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Monday, December 30, 2013
One person has died after a crash on Tuesday evening in Wilson County. The crash was reported just after 8 p.m. near the intersection of Franklin Road and Central Pike.
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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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Wednesday, December 25, 2013

A 52-year-old Maryland man was killed when the vehicle he was in was struck by a tractor-trailer in Mount Holly Springs Thursday morning.

John Mark Houser's vehicle was hit just before 6 a.m. at Routes 34 and 94, according to the Cumberland County Coroner's office.

Houser, of Westminster, Md., was the only person in the vehicle, according to the coroner's office. An autopsy is scheduled for Friday.

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Wednesday, December 25, 2013
At least one person died in the crash of a small plane into a rural south-central Pennsylvania field, state police said. Police said the crash early Thursday scattered debris over a quarter-mile area north of Gettysburg. He said the plane was destroyed, but there didn't appear to have been a fire or explosion. Hicks said neighbors in the Biglerville area heard what sounded like engine trouble and then the noise of the crash at about 5:30 a.m. Thursday.
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Sunday, December 22, 2013

A 63-year-old woman was struck and killed Monday night along the 700 block of Fruitville Pike in Lititz, according to police.

The accident happened around 9:15 p.m. The victim has been identified as Suzanne Cassell, 63, of Lititz. She had crossed the street to get mail from her mailbox when she was hit by a 1996 Saturn, driven by Elizabeth Randler, 22, of Manheim, police said.

Cassell was killed in the collision and Randler was hospitalized.

Police say the "matter remains under investigation."

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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

An explosion has been reported at the Gill Rock Drill Company in Lebanon.

One person was transported to the hospital with unknown injuries, according to a Lebanon County 911 dispatcher. The drill company is located in the 900 block of Cornwall Road.

The explosion was reported at 8:58 a.m. There was no other information immediately available.

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Sunday, December 15, 2013

Southwest Regional Police say a 67-year-old crashed into a tree Monday afternoon southeast of Hanover.

Police believe Larry Rummel suffered some sort of medical problem before going off the road in the 5000 block of southbound Blue Hill Road.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Thursday, December 12, 2013

State Road 39 re-opened in Boone County Friday morning following a crash.

The crash involved multiple vehicles.

Around 7:20 a.m., SR 39 was closed between Blubaugh Avenue and 800 North due to the crash. About an hour later, it was back open.

The Sheriff's Office reported someone was injured, but the extent of those injuries wasn't immediately known.

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Sunday, December 8, 2013
A pedestrian was transported to the hospital Monday afternoon after she was struck by a vehicle while crossing the street in Upper Allen Township, according to township police. Mary Kay Quenzler, 67, of Mechanicsburg, was transported by ambulance to Holy Spirit Hospital with unspecified injuries. Quenzler was struck around 2:40 p.m. at the intersection of Geneva Drive at Paris Drive. Police said Clarissa Fisher, 51, also of Mechanicsburg, struck Quenzler with her vehicle.
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Saturday, December 7, 2013

Snow apparently is causing havoc on Harrisburg-area roads.

A multi-vehicle accident on Interstate 83 south, between Exit 46A- Interstate 283 and Exit 45 (Paxton Street), at roughly 1:30 p.m. has closed all lanes.

And another, nearby accident a short time earlier has caused a lane restriction on Interstate 83 South, one mile south of exit 45, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.