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Friday, December 27, 2013

A car hit a high pressure main when it crashed into a house Saturday, causing a gas leak in Darby, Delaware County, according to authorities.

This happened around 4:15 p.m. at the home located on the 400 block of Darby Terrace when a driver reportedly hit the gas pedal instead of the brake while parallel parking.
Crews were forced to evacuate the block while working on the gas leak caused when the car hit a high pressure main.

The gas leak is now contained and people are being allowed back in their homes.

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Thursday, December 26, 2013

Pennsylvania State Police are investigating a one vehicle crash on the Blue Route in Radnor Township.

It happened around 2:30 a.m. Friday morning.
State Police say the driver was pronounced dead at the scene.

I-476 southbound was closed between US 30 and Route 3 for about five hours.
All southbound lanes were reopened to traffic around 7:30 a.m.

The accident remains under investigation.

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Thursday, December 26, 2013

A deadly crash where a car flipped multiple times closed a major roadway for more than five hours this morning.

The single-car wreck closed the Blue Route (I-476) southbound around Exit 13 around 2:10 a.m.

The driver, Edward Harre, was thrown from the vehicle after it struck a median resulting in it flipping over multiple times before coming to a rest on its roof, according to Pennsylvania State Police.

Medics declared Harre dead at the scene, according to police.

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Thursday, December 26, 2013

Delaware State Police have identified the man who was critically hurt after ramming his car into a parked tractor trailer along I-95 on Friday night, closing part of the highway for hours.

Twan Money, of Newark, Del., was driving his red 2009 Chevy Aveo southbound on the highway near the exit for Route 141 in New Castle, Del. around 7:40 p.m. on Friday when the crash occurred, state police said.

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Thursday, December 26, 2013
Investigators say a driver is charged with alleged DUI following a three-vehicle chain reaction crash early Friday morning. It happened shortly after 12 a.m. at the unit block of East Sharpnack Street in Mount Airy. According to police, the suspect tried to blend in with a crowd that had formed around the accident. He suffered minor injuries. A 75-year-old man was taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center. His condition is unknown at this time. Another man suffered a broken arm. The accident remains under investigation.
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Wednesday, December 25, 2013
A portion of the Pennsylvania Turnpike is shut down in snowy eastern Pennsylvania after a pileup involving what appears to be a couple dozen vehicles. Turnpike officials say all lanes westbound were shut down because of the accident between the Morgantown and Reading exits in Berks County. There was no immediate word on injuries in the crash. Also, an accident has shut down Interstate 78 eastbound in Berks County between mileposts 35 and 40 in Lenhartsville.
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Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Newark Police are investigating a serious six-car crash that left an eight-month-old girl hospitalized in critical condition Thursday. It happened around 11 a.m. on Capital Trail at the Windy Hills Bridge. Police say a southbound Dodge Neon operated by a 36-year-old woman, with two small children inside, slid on the icy roadway and into the path of a northbound Honda Accord, operated by a 75-year-old man with a 75-year-old female passenger. The Neon was struck on the passenger side by the front of the Accord.
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Saturday, December 21, 2013
Police say a Clayton man was drunk and speeding when he lost control of his car and crashed into a retention pond in New Castle, Delaware. The crash occurred shortly before 6 p.m. Friday. New Castle County police say the driver, 41-year-old Robert Blisard, hit the rear bumper of another vehicle, causing him to lose control of his car and crash into the pond located off the east bound lanes of Commons Boulevard near Reads Way. The driver of the other vehicle and a passenger in Blisard’s car were treated for minor injuries.
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Thursday, December 19, 2013

At least two people are hospitalized Friday night following an accident involving several vehicles on the Schuylkill Expressway in Philadelphia.

It happened shortly before 9 p.m. on I-76 westbound between West Exit 341 – Montgomery Dr/West River Dr and West Exit 339 – US 1 South/City Ave.
All westbound lanes were shut down for about 40 minutes.

Multiple police and medic units responded to the scene.
Two people were taken to Hahnemann University Hospital. The conditions of the victims are unknown at this time.

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Thursday, December 19, 2013

An accident involving three tractor-trailers has shutdown the eastbound lanes of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Bucks County.

The accident happened at about 6 a.m. Friday in the eastbound lanes of the Turnpike near the exit for Route 1 in Bensalem.
According to investigators, the accident involved three tractor-trailers.

As a result of the crash, several rolls of steel that were being hauled by one of the tractors involved in the crash smashed through a concrete barrier and ended up in the westbound lanes.