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Gas Leak Prompts Evacuation In Elizabethtown: Police (DEVELOPING) Gas Leak Prompts Evacuation In Elizabethtown: Police (DEVELOPING)
Gas Leak Prompts Evacuation In Elizabethtown: Police (Developing) A gas leak has led to an evacuation and traffic being diverted, Lancaster County authorities explained on Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 6.  The gas leak happened at the intersection of East Bainbridge and South Spruce in Elizabethtown at 2:25 p.m., according to Lancaster County Wide Communications.  "Residents should avoid the area," Elizabethtown police said in a release at 3:09 p.m.  A two-block perimeter has been evacuated as a precaution, LCWC explained. "The Elizabethtown Fire Department and Fire Police, Elizabethtown Police Department, and UGI are already on scene diverting…

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Police & Fire
FATAL FIRE: Woman Killed, Police Officer Treated After Historic Summy House Goes Up In Smoke FATAL FIRE: Woman Killed, Police Officer Treated After Historic Summy House Goes Up In Smoke
Fatal Fire: Woman Killed, Police Officer Treated After Historic Summy House Goes Up In Smoke A woman has died following a fire at the historic building known as The Summy House.  The fire broke out at the Summy House, 33 South Main Street, Manheim Borough at 5:07 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 13, according to borough police.  The fire was in a second-floor room in the historic building that is home to 20 apartments and 22 residents, the police explained in a release that afternoon. When officers found the room where they believed the fire was coming from, it was locked.  Two officers broke down the door, extracted a woman from the room, and got the remaining apartment residents to sa…

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Schools
College Student MedEvac'd After Struck By Car In Central PA: Police College Student MedEvac'd After Struck By Car In Central PA: Police
College Student MedEvac'd After Struck By Car In Central PA: Police An 18-year-old girl has been hospitalized after being struck in a crosswalk in Gettysburg, police announced on Friday.  The Gettysburg College Student was crossing Washington Street at the intersection of Lincoln Avenue around 11 a.m. on Aug. 25.  A 78-year-old Gettysburg resident driving a 2008 Toyota van was traveling west on Lincoln Ave and attempted to turn south onto North Washington St. "The van struck the pedestrian who was reported to be in the crosswalk," the police said.  Another driver was stopped at the intersection and later told police that they waived the girl…

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Traffic
Two Fatal Crashes In Central PA: PennDOT Two Fatal Crashes In Central PA: PennDOT
Two Fatal Crashes In Central PA: PennDOT Two fatal crashes halted traffic in Central Pennsylvania on Tuesday morning authorities told Daily Voice.  As of 11 a.m. on Aug. 1st, lane restriction had just been lifted on Route 22 West/322 between the Midway and PA 34-Newport/New Bloomfield exits.  The deadly single-vehicle crash happened around 7 a.m., according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.  There was entrapment in the crash, but the number of persons in the vehicle and their identities have not been released.  The crash happened between two work zones—but not in any work zone itself,&nbs…

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