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Friday, March 7, 2014
Pennsylvania State Police in York are investigating a single-vehicle accident in Lower Chanceford Township. Police say a car carrying four juveniles crashed into a tree on Brownton Road at Trinity Road around 6 a.m. Saturday. The 16-year-old male driver and two passengers were taken to York Hospital, according to police. State police say a fourth passenger, a 13-year-old female, was life flighted to Hershey Medical Center with serious injuries.
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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

A collision between two vehicles led to one of the vehicles striking and killing a woman near at North Water and West Lemon streets in Lancaster earlier Wednesday, according to police.

The deadly chain reaction was set off just before 12:37 p.m. when a 1996 Ford E250 driven by 50-year-old Lancaster resident Thomas Hogge collided with a 1998 Cadillac Seville driven by Harold White, 81, of Lancaster, according to a city police press release. White was southbound on Water at Lemon Street and Hogge was driving west on Lemon at the time, police said.

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Saturday, February 22, 2014
Homicide-by-vehicle charges have been filed against a Lancaster man following a three-vehicle crash Saturday. According to reports, Carlos R. Garcia, 33, has been charged with homicide by vehicle, aggravated assault by vehicle, accidents involving death while not properly licensed, endangering the welfare of children, reckless driving and driving while under suspension – DUI related. Reports indicate the crash occurred around 1:20 p.m. Saturday on the 1300 block of E. King St., Lancaster, when Garcia struck the rear of another vehicle.
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Sunday, February 16, 2014

Northbound Interstate 71 is closed between Lebanon and Jeffersonville because of a crash near the 38-mile marker.

Two tractor trailers crashed near Wilimington Road just before 9 a.m., Ohio State Highway Patrol said. Traffic on northbound I-71 is being diverted at Ohio 123. Motorists are able to get back on the interstate at Ohio 73 in Clinton County, troopers said.

Only minor injuries were reported in the crash, but one of the tractor trailers caught fire, the other lost its load.

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Saturday, February 15, 2014

Officials say a car carrying five people left the roadway a crashed into a home in Manheim Township, Lancaster County.

The accident happened just after 2:30 a.m. Sunday at 45 Toll Gate Station.

The Eden fire Chief says the car smashed into the house, taking out numerous walls and ending up in the master bedroom.

The home was unoccupied at the time.

The Lancaster County Rescue Task Force was called in to secured the building, but due to severe structural damage the home was condemned by Manheim Township Code Compliance officers.

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Thursday, February 13, 2014

A Massachusetts tractor-trailer driver who crashed on a Vermont highway during a snowstorm and then stepped out into the roadway has been hit by another vehicle and killed.

Vermont state police say 45-year-old Lee, Mass., resident Robert Trombley was traveling on Interstate 91 in Fairlee on Friday morning when his tractor-trailer slid and hit a guardrail. Police say the tractor-trailer was stopped in the middle of the interstate, blocking both lanes.

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Thursday, February 6, 2014

A Lebanon man was injured in a crash near Lafayette Thursday afternoon.

The crash occurred on I-65 southbound near the 174 mile marker.

Officials say a gray 2003 Ford Taurus was southbound on I-65 when it traveled into the left berm. The driver then over corrected , crossed two lanes of traffic, and rolled onto the guardrail.

The driver of the car was extricated from the vehicle and transported to IU Health Arnett Hospital.

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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.

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Sunday, February 2, 2014

A multi-vehicle accident has been cleared from Interstate 83 southbound in northern York County, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

The accident was earlier blocking all lanes of southbound traffic between Exit 32 (Route 382) and Exit 28 (Route 295), PennDOT said.

Traffic cameras as of 9:15 a.m. Monday showed that traffic is still backed up considerably, but PennDOT said residual delays are to be expected.

The accident was first reported at 7:50 a.m. Traffic was at a near standstill and motorists were being detoured off the highway.

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Saturday, February 1, 2014
A Dover man was arrested Sunday after police in Middletown said he drove drunk, crashed a stolen vehicle into the Hurst building on South Union Street and then fled the scene of the crash. Rueben Jason Estrada, 30, of the 3300 block of Village Court Drive, was arrested in the vicinity of a 7-11 store on East Main Street after the incident occurred around 2 a.m., police said. The crash caused serious damage to the building, located at 29 South Union Street, according to authorities. Estrada also did not have permission to drive the vehicle involved in the incident, police said.