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Sunday, August 31, 2014Area:
Philadelphia, PABrandon L. Hagan died after crashing on Sandy Hollow Road. He was driving west in his 2004 Honda ATV when he failed to negotiate a curve and hit a guard rail. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital. A second ATV operator in the group, Jon A. Laclair, 27, suffered minor injuries as he landed in a ditch in an attempt to avoid Hagan.
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Sunday, August 31, 2014Area:
Pittsburgh, PADaniel Watson was a passenger in Moser's car. While Watson was killed in the accident, Moser suffered head injuries and was flown to was flown to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital.
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Saturday, August 30, 2014An SUV driven by a 15-year-old girl that was carrying six young people overturned in northeastern Pennsylvania, killing three and injuring three others. No other vehicles were involved in the crash, which is still under investigation. The extent of the survivors' injuries was not yet released.
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Saturday, August 30, 2014Area:
Pittsburgh, PAAlthough both riders were wearing helmets, Kelly was pronounced dead after being taken to Ruby Memorial Hospital. Loren was injured, though to what extent is not known.
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Sunday, August 24, 2014Area:
Johnstown-Altoona, PAA Somerset County man was killed Sunday immediately after the vehicle he was driving hit a utility pole and overturned. Christopher Edward Maddy, 23, of Cairnbrook was pronounced dead at the scene along Monument Road near Browning Road, according to state police. Maddy was traveling south on Monument Road in a Honda Civic when the car left the road and hit the pole prior to overturning. The crash was reported to state police at five:21 a.m. Somerset County Coroner Wally Miller ruled Maddy's death accidental. Maddy sustained blunt force trauma injuries to the head and chest, Miller said.
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Sunday, August 24, 2014Area:
Pittsburgh, PAThe Chevrolet Cavalier McCachren was driving just before 3 a.m. left the southbound lane of Route 403 in Buffington Township, struck several trees and came to rest in a drainage ditch. McCachren was not wearing a seatbelt and was pronounced dead at the scene. Toxicology test results are pending.
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Saturday, August 23, 2014Area:
Buffalo, NYTragedy struck Ludlow on Saturday, as a motor vehicle crash claimed the life of a Kane Area High School student.
Kane-based state police trooper Frederick W. Burns III said the crash occurred at 5:44 p.m., when a pick-up truck operated by Dylan Yasurek, 18, of Ludlow, was traveling southbound at a high speed on Gibbs Hill Road in Hamilton Township. Police said Yasurek drove his 2001 Ford Ranger onto the west berm, causing the pick-up truck to slide across the road and the east berm and hit a tree, killing Tristan Sauers, 18, of Ludlow.
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Saturday, August 23, 2014Area:
Pittsburgh, PAA Beaver County man died in a wreck involving a motorcycle and an additional automobile Saturday evening in Beaver Falls, county coroner Teri Tatalovich-Rossi stated. She mentioned James Camp IV, 35, of New Brighton was riding the motorcycle in the crash, reported just before 9 p.m. at Ninth Street and Seventh Avenue. He died of various blunt-force trauma, Tatalovich-Rossi said. She and a Beaver Falls police officer stated they could not release more information Sunday morning.
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Saturday, August 23, 2014A York County corner was called to the scene of a two-car crash in Fairview Township Saturday morning. Dispatchers say the accident happened along Lewisberry Road just after 9:00 a.m. According to York County Coroner Pam Gay, 81-year-old Lottie Traver drove into the path of another vehicle when making a left turn on Lewisberry Road. Traver was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the other vehicle was an 87-year-old woman. She's being treated at the Harrisburg Hospital for non-life threatening injuries.
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Saturday, August 23, 2014A Honda Civic was speeding and lost control on a curve. It crossed the center line and struck a Mitsubishi head on. Authorities identified the passengers in the Mitsubishi as 22-year-old Nicole Powers of New Oxford and 22-year-old Austin Michael Smith if Hanover. Anyone with information is asked to contact Pennsylvania State Police at 717-334-8111.