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Drunk driver in critical condition, one Philadelphia police officer suffers minor injuries, after the drunk driver crashes into two police cars at a intersection.

Date: 
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Area: 
Philadelphia, PA
Police say a suspected drunk driver lost control of his mini-van near 11th and West Cumberland Street and crashed into a car going through the intersection. It happened at about 1:30 a.m. Thursday. The vehicle then careened off that car and then came to a halt when his van smashed into two police cars that were stopped nearby. One 22nd District police officer suffered minor injuries and was taken to Temple University Hospital for treatment of minor non-life threatening injuries. He is expected to be released.

Melissa Tates, 34, killed, after her car crashes into a utility pole at an intersection in Pittsburgh.

Date: 
Saturday, March 1, 2014
Area: 
Pittsburgh, PA

A 34-year-old Beaver Falls woman was killed when her car struck a utility pole Sunday morning in Pittsburgh, police said.

Melissa Tates died when her car hit a pole at the corner of 17th Street and Liberty Avenue in the strip district around 7 a.m., police said.

Police said icy conditions did not cause the accident, and investigators are looking into whether a medical condition contributed to the crash.

An autopsy will be performed Sunday.

Jeannette Griffith, 34, killed, Rebecca Shearer, 34, airlifted to hospital, Corey Chestnut, 38, transported to hospital, after their pickup leaves a roadway at high speed in York County and crashes into a tree near Penn Township.

Date: 
Friday, February 28, 2014
Area: 
Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York, PA
A one-vehicle crash in Cumberland County left a Carlisle woman dead, and two others injured, late Saturday night. The Cumberland County Coroner said early Sunday that Jeannette Griffith, 34, who was riding in the back seat of a Dodge Ram that crashed into a tree, died. An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday. According to the Pennsylvania State Police at Carlisle, the crash occurred around 11:38 p.m. Saturday on the first block of Lebo Road, Penn Township.

Driver of tractor-trailer suffers minor injury after a 3-car crash on icy State Route 41 near Atglen in Chester County.

Date: 
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Area: 
Philadelphia, PA

Police say ice on the roadway was a factor in an accident that had Route 41 in Chester County closed for about two hours Friday.

The crash happened just before 6 a.m. at the intersection of Route 41 and Highland Road in Atglen.

Police say it started as a two-vehicle crash involving Ford Explorer and a Toyota Tacoma.

The driver of a tractor-trailer tried to avoid the accident scene, lost control and overturned.

The tractor-trailer driver suffered a cut to his head.

The road was reopened around 8:00 a.m.

3 people injured, taken to hospital, after a two car crash at an intersection in the Tiogo neighborhood of Philadelphia.

Date: 
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Area: 
Philadelphia, PA

Police say three people were injured in a two vehicle crash in the city's Tioga section early Friday morning.

The accident happened around 2:45 a.m. at the intersection of Hunting Park and Germantown Avenues.

One car broad sided another car, according to police.

There were three people involved in the crash and they were all injured.

They were taken to the hospital with various injuries and are listed in stable condition.

Police are investigating.

Robin McFann, 54, Judith Chetelat, 85, critically injured after their two cars collide on State Route 272 near Drumore Township Lancaster County.

Date: 
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Area: 
Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York, PA
Two people were severely injured in an accident on Route 272 in Lancaster County on Thursday afternoon. State police said a car driven by Robin McFann, 54, of Holtwood, was traveling north and collided with a southbound car driven by Judith Chetelat, 85, of Perryville. The accident happened around 4:10 p.m. in Drumore Township. Police said McFann’s car ended up on its side following the head-on collision. Police said there were patches of snow and ice on the road and McFann was cited for driving too fast for conditions.

5 people suffer minor injuries, after a large multi-vehicle crash in white-out conditions on southbound I-79 near McKean in Erie County.

Date: 
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Area: 
Erie, PA
High winds and swirling snow that slashed visibility to nearly zero left the southbound lanes of Interstate 79 littered with wrecked cars and trucks Thursday morning. That series of crashes, which began at about 9:15 a.m. and involved 26 cars and three tractor-trailers, prompted Pennsylvania State Police and the Pennsylvania Department of transportation to close Interstate 79 between the McKean and Edinboro exits until about 12:15 p.m. There were no reports, however, of any serious injuries. Five people were treated at UPMC Hamot, but none of them was admitted.

3 people injured, taken to hospital, after a 12 vehicle, chain-reaction crash on snowy I-79 in Washington County.

Date: 
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Area: 
Pittsburgh, PA
Twelve vehicles, including a tractor-trailer, were involved in chain-reaction crash Thursday on Interstate 79 in Washington County. A snow squall was slowing traffic in the northbound lanes in North Strabane Township when a utility truck couldn't stop and rear-ended a tractor-trailer and a car, state police said. The crash set off a chain reaction that involved 12 vehicles, police said. Three people suffered "serious to moderate" injuries, police said. Their conditions were not immediately available. The crash remains under investigation.

Stephanie Sisti, 30, Mark A. Jones, 35, Thomas E. Miller, 48, injured, taken to hospital, after a multi-vehicle crash on I-83 northbound, near Lower Allen Township, involving a tractor-trailer driven by Robert E Singleton, 63, who was cited by police.

Date: 
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Area: 
Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York, PA
A tractor-trailer driver has been charged with reckless driving and speeding for a four-vehicle crash on Interstate 83 in Cumberland County that sent three people to the hospital, state police said Sunday. According to police, trucker Robert E. Singleton, 63, of New Park, York County, was northbound on I-83 near the New Cumberland exit in Lower Allen Township around 8:30 a.m. Thursday when he became distracted and hit a pickup truck, a car and a sport-utility vehicle.

49-year-old mother and 6-year-old son suffer minor injuries, after their horse & buggy are struck by a car driven by Herbert Nixdorf, 56, in Lancaster County.

Date: 
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Area: 
Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York, PA
Two people were injured and a horse was euthanized after a car crashed into a buggy in Lancaster County on Monday morning. The crash happened on the 1000 block of West Main Street in Upper Leacock Township. The area is just west of Peters Road. Officials said Herbert Nixdorf, 56, was driving his Dodge Avenger when he hit the back of the buggy as it was stopping to make a turn. The buggy occupants, a 49-year-old mother and her 6-year-old son, of Ronks were ejected and suffered minor injuries. Both were taken to Lancaster General Hospital.