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Pa. woman whose car landed on restaurant roof in DUI crash posts $200K bail
Published: Aug. 23, 2022, 1:29 p.m. By John Beauge | Special to PennLive
MIDDLEBURG – The driver accused of driving drunk before her car came to rest on the roof of a Snyder County restaurant is out of jail.
Theresa J. Risso, 43, of Selinsgrove, on Monday posted the $200,000 bail set following her March 11 arrest. She is awaiting trial.
Bail terms set by District Judge Jeffrey Rowe at her arraignment included a ban on driving and consumption of alcohol. She is to wear a monitor that would detect alcohol use. …
The front driver’s side tire came off the sedan before it went over a curb and sheared off a pole in the area of Service 1st federal Credit Union.
It went airborne, traveling over the curbing in a parking lot, striking a concrete barrier and the van in which James and Christine Haught were sitting outside the Golden Chopsticks restaurant. He suffered a broken back.
The engine separated after the car hit the barrier and struck the wall of the restaurant near the van, causing a fire ball.
The car landed on the roof causing the part over the kitchen area to cave in. One of the six employees of the restaurant that was open only for takeout was injured.
Risso’s 18-month-old daughter in a child safety seat in the back seat was not injured despite being strapped in only around the chest. The buckle between the legs was not properly fastened, police said.
Lancaster city crash sends 7 people to hospital
Seven people were taken to the hospital Monday after two vehicles crashed.
The crash happened just before 1:30 p.m. at East Walnut and North Franklin streets. A Honda Odyssey was driving the wrong way on East Walnut when it collided with a vehicle traveling south on North Franklin, according to Lancaster city police.
North Franklin was shut down between East Walnut and East Chestnut streets while the wreckage was being cleared.
Further details weren’t immediately available.
Multi-vehicle crash closes 283 westbound lanes in Lancaster County
A multi-vehicle crash snarled traffic on Route 283 westbound in Lancaster County on Monday afternoon.
The crash happened in East Hempfield Township near the exit for Route 741, Millersville/East Petersburg. Minor injuries were reported.
All lanes were closed between the Millersville/East Petersburg exit and the Landisville exit for Route 722 as of 4:15 p.m. on Monday, according to 511pa.com.
As of 4:45 p.m., one lane was reopened on Route 283 westbound.
Woman injured when vehicle rolls over in Ephrata Township crash Tuesday
A woman was taken to a hospital after her vehicle rolled over during a crash Tuesday afternoon in Ephrata Township, police said. The unidentified woman was driving on Hahnstown Road when a vehicle driven by Andrei Gortman, 78, of New Holland, pulled from a stop sign on Glennwood Drive into her path about 2 p.m., police said. The crash caused the woman’s vehicle to roll over and she had to be freed, police said.
Both vehicles were towed. Ephrata Pioneer and Lincoln Fire Companies assisted. Further details were not immediately available.
Rollover crash at routes 30, 283 in Manheim Township causes delays: police
A crash at a major route interchange in Manheim Township is stalling traffic early Monday.
The rollover crash happened on Route 30 east and Route 283 east, according to Manheim Township police.
Emergency units were called to the scene around 7:45 a.m., according to Lancaster County-Wide Communications.
Traffic maps show backups in the heavily trafficked area.
Crash slows traffic on Route 30 near Dutch Wonderland
A crash with reported entrapment closed a small section of Lincoln Highway East just after 8 a.m.
It happened in front of Dutch Wonderland, near the entrance to Tanger Outlets.
About 100 yards of road were closed as crews at the scene worked to free a person from a vehicle. Traffic was able to move slowly by the scene.
The extrication was complete at 8:35 a.m., according to Lancaster County-Wide Communications.
Police did not release any information from the scene. This story will be updated.
Early morning tractor-trailer crash shuts down turnpike
An accident involving a tractor-trailer brought traffic to a stop this morning on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
According to 511PA.com and Lancaster County-wide Communications, a portion of the turnpike was shut down following a tractor-trailer crash that left one person trapped.
The crash occurred around 7 a.m. and was between the Lebanon-Lancaster and Reading exit, near mile marker 284.7.
Only the left lane of traffic was affected by the crash, but both lanes came to a stop in order to removed the tractor-trailer from the scene.
Crews are also responding to a crash in East Hempfield Township, near Rohrerstown Road and Spring Valley Road, for a report of a Class 2 vehicle accident.
Horse and carriage crash injures driver near Strasburg
A horse and carriage accident Sunday morning left the driver with serious injuries.
State police are investigating the crash at 7:15 a.m. in front of 613 Georgetown Road (Route 896). According firefighters at the scene, the driver of the carriage was heading toward Strasburg when the wheels on the carriage went off the road and into a culvert. The carriage then struck a telephone pole.
The driver, a teen male, suffered a broken leg and serious head injuries. He was transported to Lancaster General Hospital. Two other occupants of the carriage were not injured.
Responding to the crash were Strasburg Fire Company, Lancaster EMS and Gordonville EMS.
Woman, 55, hospitalized with ‘unknown injuries’ after Ephrata crash
A 55-year-old woman was hospitalized for “unknown injuries” Thursday after her vehicle was struck, trapping her inside, in Ephrata, police said.
Stevens resident Tyrone Miller, 56, driving a pickup truck, pulled from a stop sign and hit the woman’s car, a Subaru, as it drove east on Martin Avenue at around 2:30 p.m., police said.
The woman was extricated and taken to a local hospital. The Subaru was towed from the scene, police said.
Ephrata police, Lincoln and Pioneer fire departments and Ephrata Ambulance assisted at the crash site.
Update: Route 30 eastbound lanes near Columbia reopened at 5 p.m. after crash
The eastbound lanes of Route 30 in West Hempfield Township have been re-opened following a two-car crash that injured three people. The eastbound lanes were shut down about 4 p.m. at the Route 441 ramp in Columbia. Westbound lanes remained open. The eastbound lanes re-opened around 5 p.m.
Fiery crash between police SUV and mail truck injures 2
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. —
Police in Lancaster County say icy roads are to blame for a fiery crash between a police vehicle and a mail truck.
East Lampeter police say the crash happened around 3:30 p.m. along Hartman Station Road at Geist Road.
Both drivers were taken to a hospital, but their conditions are unknown.
Vehicle crashes into utility pole outside Villa Nova West minutes before midnight Monday
East Hempfield Township police is investigating an incident in which a vehicle crashed into a utility pole in front of Villa Nova West on Columbia Avenue shortly before midnight Monday.
One person was temporarily trapped inside the vehicle and transported to Lancaster General Hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening, police said.
The roadway was closed for about two hours following the crash, which occurred at 11:53 p.m., police said.
No injuries were reported inside the restaurant.
Anyone with information regarding the crash is asked to call Officer Christopher Keen at 717-898-3103 or to submit a tip through the department’s CrimeWatch website.
Crews responding to Lancaster city crash involving school bus
Emergency crews are responding to a crash in Lancaster city involving a small school bus and another vehicle, according to an emergency dispatch supervisor.
The crash was reported at South Lime Street and Howard Avenue just before 4 p.m.
School District of Lancaster spokeswoman Kelly Burkholder said there were three students from the district on the bus who were being checked out, but that it didn’t immediately appear that they or the bus driver suffered serious injuries.
Neither Burkholder nor the dispatcher could immediately provide information on the other vehicle and whoever was in it.
4 people treated after retirement home bus gets rear-ended in Ephrata Township
A retirement community bus carrying 14 residents was rear-ended in Ephrata Township late Tuesday morning, police said.
Four of the 14 passengers requested medical treatment as a precaution, according to Ephrata police Lt. Chris McKim.
No one was seriously injured, he said.
The crash happened around 11:15 a.m. on Rothsville Road near Royer Road. A vehicle rear-ended the bus, which was carrying residents of Luther Acres.
