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Monday, January 13, 2014
A driver paying a toll died after a big rig slammed into his car causing a fiery wreck that left two people hurt. On Tuesday morning, Pennsylvania State Police identified the driver of the station wagon that was struck at the tollbooths on westbound Interstate 78 in Williams Township, Pa. Police say Daniel Murphy of Hackettstown, N.J. was stopped in toll lane 4 of I--78 near Morgan Hill Road when a ShopRite tractor-trailer driven by an unidentified 55-year-old from Allentown, Pa. rammed into Murphy's 200 Ford Taurus wagon.
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Sunday, January 12, 2014
A tractor-trailer slammed into a house along Route 147 in Reed Township, Dauphin County, this afternoon, killing the driver, Michael Robert Bryerton, and causing the home to catch fire. The home's owner, Linda Knight, and her children were not at home at the time of the crash, but neighbors say that the family pets perished. The home sits along the Susquehanna River, about 50 yards from the train tracks. Power has been cut to the house so tow trucks can attempt to remove the tractor-trailer from the home.
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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

A 13-foot tall tractor-trailer that became wedged under a 12-foot-high railroad bridge in Carlisle, Cumberland County, has been cleared from the scene, but not before shutting down an intersection for hours.

The accident happened at the railroad bridge at North Orange Street and West High Street around 10 a.m. Wednesday. Police said they believe the driver, Albert Agoupi, 58, was following his GPS when he hit the bridge. No one was injured.

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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.