against traffic on the same side of the road, police said.  No charges were filed and the man's identity was being withheld pending notification. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

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by Cecilia Levine
News
At Least 9 People Injured In 2 Turnpike Crashes In Lancaster County At Least 9 People Injured In 2 Turnpike Crashes In Lancaster County
At Least 9 People Injured In 2 Turnpike Crashes In Lancaster County Two crashes in Lancaster County along the have closed a.section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike and left between 9 and 15 people injured. The first crash was involving a single vehicle and a tractor-trailer in near mile marker 290 just before 1 p.m.-- no injuries were reported in that crash, according to Emergency Dispatch Services. The second crash in Brecknock Township, Wednesday afternoon was much more serious and was possibly caused by backed up traffic from the initial crash. The second crash was a car-carrier, two tractor-trailers and eight passenger vehicles mostly involving rear-end c…

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by Jillian Pikora