Police talked with the driver of the vehicle that hit the bus. The investigation is ongoing.
Initial dispatch reports indicated over a dozen people may have been injured. Dispatchers called for at least five basic care ambulances to respond to the scene.
6 firefighters hospitalized in I-81 crash; Driver had suspended license, police say
EAST HANOVER TOWNSHIP, Pa. —
Six firefighters were hospitalized after a crash involving a tractor-trailer on Interstate 81 in East Hanover Township, Dauphin County.
The first incident was a vehicle fire. As firefighters were doing traffic control for that around 2:30 a.m., a tractor-trailer, which failed to see the emergency vehicles with their lights activated, tried to make a sudden lane change and crashed, according to state police.
The tractor-trailer hit two fire vehicles, a fire truck and a Chevrolet Equinox, before going off the road and into a ditch.
Six firefighters, five from West Hanover Fire and 1 from East Hanover Fire, were taken to Hershey Medical Center with what were described as non-life threatening injuries.
State police said the driver of the tractor-trailer, a 38-year-old man from Columbus, Ohio, had a suspended license. His name has not been released. He was not injured in the crash.
https://www.wgal.com/article/crash-shuts-down-portion-of-i-81-1542714010/25234938
1 person freed from crash at Queen & Farnum streets in Lancaster city
Firefighters popped a vehicle door to free one person who was trapped following a crash in Lancaster city Monday, according to city fire department battalion chief Ken Barton. The crash at West Farnum and South Queen streets was reported at 4:39 p.m., dispatch reports show. A person at the scene said the main vehicles involved were a minivan and a Jeep Cherokee, and some parked cars were hit as well. Information was not immediately available on how many people were involved and whether they were injured.
Collisions snarl traffic Wednesday afternoon on Routes 441 in East Donegal Township, Route 897 in Salisbury
Motorists should use caution in areas surrounding two crashes Wednesday afternoon in Lancaster County.
Two vehicles collided at around 4:20 p.m. on Route 441, just south of Marietta at Furnace Road, according to Lancaster County-Wide Communications.
One vehicle went down an embankment and into a tree, according to a witness at the scene. At least one person was taken by ambulance for treatment.
The crash may have been caused when a driver swerved to avoid a deer, according to a report from the scene.
About 10 minutes later, an accident involving a tractor-trailer occurred near the intersection of Route 897 and Cains Road in Salisbury Township.
Rescue crews were responding to both incidents. Motorists should avoid the areas because of blocking.
Centerville Road ramp to westbound Route 30 reopens after tractor-trailer crash
A Route 30 on-ramp was closed for several hours early Tuesday after a tractor-trailer rolled over.
The crash happened just before 7 a.m. on the Centerville Road ramp to westbound Route 30.
A mechanical issue caused the driver to lose control. The tractor-trailer slid off the ramp and overturned, according to East Hempfield Township police Lt. Tammy Marsh.
The driver was taken to Lancaster General Hospital with minor injuries, she said.
The ramp reopened around 11:30 a.m., according to Marsh.
The tractor-trailer was carrying logs and poles, according to Lancaster County Commissioner Josh Parsons.
Seven people injured in Salisbury Township crash
Crews were called to the scene of a two-vehicle crash in Salisbury Township, Lancaster County, Sunday morning.
Emergency dispatchers say the crash occurred around 9 a.m., in the 900 block of Churchtown Road.
Seven people were injured and taken to Reading Hospital. There is still no word on what caused the crash.
https://www.wgal.com/article/accident-closes-churchtown-road-in-salisbury-township/24355676
One trapped when car overturns in East Lampeter Township
Emergency personnel were called to the scene of an overturned vehicle on Harmony Hill Drive in East Lampeter Township Wednesday evening.
Initial reports indicated a Mercury Milan sedan struck a parked vehicle and flipped over in the 2200 block of Harmony Hill Drive near Hornig Road. The call came into Lancaster County-Wide Communications just after 7:30 p.m.
Crews extricated the occupant, a male, who was taken to the hospital by ambulance. A witness said he was conscious.
Route 30 in Paradise Township reopens after 3-vehicle crash
Route 30 in Paradise Township has reopened following a three-vehicle crash.
One person — Austin Brumbach, 22, of West Chester — was injured in the crash, which occurred at 8:48 a.m. Tuesday, according to Pennsylvania State Police.
Traveling west on Route 30 in a Dodge Durango, Brumbach crossed into the eastbound lane and sideswiped a pickup truck towing a flatbed trailer. Brumbach remained in the eastbound lane and struck a Dodge Caravan head-on, state police said.
Driving the pickup truck was Carlo Easton, 50, of Lancaster. Strasburg resident Donna Dewalt, 52, was driving the van.
Brumbach was transported to Lancaster General Hospital with injuries of unknown severity, state police said. No other injuries were reported.
Route 30 was closed for about two hours.
The crash is currently under investigation, state police said.
Norman Wood Bridge in Martic Township closed after tractor-trailer crash
Norman Wood Bridge in Martic Township is closed after a tractor-trailer crash early Tuesday.
The bridge, or Route 372, runs over the Susquehanna River in the southern part of Lancaster County.
The crash happened around 6:20 a.m., according to Lancaster County-Wide Communications.
Route 372 is closed between River and Old Pinnacle roads on the Lancaster County side to River and McCalls Ferry roads on the York County side, according to 511pa.com.
1 man suffers minor injury from chlorine exposure in leak at Ephrata’s water plant
One person was injured and a school sheltered in place after a chlorine leak at Ephrata’s waste water treatment plant on Monday.
Chlorine leaked from a 150 pound cylinder inside the public works facility around 7:30 a.m. at the plant at 321 Church Ave., according to Ephrata police Chief Bill Harvey.
A borough employee was injured after being exposed to chlorine gas, Harvey said. The man was taken to an area hospital for treatment and was “doing well,” he said.
Students and staff at nearby Our Mother of Perpetual Help Church and School were asked to shelter in place as well as a few area residents, Harvey said.
The building was evacuated as responding emergency crews set up a command post in the parking lot of the Ephrata Borough building. Several suited hazmat personnel went into the building to make sure the leak was under control.
Church Avenue was closed from Pine to Wenger streets, according to a tweet from Ephrata Police Department. The scene cleared by 9:30 a.m.
The leak was likely caused by an equipment malfunction, Harvey said. The cause is still under investigation. Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection was notified.
There is no danger to the water supply, police said.
Multiple people injured in 3-car crash on Columbia Avenue in Manor Township
Multiple people were injured in a three-car in Manor Township midday Thursday.
The crash happened in front of Interiors Home, 3130 Columbia Ave., near the intersection of Columbia Avenue and South Centerville Road.
Manor Township police said there were “multiple injuries” but did not provide any other information.
A Lancaster County-Wide Communications supervisor did not know how many patients there were, but said six ambulances and medics were dispatched to the crash.
Columbia Avenue was closed between Centerville and Weaver roads, according to the dispatcher.
The road reopened before 2 p.m.
Head-on collision injures 2, closes stretch of Columbia Avenue
A head-on collision in Lancaster City has sent two people to the hospital for minor injuries, according to a Lancaster City fire official.
The crash occurred on the 700 block of Columbia Avenue just after 4 p.m.
Two people suffered minor injuries and were sent to Lancaster General Hospital, according to Lancaster City Bureau of Fire Captain Todd Hutchinson. Both vehicles appear totaled, Hutchinson said.
Columbia Avenue between College Avenue and Ruby Street was closed for about an hour while officials worked to clear the vehicles and debris from the scene.
Lancaster City Police are investigating the incident.
2 people injured after vehicle hits Red Rose Transit bus head on along Willow Street Pike
Two people were injured after a vehicle struck a Red Rose Transit Authority bus head on just south of Lancaster city on Willow Street Pike Friday morning.
