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Freight Train Hits Cement Truck In Southeast Pennsylvania Freight Train Hits Cement Truck In Southeast Pennsylvania
Freight Train Hits Cement Truck In Southeast Pennsylvania The SEPTA West Trenton Line was shut down early Thursday morning, Sept. 21 after a CSX freight train collided with a cement truck at a railroad crossing in Middletown, authorities say.  The crash happened around 5:30 a.m. at the intersection of Township Line and Big Oak roads, said Middletown police.  No injuries were reported and no hazardous materials were released, the department said, though some diesel fuel and drywall dust spilled along the tracks.  Some brush fires near the tracks were reported at the time of the crash, a CSX spokesperson told Dail Voice.  SEPTA…

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by Mac Bullock
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VIDEO: 'Oh No, Stop!' Watch This Unstoppable Train Collision In Strasburg VIDEO: 'Oh No, Stop!' Watch This Unstoppable Train Collision In Strasburg
Video: 'Oh No, Stop!' Watch This Unstoppable Train Collision In Strasburg A locomotive near a train museum made some history of its own, smashing into an excavator on Wednesday, Nov. 2 around 11:30 a.m., authorities say.  The Norfolk & Western 475— a low-speed locomotive hit the excavator which had been left on the track at 301 Gap Road, Leaman Place Yard in Paradise, according to a spokesperson with the railroad. Daily Voice reached out to Lancaster County Wide Communications at the time of the incident and could not confirm details regarding the crash beyond "state police were directing traffic on the scene." The Pennsylvania state police did not return Dai…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Car Struck By SEPTA Train In Bucks County: Police Car Struck By SEPTA Train In Bucks County: Police
Car Struck By SEPTA Train In Bucks County: Police A driver escaped serious injuries after his car was struck by a SEPTA train in Bucks County, authorities said. It was unclear as to why the 2008 Chevrolet Trailblazer driven by a 59-year-old Perkasie man ended up on the tracks at Schoolhouse Road and Railroad Avenue around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6, according to New Britain Township police and a SEPTA spokesperson. By the time responders arrived, the front of the SUV was under the commuter train, Police Chief Richard Clowser said. Rescue crews then freed the man and brought him to Grand View Hospital, where he was listed in stabl…

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by Nicole Acosta
Obituaries
Pennsylvania Law Student, 23, Dies In Vermont Train Crash, Police Say Pennsylvania Law Student, 23, Dies In Vermont Train Crash, Police Say
Pennsylvania Law Student, 23, Dies In Vermont Train Crash, Police Say A law student native to Pennsylvania has died in a train crash, according to police in Vermont. Thomas R. Fennel, 23, of Pittsburgh, was killed while reversing his green Jeep Cherokee near train tracks when an Amtrak train collided with his vehicle, according to police in Vermont. Royalton Vermont police were called to a motor vehicle versus train crash at Stearns Road on Tuesday around 11:25 a.m., according to a release by police. Upon arrival, Chief Loretta Stalnaker observed Fennel's green Jeep Cherokee on the west side of South Windsor Street in the grassy area between the road and the…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
PHOTOS: Driver Trapped; Dump Truck, Train Engine Severely Damaged In Head-On Crash In Nazareth PHOTOS: Driver Trapped; Dump Truck, Train Engine Severely Damaged In Head-On Crash In Nazareth
Photos: Driver Trapped; Dump Truck, Train Engine Severely Damaged In Head-On Crash In Nazareth A dump truck driver had to be removed by first responders but was uninjured after crashing head-on into a train on the Upper and Lower Nazareth line Thursday afternoon, authorities said. The crash occurred near the New Enterprise blacktop plant off Tatamy Road just after 1:50 p.m., Upper Nazareth Fire Chief Jeff Fassl said. The dump truck was coming from the opposite direction when it collided with the front of the train, went airborne and landed against a rail car, authorities said. Photo 2Upper Nazareth Fire Department A plant JLG boom lift truck was used to help free the driver from…

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by Valerie Musson