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Toddler Crushed To Death By Hay Bale In Central PA ID'd: Authorities Toddler Crushed To Death By Hay Bale In Central PA ID'd: Authorities
Toddler Crushed To Death By Hay Bale In Central PA ID'd: Authorities Three days before his fourth birthday, a Mechanicsburg boy was crushed to death by a hay bale, authorities announced on July 13, 2023.  A large hay bale fell on 3-year-old Lincoln Nathan Johns at a farm on Davis Lane in Taylor Township on July 1, according to a Pennsylvania State Police on Thursday.  Troopers from McConnellsburg were called to Fulton County Medical Center at 10:57 a.m. They were informed the boy had died due to life-threatening injuries caused by the falling hay bale.  Lincoln's death has been ruled an accident caused by "multiple systems or organs failuring due to blunt …

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
PA Realtor Strangled Son With Dad's Belt Over Financial Woes Before NJ Capture: DA PA Realtor Strangled Son With Dad's Belt Over Financial Woes Before NJ Capture: DA
PA Realtor Strangled Son With Dad's Belt Over Financial Woes Before NJ Capture: DA Heartbreaking details have been released in the death of an 11-year-old Pennsylvania boy, whose mom strangled him with his father's belt as he slept before her arrest in New Jersey, authorities announced. Matthew Whitehead, of Horsham, had been crying on and off all day Monday, April 10, over his family's alleged financial difficulties, and slept in the master bedroom with his mom, Ruth DiRienzo Whitehead, according to police papers released by Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele's office. The following morning, Tuesday, April 11, the boy's father, Daniel Whitehead, and realize…

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by Mac Bullock & Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
Woman, 3 Children Killed, 6 Others Hurt In Farm Tractor Rollover: Pennsylvania State Police Woman, 3 Children Killed, 6 Others Hurt In Farm Tractor Rollover: Pennsylvania State Police
Woman, 3 Children Killed, 6 Others Hurt In Farm Tractor Rollover: Pennsylvania State Police A woman and three children died at the scene of a farm tractor crash in central Pennsylvania on Friday, July 29, authorities say.  The farm tractor rollover crash happened in the 1100 block of Furnace Road near the intersection at Indian Steps Road in Lower Chanceford Township around 11:15 a.m., according to Pennsylvania state police.  "An older-model farm tractor was pulling a flatbed, open utility trailer," police say. "Twelve individuals were riding in the trailer when the operator of the tractor traveled off the roadway and over an embankment, causing the tractor&nbs…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
ATTEMPTED MURDER: Mom Was DUI After Shooting Her Young Sons, Neighbor, Police Say ATTEMPTED MURDER: Mom Was DUI After Shooting Her Young Sons, Neighbor, Police Say
Attempted Murder: Mom Was DUI After Shooting Her Young Sons, Neighbor, Police Say A 38-year-old mom was arrested after shooting her young kids and attempting to shoot her neighbor in the Philadelphia suburbs on Monday, May 2, authorities said. Trinh Nguyen was "under the influence" when she was captured around 11:30 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Washington Crossing, hours after the shooting at her Timber Ridge Road home in Upper Makefield, Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub said. Officers responded around 7 a.m., where a 22-year-old neighbor told police that Nguyen handed him a box of photos and asked him to give the box to her ex-husba…

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by Nicole Acosta