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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.
A two-vehicle collision earlier Thursday in Lebanon County sent two people to the hospital and a dog to a veterinarian, according to Cornwall police.
The collision took place at 3:45 p.m. on Route 72 at the intersection with Spring Hill Lane when police said a 2003 BMW station wagon southbound on Route 72 made a left turn onto the Spring Hill Acres development, according to a news release.
The BMW turned into the path of a 2006 Chevrolet Tahoe that was driving north on Route 72, which then struck the BMW.
Two people were killed in a crash on Wednesday afternoon on Interstate 81 near Carlisle, Cumberland County.
The crash happened around 1:30 p.m. near mile marker 47. Police say 26-year-old Shane Myers of Carlisle was driving an SUV southbound on I-81 and crossed over into the median and crashed into a tractor trailer in the northbound lane. The crash killed Myers and the 42-year-old tractor trailer driver, Kevin Carr of Williamstown, Nj.
Police say both drivers died of traumatic injuries and were pronounced dead on the scene.
Kentucky State Police are investigating an accident near Lebanon, Kentucky which left one woman dead Sunday morning. Police say 62-year-old Ann Mattingly was traveling east on KY 84 when she lost control of her vehicle just before 10 a.m. They say Mattingly dropped off the shoulder, over-corrected, leaving the roadway striking a tree. Mattingly was pronounced dead on the scene. There were no other injuries reported.
The North Carolina Highway patrol says a 16-year-old died Wednesday afternoon in a single-car crash.
It happened just before 3 p.m. on Lebanon Rd. near Mill Creek Rd. in Orange County.
Troopers said 16-year-old Desmond Piccini of Mebane was driving a 1989 Ford Mustang east on Lebanon Rd. when the car travelled onto the eastbound shoulder.
Piccini apparently overcorrected, causing the car to cross the center line onto the westbound shoulder, where it hit a rock wall and overturned.