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Kevin M. Shirk, 25, killed in motorcycle crash with tractor trailer on Route 283 on May 31.

Date: 
Friday, May 30, 2014
Area: 
Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York, PA
Both lanes of Route 283 eastbound were closed at Route 743 for close to five hours due to a motorcycle accident on Saturday. Police say the crash, involving a motorcycle and truck tractor semitrailer occurred around 8:15 a.m. on Route 283 at the Elizabethtown Road overpass. Investigators say the motorcyclist, 25-year-old Kevin M. Shirk of Harrisburg died at the scene. The driver of the truck was not injured. Police say the accident closed both lanes of Route 283 east from the Route 743 exit to the Elizabethtown Rheems exit.

Todd Ziegler, 46, killed in motorcycle accident in Warrington Township on May 30.

Date: 
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Area: 
Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York, PA
Pennsylvania State Police in York County are investigating a deadly motorcycle crash. The accident occurred just after 9:30 p.m. Friday at the intersection of Carlisle and Fickes roads in Warrington Township. Investigators say the driver, 46-year-old Todd Ziegler of Dillsburg died at the scene. The coroner says Ziegler was not wearing a helmet.

Edward Jenkins, 43, killed in pedestrian accident on University Avenue in Bronx on May 25.

Date: 
Saturday, May 24, 2014
Area: 
New York, NY
Police took into custody the driver of a minivan following a fatal accident involving a pedestrian in the Bronx on Sunday morning. According to police, officers responded to an accident involving a pedestrian at University Avenue and West 176 Street in the Morris Heights section of the Bronx at around 3:30 a.m. Upon arriving on the scene, officers discovered a 43-year-old man in the roadway with severe head trauma. The victim was taken to Bronx Lebanon Hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.

Elizabeth Pittman, 36, killed in car accident on May 9 on US 68 near Louisville, Kentucky

Date: 
Friday, May 9, 2014
Area: 
Louisville, KY

Elizabeth Pittman, 36, of Lebanon, was traveling east on US 68 driving a 2001 Nissan when she attempted to pass another eastbound vehicle. Records indicate Pittman was unable to complete the pass due to oncoming traffic, steered back into her lane of travel, then lost control of the vehicle. She dropped off the eastbound shoulder, returned to the roadway and struck a semi vehicle in the rear of the trailer. The semi was operated by 58-year-old Michael Brock, of Berea, KY. Police say Brock was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the collision and was not injured.

Samuel Slaughter, 81, seriously injured after his car rear-ends a tractor-trailer stopped at a train crossing on Highway 20 near Lebanon, Oregon

Date: 
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Area: 
Portland, OR
Police have identified the 81-year-old man who was seriously injured in a crash on Highway 20 near Lebanon Thursday afternoon. Samuel Slaughter of Sweet Home suffered serious injuries in a crash involving a commercial truck pulling a semi trailer and a car. Oregon State Police said at about 1 p.m. a commercial truck pulling a semi-trailer stopped on westbound Highway 20 to wait for train to pass by so the driver could turn into a driveway.

Ralph Brookens, 60, killed, after his motorcycle, traveling at high speed, crashes on Craley Road in Lower Windsor Township.

Date: 
Saturday, April 19, 2014
Area: 
Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York, PA
Police say speed was a factor in a fatal motorcycle crash at 4:40 p.m. on Saturday in the 2700 block of Craley Road in Lower Windsor Township, York County. Investigators say the accident claimed the life of 60-year-old Ralph Brookens of Wrightsville. The York County Deputy Coroner, says, Brookens was traveling at a high rate of speed when his motorcycle went off the road. Brookens died in the ambulance en route to the hospital, according to Goodfellow. Lower Windsor Township Police Department is investigating the crash.

Bonnie Miller, killed, one other person in critical condition, transported to hospital, after a head-on collision between a SUV and a car on Auction Road in Rapho Township.

Date: 
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Area: 
Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York, PA
In Lancaster County, one woman is dead and another remains hospitalized after a crash in Rapho Township. Police say an SUV and car crashed head-on Wednesday in the 1300 block of Auction Road. The driver of the SUV, Bonnie Miller, of Columbia, died at the scene. The other driver was taken to the hospital in critical condition.

Vincent Troupe, 23, killed, after his vehicle overturns on Reading Road in Brecknock Township, and he is ejected from his vehicle.

Date: 
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Area: 
Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York, PA
A Lancaster County man died early this morning following a one-vehicle accident along the 800 block of Reading Road in Brecknock Township, state police said. Troopers found the overturned vehicle of Vincent Troupe, 23, of East Earl, at about 12:30 a.m. in the Black Creek. Troupe's body was also found in the creek, he was not wearing a seatbelt, according to a press release from the state police.

David "Bucky" Carter, killed, after his ultralight aircraft crashes in a field near Edwards Road in Lebanon.

Date: 
Friday, April 11, 2014
Area: 
Nashville, TN
Wilson County Sheriff officials have identified the victim in the deadly ultralight aircraft crash as David "Bucky" Carter, of Nashville. Emergency crews were called around 10:45 a.m. to the scene, Saturday morning. They found the aircraft in the 300 block of Edwards Road, which is right off of Salem Road. According to officials, the victim was an experienced pilot. We will continue to bring you the latest as it becomes available.

11-year-old boy injured, transported to hospital, after he is struck by a car, on Baltimore and High Street in Gettysburg, that fled the scene.

Date: 
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Area: 
Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York, PA

Police responded to a hit-and-run accident at Baltimore and High streets in Gettysburg on Friday morning.

Authorities say an 11-year-old boy was crossing Baltimore Street shortly after 7 a.m. when he was hit by a car that fled the area.

Witnesses told police the young boy walked into the side of the car that was coming down the street.

Police have an updated description of the vehicle: They say the car is cream-colored or off-white and about the size of a station wagon.