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Serious 2-Car Crash On Route 22 Traps Driver (PHOTOS) Serious 2-Car Crash On Route 22 Traps Driver (PHOTOS)
Serious 2-Car Crash On Route 22 Traps Driver (Photos) Crews were quick to rescue a trapped driver Sunday afternoon following a two-car crash on Route 22. The Hanover Township Volunteer Fire Company responded to the reported crash with injuries in the eastbound lanes near milepost 327.4 in Hanover Township and found the trapped driver around 1 p.m., the squad said. Emergency crews removed the roof of the vehicle — which appears to be a Mustang — with help from the Catasauqua Fire Department and extricated the victim within about 15 minutes upon arrival. The victim was then transferred to EMS crews who were waiting nearby. The cause of the cr…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Overturned Dump Truck Causes Sand Spill On Route 422 In MontCo Overturned Dump Truck Causes Sand Spill On Route 422 In MontCo
Overturned Dump Truck Causes Sand Spill On Route 422 In MontCo An overturned dump truck filled with sand caused temporary lane closures on Route 422 in Upper Providence Township (Montgomery County) Friday morning, authorities said. Responding crews were dispatched on a report of a vehicle rescue around 9:50 a.m. and arrived in the westbound lanes to find a dump truck overturned on its passenger side with the driver already out of the truck, according to Black Rock Volunteer Fire Company. The dump truck blocked the fast lane, while its load of sand spilled across the adjacent lanes, authorities said. It was immediately unclear how the dump tr…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
State Police: Driver Airlifted In Hunterdon County Minivan Crash On Route 78 State Police: Driver Airlifted In Hunterdon County Minivan Crash On Route 78
State Police: Driver Airlifted In Hunterdon County Minivan Crash On Route 78 A minivan driver was airlifted after colliding with another vehicle on Route 78 in Hunterdon County Sunday afternoon, state police said. The crash — involving a Hyundai Elantra and Dodge Grand Caravan — occurred on Rt. 78 westbound near milepost 22.8 in Clinton Township just after 1:45 p.m., NJSP Trooper Alejandro Goez told Daily Voice. The Dodge driver became entrapped in the crash and was flown to Morristown Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries, Goez said. The two other occupants in the Dodge, as well as the two in the Elantra, were not seriously injured, authorities said. …

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Bucks Driver Crashes Into Upper Southampton Shoe Store Bucks Driver Crashes Into Upper Southampton Shoe Store
Bucks Driver Crashes Into Upper Southampton Shoe Store Officials are investigating after a Bucks County driver crashed into a shoe store in Upper Southampton Friday, authorities said. The driver crashed into the Faherty Shoe Repair store on Second Street Pike around 11:15 a.m., according to a Facebook post by Emergency Alerts of Bucks, Montgomery, and Delaware Counties. Two people were reportedly pinned under the car, and fire crews used airbags to rescue them, authorities said. The victims were sent to Abington Hospital around 12 p.m. for treatment, authorities said. Their condition was unknown.  The car was towed from the scene by J.W Harki…

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by Nicole Acosta