The crash happened just after 8 a.m. near Highland Avenue in West Lampeter Township and involved a Red Rose Transit bus and two cars, according to township police.
Dispatches called for medics for two trauma patients.
Police reported that the bus driver and the driver of one of the cars were taken to a hospital for treatment, but did not immediately release any information on their names or severity of their injuries.
Photos from the crash show extensive damage to the front of the driver’s side of the bus.
A Pennsylvania State Police trooper happened upon the crash and began to render aid to the passengers, according to police. There were three passengers on the bus.
The bus was traveling north toward Lancaster city when a southbound vehicle crossed the center, yellow dividing line and hit it head on, police said.
The vehicle spun to face northbound and was hit by a southbound vehicle, police said.
Emergency personnel responded to assist with traffic. Tractor trailers were being detoured off Willow Street Pike/Route 272 at Darrenkamps, according to dispatch reports.
The crash is still under investigation. Police ask anyone with information or who witnessed the crash to call 717-464-2421.
Tractor trailer rolls over on Route 222 off-ramp to Route 30 in Manheim Township
Traffic backed up for miles in the area of a busy off ramp in Manheim Township after a tractor trailer crash late Wednesday morning.
A tractor trailer filled with trash rolled over on the ramp from southbound Route 222 to westbound Route 30 around 11:15 a.m., according to dispatch reports.
Initial reports indicated the driver was trapped inside but conscious. The driver was extricated from the truck around 11:40 a.m.
The ramp was closed for more than an hour, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s traffic site.
Traffic maps showed congestion in all directions on routes 222 and 30 over the lunch hour.
The truck appeared to be carrying non-hazardous waste material, according to dispatch reports.
Seven taken to hospital after crash in Fulton Township
Seven patients were transported to the hospital following a two-vehicle crash in Fulton Township Friday afternoon.
Three of the patients were “priority one,” which designates serious injuries, but none appeared life-threatening, Robert Fulton Fire Co. Chief Phil Smith said.
Four more were low-priority, he said. An eighth person declined treatment, he said.
The crash was called in around 3:30 p.m., and involved one vehicle with five occupants and one with three. They collided at the intersection of Robert Fulton Highway and Nottingham Road, Smith said.
Emergency medical units responded from Wakefield Ambulance, Lancaster EMS, and Union Fire Co. in Chester County. A unit from Cecil County, Maryland, was initially dispatched, but recalled.
Five of the patients were transported to Lancaster General Hospital, the other two to Union Hospital of Cecil County, Maryland, Smith said.
Minor injury reported when motor vehicle hits horse-drawn wagon
The driver of a horse-drawn wagon carrying hay bales suffered a minor leg injury Saturday when a motor vehicle struck the wagon from behind. Two children riding in Wayne Gehman’s wagon were unharmed, Ephrata police said.
Francis Miller of Lititz struck the wagon while traveling westbound in the 100 block of Parkview Heights Road, police said.
The horse, which sustained injury, fled but was captured. Miller was uninjured; his vehicle had to be towed, police said.
Injuries reported after Amtrak train strikes tractor stopped at Rapho Township crossing
An Amtrak train hit a tractor stopped on the tracks at a Rapho Township crossing Tuesday morning.
The crash happened two miles east of the Mount Joy station at Bender’s Crossing, at 10:32 a.m., according to Amtrak spokeswoman Beth Toll.
The farm tractor was upended by the train, according to Lancaster County-Wide Communications dispatch reports. The driver was injured. Debris was scattered on the track, according to dispatch reports.
Medics were called to evaluate several train passengers. None of the 40 passengers were injured, but three crew members are being treated for minor injuries, Toll said.
The Keystone Service train 648 was on its way from Harrisburg to New York City. Passengers will be transferred to train 650, Toll said.
Motorcyclist injured in late morning crash along Centerville Road in East Hempfield Township
A motorcyclist suffered “significant injuries” in a late Friday morning accident at Centerville Road and Prestige Lane, police said.
The accident happened just after 11:15 a.m. when a Chevy Tahoe travelling north on Centerville Road turned left onto Prestige Lane in front of a motorycle heading south, police said.
During an accident investigtion, Centerville Road was closed for several hours between Oak Tree and Industry drives.
Police did not release the identity Friday afternoon of the motorcyclist who was taken to Lancaster General Hospital.
Truck crash, fire closes Route 30 and Oregon Pike
A truck crash and fire at the Route 30/Oregon Pike overpass has stopped traffic around the busy interchange.
Details are scarce about the crash, which occurred at around 7:05 a.m.
Lancaster County-Wide Communications — which broadcasts fire and EMS chatter but not police — indicated that a car carrier crashed through the guardrail on the eastbound side of Route 30 and onto Oregon Pike.
Dispatches said fire was dripping down from the highway onto Oregon Pike. The truck driver was described as a “class 1 burn patient” needing immediate medical attention.
Both roadways were apparently closed, although a county radio supervisor said he did not yet have details on the scene. He said police were asking motorists to avoid both Route 30 and the Oregon Pike.
The truck apparently struck a disabled vehicle that was on the shoulder of Route 30. That vehicle, according to emergency responders at the scene, was not occupied.
A hazmat team was dispatched to deal with diesel fuel on the roadway.
Another dispatch said that a five-vehicle accident had just occurred at the Route 30/283 interchange. No injuries were reported at that scene.
Crews respond to 2 crashes in Mount Joy Township just before 7 p.m. Thursday
Crews were dispatched to two crashes with injuries in Mount Joy Township in quick succession Thursday night, according to initial dispatch reports.
The first was reported at 6:37 p.m. on Route 283 West, just north of the exit at Cloverleaf Drive exit, as a single-vehicle crash.
The second was reported at 6:54 p.m. at Elizabethtown Road and Ridgeview Road North as a multi-vehicle crash.
No further details were immediately available.
4 people taken to hospital as trauma patients after Paradise Township crash
Four people were taken to the hospital as trauma patients after a crash in Paradise Township, according to dispatch reports.
The crash happened around 8:40 a.m. on Lincoln Highway East near Church Street, according to Lancaster County-Wide Communications.
A black Honda Accord went into a telephone pole, according to state police Trooper James Spencer.
Two people were trapped in a vehicle, according to dispatch reports.
The vehicle was stopped in the parking lot of Kinzers Station Tavern, 3572 Lincoln Highway.
Emergency personnel arriving on scene said four people would be transported to Lancaster General Hospital as trauma patients. They were seriously injured, according to Spencer.
The cause of the crash is under investigation, Spencer said.
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Police: Lancaster man tried to hide in crowd after hitting 4 cars, flipping his own in Prince Street crash
A man is charged with trying to flee from police after causing a five-vehicle crash in downtown Lancaster on Thursday afternoon.
Christopher Youst, 30, of Lancaster, was driving on a suspended license when he hit four vehicles along North Prince Street and then flipped his own near West Chestnut Street in the early afternoon crash, police said.
Police arriving on scene saw that the flipped car was empty. Someone told police Youst, who was in a crowd of onlookers, was the driver, police said.
An officer talked to Youst, but he did not say he was the driver and tried to run away. When police tried to stop him, Youst became combative, and it took several officers to restrain him, police said.
A witness told police Youst was seen driving in an erratic manner south on Fruitville Pike toward North Prince Street. The witness also saw the car drive onto the sidewalk near in the 400 block of North Prince Street, hit two parked cars and a light pole before driving further down Prince Street, according to police.
Other witnesses said Youst tried to drive between two vehicles on North Prince Street. He sideswiped a white Audi on the driver’s side and hit a gray Hyundai on the passenger side, police said. Youst’s vehicle flipped after he hit the Hyundai.
Of the four other drivers, only the driver of the Hyundai complained of pain and was transported to a hospital for treatment. The four vehicles had to be towed, police said.
