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Friday, December 6, 2013
A day of merriment ended in tragedy over the weekend when a man dressed in a Santa suit was hit and killed on a busy interstate in Philadelphia. Adam Herr, 24, was walking along I-95 in the Fishtown area of Philadelphia when a passing car struck and killed the Lebanon, Pa. native. The victim's father, told the Daily News that his son was in the city for the annual Running of the Santa's Saturday. A friend filed a missing person report for Adam after he left the group he was eating dinner with after the race. It is unclear how Herr ended up on I-95.
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Thursday, December 5, 2013

An elderly man has been killed after being hit by a SEPTA bus and officials are trying to determine whether the bus driver realized he struck the man.

The 64-year-old man was hit by a SEPTA bus at 8:49 p.m. on Friday at 79th St. and Cheltenham Ave. in the Cedarbrook section of the city, police said.

He was rushed to Albert Einstein Medical Center, where he later died.

The bus kept on going after hitting the man, police said.

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Tuesday, December 3, 2013

A 71 year old woman crashed into a police SUV in Northeast Philadelphia. She was hospitalized along with a police officer who has since been released.

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Tuesday, December 3, 2013
An unidentified man suffered serious injuries when he was hit in Kingsessing early Wednesday morning. A suspected DUI driver smashed into a man overnight before trying to get away. The crash near 54th Street and Woodland Avenue in the Kingsessing neighborhood of Philadelphia left the victim in critical condition. According to police, a man in his 20s was behind the wheel around midnight.
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Sunday, November 24, 2013
Two separate crashes left police officers in two different counties hospitalized. And in both cases, the drivers were possible intoxicated. The first wreck left a Bensalem police officer hurt after her police cruiser was hit by a van on Sunday night in Lower Southampton Township. Lower Southampton police confirmed to NBC10 that the officer was involved in the crash at Brownsville and Old Street Road around 7:30 p.m. The officer was taken to Aria Torresdale hospital with neck and back pain.
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Saturday, November 23, 2013
A man was killed after police say he was ejected from a vehicle that slammed into a SEPTA station in South Philadelphia. Police say the 54-year-old man was speeding eastbound on Oregon Avenue around 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, made a left turn onto Broad Street and then lost control of his vehicle. The man’s vehicle went over the median and smashed into the Oregon SEPTA Station, ejecting him. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators say the crash caused heavy damage to the car but minimum damage to the building. No one else was inside the car at the time and no one else was hurt.
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Friday, November 22, 2013

One man is killed after crashing into a U-Haul truck at a Philadelphia intersection that neighbors describe as "dangerous."

Police sources state that the man who died was driving a stolen car when he went through a stop sign at Princeton and Summerdale Avenues in the city's Oxford Circle section.

The driver of that car, who hasn't yet been identified, died at the scene after hitting the U-Haul.

The driver of the U-Haul truck was taken to the hospital and treated for head, neck and back injuries. He is currently in stable condition.

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Thursday, November 21, 2013
What began as a birthday celebration ended in a case of apparent road rage that left one woman hospitalized and several cars damaged. A group had just wrapped up celebrating a woman’s upcoming birthday when they say a driver struck that woman near 2nd and Wyoming Streets in Philadelphia’s Feltonville neighborhood and kept driving Tracy Robinson, 31, was struck and remained hospitalized at Einstein Hospital Thursday morning.