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Sunday, December 29, 2013
A man was killed in Franklin County when his car went airborne in a crash on Route 30, according to state police. Pedro Ramirez Serrano, 30, of Fayetteville, was closely following another car "at a high rate of speed" around 5:35 p.m. Monday in the left westbound lane through Greene Township, according to state police news release. Ramierez Serrano tried to pass the car, but clipped the passenger-side rear bumper, according to state police. Ramirez Serrano's Nissan Rouge "went into the air and did a 180 degree turn," according to the news release.
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Sunday, December 29, 2013
Authorities in central Pennsylvania say a sport utility vehicle hit a utility pole and rolled over several times, killing two people. Police in Blair County say they believe the crash happened at about 2:30 a.m. Monday on Old Route 220 in Newry, but it wasn't reported until about five hours later. Chief Terry Dellinger of the Freedom Township police force said the SUV had been heading south when it went out of control and hit the pole.
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Saturday, December 28, 2013

Pennsylvania State Police said that they believe alcohol was a factor in a single-vehicle crash that killed a Butler County man and injured two others early this morning in Clarion County.

Joshua Paul Bartley, 24, of East Butler, was driving a Ford F-150 on Greenville Pike north of Stone House Road in Clarion Township when he lost control and went off the right side of the road about 4:45 a.m., state police said in a press release.

The truck started to roll and Mr. Bartley was ejected from the vehicle, state police said. He died at the scene.

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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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Friday, December 27, 2013
A Lancaster County man was killed in a car accident at Route 441 and Long Lane in East Donegal Township late Saturday night. Wagdy Behnam Abdel Shaheed, 56, died after Shannon Thurman , of Wrightsville, who was traveling south on Route 441, turned into the northbound lane and struck Shaheed’s vehicle head on, police said. Thurman, 33, was extricated from her vehicle and flown to Hershey Medical Center with unspecified injuries. Her passenger, William E. Fox, 33, of Marietta, was taken to Lancaster General Hospital, for treatment. Police still are investigating the accident.
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Friday, December 27, 2013
Washington Township police are investigating a Saturday crash that resulted in the death of a Hagerstown, Md., man. Police said Sunday that Delbert Stevenson died following a crash that occurred on the 11000 block of Anthony Highway, Waynesboro. According to police, a vehicle, operated by Jason Pecho of McConnellsburg, was traveling west on Tomstown Road, and failed to stop at a stop sign. In the intersection, he struck Stevenson’s 2012 Chevrolet, which was traveling north on Anthony Highway, police said.
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Friday, December 27, 2013
Pittsburgh police say a man was killed early this morning in a one-vehicle wreck along Mooney Road in Hays. Homicide detectives and police crash experts were investigating. Residents of the area reported that the wreck occurred at 1:13 a.m. Saturday in the 800 block of Mooney Road. Officers responding to the 911 call said they found an SUV overturned with a man inside it. That person, Jason Sedlak, 25, of Munhall, died at the scene, police said. The Allegheny County medical examiner's office was conducting an autopsy today to determine an exact cause.
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Thursday, December 26, 2013

Police in Pittsburgh are looking for several people after a chase ended with a car crash.

Authorities believe the incident began Friday morning as a fight in East Liberty.

Police responded and chased a vehicle that fled that scene. The car eventually crashed and several people ran away.

The driver taken into custody has not been publicly identified. Police continue to search for the other people, some of whom may have been armed.

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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

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.