After police took Youst into the police station, he complained of pain and was taken to Lancaster General Hospital for treatment.
Youst is no longer in custody, police said. He is charged with accidents involving death or personal injury while not properly licensed, accidents to attended vehicles or property, accidents involving damage to unattended vehicles and resisting arrest, according to police.
A summons will be sent to Youst when the investigation is complete, police said.
Police think that Youst may have been involved in a crash outside Lancaster before the Prince Street crash. He was driving a silver Chrysler Sebring sedan, police aid.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Officer Steven Alexander at alexands@lancasterpolice.com.
https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/police-lancaster-man-tried-to-hide-in-crowd-after-hitting/article_a9494bd4-49be-11e8-8b55-db9f9809e910.html
Driver arrested in Prince Street crash
The driver of a car which caused a multi-vehicle crash in Lancaster City Thursday afternoon was arrested, Sgt. Cole of the Lancaster City Police Department said. The crash occurred at approximately 2 p.m.
No other information was available.
At least 2 injured after crash involving tour bus, multiple vehicles on Route 340 in Leacock Township
A tour bus with over 50 passengers going to Sight and Sound Theatre was involved in a multi-vehicle crash about 1:45 p.m. Tuesday on Route 340 in Leacock Township.
Medics treated the injured just west of North Harvest Road. One person was taken to a hospital.
Passengers complained that they hurt their knees and requested ice packs, according to dispatch reports. The passengers were gathered in a field to be evaluated by EMS.
Route 340 was temporarily closed between Weavertown and Leacock roads.
2 crashes reported in Salisbury Township just after 8:30 p.m. Wednesday
Emergency crews responded to two crashes in Salisbury Township within minutes of each other Wednesday evening, according to initial dispatch reports.
The first was in the 500 block of Hensel Road at 8:33 p.m., and reportedly involved one vehicle and a stray horse. One person was taken to Lancaster General Hospital following that crash, according to a dispatch supervisor.
The second was reported at 8:39 p.m. at Lincoln Highway, which is also known as Route 30, and Mount Vernon Road. The supervisor said it involved two vehicles, and two people were taken to a hospital following that one.
No further information was immediately available.
30 accidents reported this morning in Lancaster County; Icy roads likely for evening commute
Vehicle accidents are being reported around Lancaster County after a mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain.
At noon, Lancaster County-Wide Communications said they had received reports of 30 vehicle accidents since 5 a.m.
Forecasts called for sleet and freezing rain in the morning. Up to 2 inches of accumulated sleet was possible in some parts of Lancaster County, according to Millersville University meteorologist Eric Horst.
By midday sleet started to changeover to rain, Horst said. Even with a temperature of 31 degrees in Millersville, the rain wasn’t sticking, he said.
But with temperatures dropping this evening, Horst warned of ice on roads.
The National Weather Service in State College said a winter weather advisory for Adams, Fulton, Franklin, Lancaster and York counties will be in effect from 3 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Speeds on major roadways in South Central Pennsylvania were reduced to 45 mph at 5:30 a.m. In Lancaster County, that includes routes 283, 30 and 222.
All 16 Lancaster County public school districts are closed today. View LancasterOnline’s list of closings and delays.
“Snow and ice will result in difficult travel conditions, including during the morning commute … ,” according to the NWS.
Horst said he doesn’t expect much snow accumulation in central Lancaster County, although 2 inches would be possible in the northern part of the county.
“Freezing rain midmorning into midday will result in some ice accretion, especially air-cooled surfaces like trees, powerlines, bridges, etc.,” he said in an email to LancasterOnline on Tuesday. “Salt-treated roads should be mainly wet during the midday/afternoon, but secondary roads and sidewalks, etc. will be slippery/icy into the afternoon.”
Regionally, he said 3 to 8 inches could fall north of the Pennsylvania Turnpike with the potential for 8 or more inches in the northern part of the state.
Horst said the temperature will slowly rise from the 20s at dawn to between 32 and 34 in the afternoon. He said Wednesday night will turn breezy and colder with the temperature falling back into the 20s, “so a refreeze and some black ice will develop on we and untreated surfaces later in the evening and overnight.”
If you plan to travel to Philadelphia Thursday for the parade celebrating the Eagles Super Bowl championship, both AccuWeather and the NWS are calling for a mostly sunny day with temperatures in the lower 30s.
Tractor-trailer driver given 2 citations in crash that closed Route 222 to Route 30 west for 4 hours Tuesday
Heavy traffic backed up on Route 222 in Manheim Township after a tractor-trailer flipped on its side while exiting the roadway Tuesday.
The crash happened when the vehicle, headed south on Route 222, attempted to exit onto Route 30 west. The vehicle slid off the ramp and overturned alongside the roadway, according to Manheim Township police.
The driver, Antonio Brito, 25, of Allentown, was given two traffic citations for not driving at a safe speed and for accidents involving overturned vehicles. He was not injured, police said.
The exit ramp of Route 222 to Route 30 west was closed for about four hours, 911 dispatchers said.
The crash happened around 1:30 p.m. Fire police were called to the scene to direct traffic, according to Lancaster County-Wide Communications.
Emergency crews were off scene and the road reopened by 5:45 p.m., 911 said.
Lancaster and surrounding area injury news as of Tuesday, January 9, 2018
Man in critical condition after vehicle strikes, kills a horse that got loose in West Earl Township
A 23-year-old man is in critical condition after he hit a loose horse in a West Earl Township crash Sunday.
John Bosley, of Leola, was driving west in the 400 block of East Main Street (Route 23) around 10:10 p.m. when his vehicle struck a loose horse, police said.
The horse broke free from Jonathan Petersheim, of Manheim, as he was trying to hitch it to a buggy in the 200 block of East Eby Road, police said.
The site of the crash was about 1.5 miles away from where the horse got loose.
Bosley was transported to Lancaster General Hospital for injuries from the crash. He was listed in critical condition Tuesday, according to the hospital.
The horse died as a result of the crash, police said.
Police continue to investigate.
Comment: The horse owner’s insurance should be responsible for the injured victim. As lawyers in Lancaster County, we see these types of cases on a regular basis.
Lancaster and surrounding area injury news as of Monday, January 8, 2018
Slick roads lead to several wrecks.
Multiple crashes are being reported on Susquehanna Valley roads as wintry weather moves through the area. In Lancaster County, a tractor-trailer slid off the southbound lanes of Route 222 near Route 30 on Monday afternoon.
Lancaster and surrounding area injury news as of Sunday, January 7, 2018
A pedestrian was struck by vehicle in Lancaster
An unidentified man was taken to Lancaster General Hospital on Sunday night after being struck by a vehicle in Lancaster, city police said. The man was struck at about 5:50 p.m. at the intersection of Manor Street and Filbert Street. He was initially reported unconscious at the scene, according to dispatch reports.
Police said the man was older but could not immediately provide his name or age.
The man suffered a leg injury, according to police Monday.
Comments: Pedestrians have rights against the at-fault driver’s insurance, as well as their own automobile insurance. An experienced car accident lawyer knows how to seek benefits under both.
The Hanover Police Department is investigating a fatal hit-and-run, that occurred in the first block of North Railroad Street, early Sunday morning. A 29-year-old Hanover man was struck and killed while he was crossing the road. The police reported that the victim was found lying on the road by a passerby who called 911.
Hanover Borough Police in York County asks witnesses or people with information pertaining to the incident to call 911 or at 717-637-5575.
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Lancaster and surrounding area injury news as of Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018
A Landisville man was killed after his vehicle overturned at 4:15 a.m. Saturday morning on Stony Battery Road in West Hempfield Township. A passenger was also injured and taken the Lancaster General Hospital. Emergency dispatch reported that two people were trapped in the vehicle. The investigation shows that the vehicle veered from the road, struck trees, and flipped onto its roof. After being closed part of the morning, Stony Battery Road was reopened.
