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Date: 
Thursday, April 10, 2014

Police responded to a hit-and-run accident at Baltimore and High streets in Gettysburg on Friday morning.

Authorities say an 11-year-old boy was crossing Baltimore Street shortly after 7 a.m. when he was hit by a car that fled the area.

Witnesses told police the young boy walked into the side of the car that was coming down the street.

Police have an updated description of the vehicle: They say the car is cream-colored or off-white and about the size of a station wagon.

Date: 
Monday, February 3, 2014

A stretch of the Pennsylvania Turnpike is expected to remain closed until at least 10 a.m. Wednesday due to a fatal tractor-trailer crash that occurred Tuesday night.

A Turnpike Commission spokesman said the state police are conducting an accident reconstruction at the scene. He added that the Turnpike will remain closed between the Gettysburg Pike and Harrisburg West exits. The deceased driver has been identified as David E. Vanevery 70, from Reading.