Lancaster and surrounding area injury news as of Friday, Jan. 5, 2018
A man was killed Friday night when his vehicle struck a tree in front of a residence along Truce Road in Providence Township. Emergency personnel were on the scene near Hollow Road at 8:38 p.m. Initial reports said emergency crews worked to free the man, who was trapped on the passenger’s side of the vehicle, which was wedged against the tree. The driver was pulled from the vehicle at about 8:50 but died at the scene.
Lancaster and surrounding area injury news as of Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018
A 25-year old man of Lititz PA died Wednesday in a trucking accident.
Lancaster and surrounding area injury news as of Sunday, December 31, 2017
A25-year-old Lancaster man was killed when his vehicle crashed during a police pursuit early Saturday in Lebanon County. Brandon Small died at the scene of the crash which occurred around 2:45 a.m., Lebanon City police Chief Todd Breiner announced in a news release Sunday.Breiner said officers responded to a call for service in the city and became involved in a pursuit that spanned less than two miles and ended in North Lebanon Township when the fleeing vehicle struck a utility
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A 17-year-old Donegal High School student from Mount Joy passed away on Sunday, December 31, 2017, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident after the vehicle struck a detached garage near Manheim. Three other teens were injured in the accident.
The accident occurred shortly after 6 p.m. in the 1300 block of Lebanon Road in Rapho Township. Manheim Borough police Chief Joe Stauffer said the vehicle went off the road and traveled into a garage behind a home at 1383 Lebanon Road (Route 72).
Lancaster and surrounding area injury news as of Saturday, December 30, 2017
An 11-vehicle accident snarled the Pennsylvania Turnpike (Interstate-76) Eastbound traffic for more than four hours between Lebanon-Lancaster and Harrisburg East (MP 251.3-251.2) Read article.
Lancaster and surrounding area injury news as of Sunday, December 27, 2017
A pickup truck nearly struck a Lancaster city barbershop after early morning collision. The early morning crash in a busy downtown Lancaster intersection sent one vehicle careening onto a sidewalk, nearly hitting a barbershop. City police Sgt. Jason Ziegler said a pickup truck traveling east on West King Street appears to have run a red light, “t-boning” another pickup truck traveling on Prince Street. Ziegler said the collision sent the southbound pickup truck spinning onto the sidewalk.
Lancaster and surrounding area injury news as of December 11, 2017
East Lampeter: A crash involving a tractor-trailer on Route 30 has been cleared in Lancaster County.
The crash happened in the westbound lanes of Route 30 near the Harrisburg Pike exit around 8:30 a.m. There were heavy delays.
Lancaster and surrounding area injury news as of November 30, 2017
A fire was reported at H.M. Stauffer & Sons Inc., 33 Glenola Drive, just before 8:30 a.m. At least 10 fire companies and over 150 emergency personnel, including firefighters, EMTs and fire police, assisted at the scene. A saw mill employee seriously injured, airlifted to burn center after Upper Leacock Township warehouse fire. Firefighters fought the two-alarm blaze for hours, relying on tankers for water after they exhausted township resources.
Lancaster and surrounding area injury news as of October 25, 2017:
A Harrisburg man died at the scene of a crash Monday night in Warwick. Stephen D. Christ Jr., 36, died an accidental death of multiple traumatic injuries after his car went airborne and hit the roof of a home, according to Lancaster County Coroner Dr. Stephen Diamantoni.
Christ was driving a 2013 Dodge Dart westbound on East Newport Road and failed to negotiate a curve in the road and struck an embankment, causing it to vault 150 feet in the air before it struck the roof of a home, then landed on a tree in the backyard., per Northern Lancaster County Regional police. No residents of the home were injured, police said.
Lancaster and surrounding area injury news as of October 4, 2017:
64-year-old Ernest T. Capizzi of Lititz was killed in Wednesday in a crash near 345 S. Reading Road in the northbound lane around 9 a.m. in Ephrata Borough Wednesday morning after his vehicle was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer. The victim was driving a white Toyota Prius at the time of the accident.
The driver of the tractor-trailer, 24-year-old Wayne M. Sauder, of Denver, wasn’t injured.
South Reading Road (Route 272) was closed from Meadow Valley Road through South State Street for approximately three hours Wednesday as investigators reconstructed the incident. The road reopened around noon, police Lt. Chris McKim said.
The crash remains under investigation. Police ask anyone who witnessed the accident to contact Officer Davis at 717-738-9200, ext. 262.
Lancaster and surrounding area injury news as of December 11, 2017
East Lampeter: A crash involving a tractor-trailer on Route 30 has been cleared in Lancaster County.
The crash happened in the westbound lanes of Route 30 near the Harrisburg Pike exit around 8:30 a.m. There were heavy delays.
Lancaster and surrounding area injury news as of November 30, 2017
A fire was reported at H.M. Stauffer & Sons Inc., 33 Glenola Drive, just before 8:30 a.m. At least 10 fire companies and over 150 emergency personnel, including firefighters, EMTs and fire police, assisted at the scene. A saw mill employee seriously injured, airlifted to burn center after Upper Leacock Township warehouse fire. Firefighters fought the two-alarm blaze for hours, relying on tankers for water after they exhausted township resources.
Lancaster and surrounding area injury news as of October 25, 2017:
A Harrisburg man died at the scene of a crash Monday night in Warwick. Stephen D. Christ Jr., 36, died an accidental death of multiple traumatic injuries after his car went airborne and hit the roof of a home, according to Lancaster County Coroner Dr. Stephen Diamantoni.
Christ was driving a 2013 Dodge Dart westbound on East Newport Road and failed to negotiate a curve in the road and struck an embankment, causing it to vault 150 feet in the air before it struck the roof of a home, then landed on a tree in the backyard., per Northern Lancaster County Regional police. No residents of the home were injured, police said.
Lancaster and surrounding area injury news as of October 4, 2017:
64-year-old Ernest T. Capizzi of Lititz was killed in Wednesday in a crash near 345 S. Reading Road in the northbound lane around 9 a.m. in Ephrata Borough Wednesday morning after his vehicle was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer. The victim was driving a white Toyota Prius at the time of the accident.
The driver of the tractor-trailer, 24-year-old Wayne M. Sauder, of Denver, wasn’t injured.
South Reading Road (Route 272) was closed from Meadow Valley Road through South State Street for approximately three hours Wednesday as investigators reconstructed the incident. The road reopened around noon, police Lt. Chris McKim said.
The crash remains under investigation. Police ask anyone who witnessed the accident to contact Officer Davis at 717-738-9200, ext. 262.
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2 people injured after vehicle hits Red Rose Transit bus head on along Willow Street Pike
Two people were injured after a vehicle struck a Red Rose Transit Authority bus head on just south of Lancaster city on Willow Street Pike Friday morning.
The crash happened just after 8 a.m. near Highland Avenue in West Lampeter Township and involved a Red Rose Transit bus and two cars, according to township police.
Dispatches called for medics for two trauma patients.
Police reported that the bus driver and the driver of one of the cars were taken to a hospital for treatment, but did not immediately release any information on their names or severity of their injuries.
Photos from the crash show extensive damage to the front of the driver’s side of the bus.
A Pennsylvania State Police trooper happened upon the crash and began to render aid to the passengers, according to police. There were three passengers on the bus.
The bus was traveling north toward Lancaster city when a southbound vehicle crossed the center, yellow dividing line and hit it head on, police said.
The vehicle spun to face northbound and was hit by a southbound vehicle, police said.
Emergency personnel responded to assist with traffic. Tractor trailers were being detoured off Willow Street Pike/Route 272 at Darrenkamps, according to dispatch reports.
The crash is still under investigation. Police ask anyone with information or who witnessed the crash to call 717-464-2421.
Tractor trailer rolls over on Route 222 off-ramp to Route 30 in Manheim Township
Traffic backed up for miles in the area of a busy off ramp in Manheim Township after a tractor trailer crash late Wednesday morning.
A tractor trailer filled with trash rolled over on the ramp from southbound Route 222 to westbound Route 30 around 11:15 a.m., according to dispatch reports.
Initial reports indicated the driver was trapped inside but conscious. The driver was extricated from the truck around 11:40 a.m.
The ramp was closed for more than an hour, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s traffic site.
Traffic maps showed congestion in all directions on routes 222 and 30 over the lunch hour.
The truck appeared to be carrying non-hazardous waste material, according to dispatch reports.
Seven taken to hospital after crash in Fulton Township
Seven patients were transported to the hospital following a two-vehicle crash in Fulton Township Friday afternoon.
Three of the patients were “priority one,” which designates serious injuries, but none appeared life-threatening, Robert Fulton Fire Co. Chief Phil Smith said.
Four more were low-priority, he said. An eighth person declined treatment, he said.
The crash was called in around 3:30 p.m., and involved one vehicle with five occupants and one with three. They collided at the intersection of Robert Fulton Highway and Nottingham Road, Smith said.
Emergency medical units responded from Wakefield Ambulance, Lancaster EMS, and Union Fire Co. in Chester County. A unit from Cecil County, Maryland, was initially dispatched, but recalled.
Five of the patients were transported to Lancaster General Hospital, the other two to Union Hospital of Cecil County, Maryland, Smith said.
Minor injury reported when motor vehicle hits horse-drawn wagon
The driver of a horse-drawn wagon carrying hay bales suffered a minor leg injury Saturday when a motor vehicle struck the wagon from behind. Two children riding in Wayne Gehman’s wagon were unharmed, Ephrata police said.
Francis Miller of Lititz struck the wagon while traveling westbound in the 100 block of Parkview Heights Road, police said.
The horse, which sustained injury, fled but was captured. Miller was uninjured; his vehicle had to be towed, police said.
Injuries reported after Amtrak train strikes tractor stopped at Rapho Township crossing
An Amtrak train hit a tractor stopped on the tracks at a Rapho Township crossing Tuesday morning.
The crash happened two miles east of the Mount Joy station at Bender’s Crossing, at 10:32 a.m., according to Amtrak spokeswoman Beth Toll.
The farm tractor was upended by the train, according to Lancaster County-Wide Communications dispatch reports. The driver was injured. Debris was scattered on the track, according to dispatch reports.
Medics were called to evaluate several train passengers. None of the 40 passengers were injured, but three crew members are being treated for minor injuries, Toll said.
The Keystone Service train 648 was on its way from Harrisburg to New York City. Passengers will be transferred to train 650, Toll said.
Motorcyclist injured in late morning crash along Centerville Road in East Hempfield Township
A motorcyclist suffered “significant injuries” in a late Friday morning accident at Centerville Road and Prestige Lane, police said.
The accident happened just after 11:15 a.m. when a Chevy Tahoe travelling north on Centerville Road turned left onto Prestige Lane in front of a motorycle heading south, police said.
During an accident investigtion, Centerville Road was closed for several hours between Oak Tree and Industry drives.
Police did not release the identity Friday afternoon of the motorcyclist who was taken to Lancaster General Hospital.
Truck crash, fire closes Route 30 and Oregon Pike
A truck crash and fire at the Route 30/Oregon Pike overpass has stopped traffic around the busy interchange.
Details are scarce about the crash, which occurred at around 7:05 a.m.
Lancaster County-Wide Communications — which broadcasts fire and EMS chatter but not police — indicated that a car carrier crashed through the guardrail on the eastbound side of Route 30 and onto Oregon Pike.
Dispatches said fire was dripping down from the highway onto Oregon Pike. The truck driver was described as a “class 1 burn patient” needing immediate medical attention.
Both roadways were apparently closed, although a county radio supervisor said he did not yet have details on the scene. He said police were asking motorists to avoid both Route 30 and the Oregon Pike.
The truck apparently struck a disabled vehicle that was on the shoulder of Route 30. That vehicle, according to emergency responders at the scene, was not occupied.
A hazmat team was dispatched to deal with diesel fuel on the roadway.
Another dispatch said that a five-vehicle accident had just occurred at the Route 30/283 interchange. No injuries were reported at that scene.
Crews respond to 2 crashes in Mount Joy Township just before 7 p.m. Thursday
Crews were dispatched to two crashes with injuries in Mount Joy Township in quick succession Thursday night, according to initial dispatch reports.
The first was reported at 6:37 p.m. on Route 283 West, just north of the exit at Cloverleaf Drive exit, as a single-vehicle crash.
The second was reported at 6:54 p.m. at Elizabethtown Road and Ridgeview Road North as a multi-vehicle crash.
No further details were immediately available.
4 people taken to hospital as trauma patients after Paradise Township crash
Four people were taken to the hospital as trauma patients after a crash in Paradise Township, according to dispatch reports.
The crash happened around 8:40 a.m. on Lincoln Highway East near Church Street, according to Lancaster County-Wide Communications.
A black Honda Accord went into a telephone pole, according to state police Trooper James Spencer.
Two people were trapped in a vehicle, according to dispatch reports.
The vehicle was stopped in the parking lot of Kinzers Station Tavern, 3572 Lincoln Highway.
Emergency personnel arriving on scene said four people would be transported to Lancaster General Hospital as trauma patients. They were seriously injured, according to Spencer.
The cause of the crash is under investigation, Spencer said.
Comment: An experienced car accident lawyer is necessary to determine the liability policy limits available to the victims.
Police: Lancaster man tried to hide in crowd after hitting 4 cars, flipping his own in Prince Street crash
A man is charged with trying to flee from police after causing a five-vehicle crash in downtown Lancaster on Thursday afternoon.
Christopher Youst, 30, of Lancaster, was driving on a suspended license when he hit four vehicles along North Prince Street and then flipped his own near West Chestnut Street in the early afternoon crash, police said.
Police arriving on scene saw that the flipped car was empty. Someone told police Youst, who was in a crowd of onlookers, was the driver, police said.
An officer talked to Youst, but he did not say he was the driver and tried to run away. When police tried to stop him, Youst became combative, and it took several officers to restrain him, police said.
A witness told police Youst was seen driving in an erratic manner south on Fruitville Pike toward North Prince Street. The witness also saw the car drive onto the sidewalk near in the 400 block of North Prince Street, hit two parked cars and a light pole before driving further down Prince Street, according to police.
Other witnesses said Youst tried to drive between two vehicles on North Prince Street. He sideswiped a white Audi on the driver’s side and hit a gray Hyundai on the passenger side, police said. Youst’s vehicle flipped after he hit the Hyundai.
Of the four other drivers, only the driver of the Hyundai complained of pain and was transported to a hospital for treatment. The four vehicles had to be towed, police said.
After police took Youst into the police station, he complained of pain and was taken to Lancaster General Hospital for treatment.
Youst is no longer in custody, police said. He is charged with accidents involving death or personal injury while not properly licensed, accidents to attended vehicles or property, accidents involving damage to unattended vehicles and resisting arrest, according to police.
A summons will be sent to Youst when the investigation is complete, police said.
Police think that Youst may have been involved in a crash outside Lancaster before the Prince Street crash. He was driving a silver Chrysler Sebring sedan, police aid.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Officer Steven Alexander at alexands@lancasterpolice.com.
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Driver arrested in Prince Street crash
The driver of a car which caused a multi-vehicle crash in Lancaster City Thursday afternoon was arrested, Sgt. Cole of the Lancaster City Police Department said. The crash occurred at approximately 2 p.m.
No other information was available.
At least 2 injured after crash involving tour bus, multiple vehicles on Route 340 in Leacock Township
A tour bus with over 50 passengers going to Sight and Sound Theatre was involved in a multi-vehicle crash about 1:45 p.m. Tuesday on Route 340 in Leacock Township.
Medics treated the injured just west of North Harvest Road. One person was taken to a hospital.
Passengers complained that they hurt their knees and requested ice packs, according to dispatch reports. The passengers were gathered in a field to be evaluated by EMS.
Route 340 was temporarily closed between Weavertown and Leacock roads.
2 crashes reported in Salisbury Township just after 8:30 p.m. Wednesday
Emergency crews responded to two crashes in Salisbury Township within minutes of each other Wednesday evening, according to initial dispatch reports.
The first was in the 500 block of Hensel Road at 8:33 p.m., and reportedly involved one vehicle and a stray horse. One person was taken to Lancaster General Hospital following that crash, according to a dispatch supervisor.
The second was reported at 8:39 p.m. at Lincoln Highway, which is also known as Route 30, and Mount Vernon Road. The supervisor said it involved two vehicles, and two people were taken to a hospital following that one.
No further information was immediately available.
30 accidents reported this morning in Lancaster County; Icy roads likely for evening commute
Vehicle accidents are being reported around Lancaster County after a mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain.
At noon, Lancaster County-Wide Communications said they had received reports of 30 vehicle accidents since 5 a.m.
Forecasts called for sleet and freezing rain in the morning. Up to 2 inches of accumulated sleet was possible in some parts of Lancaster County, according to Millersville University meteorologist Eric Horst.
By midday sleet started to changeover to rain, Horst said. Even with a temperature of 31 degrees in Millersville, the rain wasn’t sticking, he said.
But with temperatures dropping this evening, Horst warned of ice on roads.
The National Weather Service in State College said a winter weather advisory for Adams, Fulton, Franklin, Lancaster and York counties will be in effect from 3 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Speeds on major roadways in South Central Pennsylvania were reduced to 45 mph at 5:30 a.m. In Lancaster County, that includes routes 283, 30 and 222.
All 16 Lancaster County public school districts are closed today. View LancasterOnline’s list of closings and delays.
“Snow and ice will result in difficult travel conditions, including during the morning commute … ,” according to the NWS.
Horst said he doesn’t expect much snow accumulation in central Lancaster County, although 2 inches would be possible in the northern part of the county.
“Freezing rain midmorning into midday will result in some ice accretion, especially air-cooled surfaces like trees, powerlines, bridges, etc.,” he said in an email to LancasterOnline on Tuesday. “Salt-treated roads should be mainly wet during the midday/afternoon, but secondary roads and sidewalks, etc. will be slippery/icy into the afternoon.”
Regionally, he said 3 to 8 inches could fall north of the Pennsylvania Turnpike with the potential for 8 or more inches in the northern part of the state.
Horst said the temperature will slowly rise from the 20s at dawn to between 32 and 34 in the afternoon. He said Wednesday night will turn breezy and colder with the temperature falling back into the 20s, “so a refreeze and some black ice will develop on we and untreated surfaces later in the evening and overnight.”
If you plan to travel to Philadelphia Thursday for the parade celebrating the Eagles Super Bowl championship, both AccuWeather and the NWS are calling for a mostly sunny day with temperatures in the lower 30s.
Tractor-trailer driver given 2 citations in crash that closed Route 222 to Route 30 west for 4 hours Tuesday
Heavy traffic backed up on Route 222 in Manheim Township after a tractor-trailer flipped on its side while exiting the roadway Tuesday.
The crash happened when the vehicle, headed south on Route 222, attempted to exit onto Route 30 west. The vehicle slid off the ramp and overturned alongside the roadway, according to Manheim Township police.
The driver, Antonio Brito, 25, of Allentown, was given two traffic citations for not driving at a safe speed and for accidents involving overturned vehicles. He was not injured, police said.
The exit ramp of Route 222 to Route 30 west was closed for about four hours, 911 dispatchers said.
The crash happened around 1:30 p.m. Fire police were called to the scene to direct traffic, according to Lancaster County-Wide Communications.
Emergency crews were off scene and the road reopened by 5:45 p.m., 911 said.
Lancaster and surrounding area injury news as of Tuesday, January 9, 2018
Man in critical condition after vehicle strikes, kills a horse that got loose in West Earl Township
A 23-year-old man is in critical condition after he hit a loose horse in a West Earl Township crash Sunday.
John Bosley, of Leola, was driving west in the 400 block of East Main Street (Route 23) around 10:10 p.m. when his vehicle struck a loose horse, police said.
The horse broke free from Jonathan Petersheim, of Manheim, as he was trying to hitch it to a buggy in the 200 block of East Eby Road, police said.
The site of the crash was about 1.5 miles away from where the horse got loose.
Bosley was transported to Lancaster General Hospital for injuries from the crash. He was listed in critical condition Tuesday, according to the hospital.
The horse died as a result of the crash, police said.
Police continue to investigate.
Comment: The horse owner’s insurance should be responsible for the injured victim. As lawyers in Lancaster County, we see these types of cases on a regular basis.
Lancaster and surrounding area injury news as of Monday, January 8, 2018
Slick roads lead to several wrecks.
Multiple crashes are being reported on Susquehanna Valley roads as wintry weather moves through the area. In Lancaster County, a tractor-trailer slid off the southbound lanes of Route 222 near Route 30 on Monday afternoon.
Lancaster and surrounding area injury news as of Sunday, January 7, 2018
A pedestrian was struck by vehicle in Lancaster
An unidentified man was taken to Lancaster General Hospital on Sunday night after being struck by a vehicle in Lancaster, city police said. The man was struck at about 5:50 p.m. at the intersection of Manor Street and Filbert Street. He was initially reported unconscious at the scene, according to dispatch reports.
Police said the man was older but could not immediately provide his name or age.
The man suffered a leg injury, according to police Monday.
Comments: Pedestrians have rights against the at-fault driver’s insurance, as well as their own automobile insurance. An experienced car accident lawyer knows how to seek benefits under both.
The Hanover Police Department is investigating a fatal hit-and-run, that occurred in the first block of North Railroad Street, early Sunday morning. A 29-year-old Hanover man was struck and killed while he was crossing the road. The police reported that the victim was found lying on the road by a passerby who called 911.
Hanover Borough Police in York County asks witnesses or people with information pertaining to the incident to call 911 or at 717-637-5575.
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Lancaster and surrounding area injury news as of Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018
A Landisville man was killed after his vehicle overturned at 4:15 a.m. Saturday morning on Stony Battery Road in West Hempfield Township. A passenger was also injured and taken the Lancaster General Hospital. Emergency dispatch reported that two people were trapped in the vehicle. The investigation shows that the vehicle veered from the road, struck trees, and flipped onto its roof. After being closed part of the morning, Stony Battery Road was reopened.
Lancaster and surrounding area injury news as of Friday, Jan. 5, 2018
A man was killed Friday night when his vehicle struck a tree in front of a residence along Truce Road in Providence Township. Emergency personnel were on the scene near Hollow Road at 8:38 p.m. Initial reports said emergency crews worked to free the man, who was trapped on the passenger’s side of the vehicle, which was wedged against the tree. The driver was pulled from the vehicle at about 8:50 but died at the scene.
Lancaster and surrounding area injury news as of Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018
A 25-year old man of Lititz PA died Wednesday in a trucking accident.
Lancaster and surrounding area injury news as of Sunday, December 31, 2017
A25-year-old Lancaster man was killed when his vehicle crashed during a police pursuit early Saturday in Lebanon County. Brandon Small died at the scene of the crash which occurred around 2:45 a.m., Lebanon City police Chief Todd Breiner announced in a news release Sunday.Breiner said officers responded to a call for service in the city and became involved in a pursuit that spanned less than two miles and ended in North Lebanon Township when the fleeing vehicle struck a utility
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A 17-year-old Donegal High School student from Mount Joy passed away on Sunday, December 31, 2017, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident after the vehicle struck a detached garage near Manheim. Three other teens were injured in the accident.
The accident occurred shortly after 6 p.m. in the 1300 block of Lebanon Road in Rapho Township. Manheim Borough police Chief Joe Stauffer said the vehicle went off the road and traveled into a garage behind a home at 1383 Lebanon Road (Route 72).
Lancaster and surrounding area injury news as of Saturday, December 30, 2017
An 11-vehicle accident snarled the Pennsylvania Turnpike (Interstate-76) Eastbound traffic for more than four hours between Lebanon-Lancaster and Harrisburg East (MP 251.3-251.2) Read article.
Lancaster and surrounding area injury news as of Sunday, December 27, 2017
A pickup truck nearly struck a Lancaster city barbershop after early morning collision. The early morning crash in a busy downtown Lancaster intersection sent one vehicle careening onto a sidewalk, nearly hitting a barbershop. City police Sgt. Jason Ziegler said a pickup truck traveling east on West King Street appears to have run a red light, “t-boning” another pickup truck traveling on Prince Street. Ziegler said the collision sent the southbound pickup truck spinning onto the sidewalk.
Lancaster and surrounding area injury news as of December 11, 2017
East Lampeter: A crash involving a tractor-trailer on Route 30 has been cleared in Lancaster County.
The crash happened in the westbound lanes of Route 30 near the Harrisburg Pike exit around 8:30 a.m. There were heavy delays.
Lancaster and surrounding area injury news as of November 30, 2017
A fire was reported at H.M. Stauffer & Sons Inc., 33 Glenola Drive, just before 8:30 a.m. At least 10 fire companies and over 150 emergency personnel, including firefighters, EMTs and fire police, assisted at the scene. A saw mill employee seriously injured, airlifted to burn center after Upper Leacock Township warehouse fire. Firefighters fought the two-alarm blaze for hours, relying on tankers for water after they exhausted township resources.
Lancaster and surrounding area injury news as of October 25, 2017:
A Harrisburg man died at the scene of a crash Monday night in Warwick. Stephen D. Christ Jr., 36, died an accidental death of multiple traumatic injuries after his car went airborne and hit the roof of a home, according to Lancaster County Coroner Dr. Stephen Diamantoni.
Christ was driving a 2013 Dodge Dart westbound on East Newport Road and failed to negotiate a curve in the road and struck an embankment, causing it to vault 150 feet in the air before it struck the roof of a home, then landed on a tree in the backyard., per Northern Lancaster County Regional police. No residents of the home were injured, police said.
Lancaster and surrounding area injury news as of October 4, 2017:
64-year-old Ernest T. Capizzi of Lititz was killed in Wednesday in a crash near 345 S. Reading Road in the northbound lane around 9 a.m. in Ephrata Borough Wednesday morning after his vehicle was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer. The victim was driving a white Toyota Prius at the time of the accident.
The driver of the tractor-trailer, 24-year-old Wayne M. Sauder, of Denver, wasn’t injured.
South Reading Road (Route 272) was closed from Meadow Valley Road through South State Street for approximately three hours Wednesday as investigators reconstructed the incident. The road reopened around noon, police Lt. Chris McKim said.
The crash remains under investigation. Police ask anyone who witnessed the accident to contact Officer Davis at 717-738-9200, ext. 262.
Lancaster and surrounding area injury news as of December 11, 2017
East Lampeter: A crash involving a tractor-trailer on Route 30 has been cleared in Lancaster County.
The crash happened in the westbound lanes of Route 30 near the Harrisburg Pike exit around 8:30 a.m. There were heavy delays.
Lancaster and surrounding area injury news as of November 30, 2017
A fire was reported at H.M. Stauffer & Sons Inc., 33 Glenola Drive, just before 8:30 a.m. At least 10 fire companies and over 150 emergency personnel, including firefighters, EMTs and fire police, assisted at the scene. A saw mill employee seriously injured, airlifted to burn center after Upper Leacock Township warehouse fire. Firefighters fought the two-alarm blaze for hours, relying on tankers for water after they exhausted township resources.
Lancaster and surrounding area injury news as of October 25, 2017:
A Harrisburg man died at the scene of a crash Monday night in Warwick. Stephen D. Christ Jr., 36, died an accidental death of multiple traumatic injuries after his car went airborne and hit the roof of a home, according to Lancaster County Coroner Dr. Stephen Diamantoni.
Christ was driving a 2013 Dodge Dart westbound on East Newport Road and failed to negotiate a curve in the road and struck an embankment, causing it to vault 150 feet in the air before it struck the roof of a home, then landed on a tree in the backyard., per Northern Lancaster County Regional police. No residents of the home were injured, police said.
Lancaster and surrounding area injury news as of October 4, 2017:
64-year-old Ernest T. Capizzi of Lititz was killed in Wednesday in a crash near 345 S. Reading Road in the northbound lane around 9 a.m. in Ephrata Borough Wednesday morning after his vehicle was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer. The victim was driving a white Toyota Prius at the time of the accident.
The driver of the tractor-trailer, 24-year-old Wayne M. Sauder, of Denver, wasn’t injured.
South Reading Road (Route 272) was closed from Meadow Valley Road through South State Street for approximately three hours Wednesday as investigators reconstructed the incident. The road reopened around noon, police Lt. Chris McKim said.
The crash remains under investigation. Police ask anyone who witnessed the accident to contact Officer Davis at 717-738-9200, ext. 262.
Lancaster and surrounding area injury news as of July 24, 2017:
Tuesday morning accident involving horse and buggy in Salisbury Township sends 5 to hospital
Five people were taken to Lancaster General Hospital this morning following a crash involving a horse and buggy at Route 340 and Meetinghouse Road in Salisbury Township, according to state police.
All five of the injured individuals were riding in a buggy when their vehicle collided with a white Chevy Malibu at the intersection of Old Philadelphia Pike and Meetinghouse Road, said James Spencer, Public Relations Trooper for the state police.
None of the injuries are expected to be life-threatening, Spencer said.
The status of the horse was unknown as it had left the scene before troopers arrived, Spencer said.
The accident is still under investigation, Spencer said.
Lancaster and surrounding area injury news as of July 24, 2017:
1 trapped after 3-vehicle crash near Gap
At least two people were taken to an area hospital after a three-vehicle crash Sunday night in Salisbury Township.
The accident occurred shortly before 8 p.m. in front of 5018 Newport Road (Route 772), just north of Amish Road and about 2.5 miles north of Gap.
Officials arriving at the scene reported one person heavily trapped in one of the vehicles, according to dispatch reports.
At least two patients were taken by ambulance to Lancaster General Hospital.
State police are investigating. No other information was available Sunday night.
Cyclists injured by hit and run driver, police say
SOUTH LONDONDERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. —
Police in Lebanon County are investigating a reported hit and run accident that injured three cyclists Saturday morning.
According to investigators, the bicyclists were traveling west on Colebrook Road, when a vehicle, described as a tan or brown SUV, intentionally swerved toward the cyclists two times.
One cyclists was struck by the vehicle and two others were thrown from their bikes.
Police say the SUV may have minor scrapes to the front fender and side passenger front door.
https://www.wgal.com/article/cyclists-injured-by-hit-and-run-driver-police-say/10347166
Lancaster Online is reporting on July 13, 2017 the following:
Route 283 westbound re-opens after crash
Westbound Route 283 has re-opened after a vehicle crash in Rapho Township.
Motorists were being detoured off the highway at the Route 772 exit.
The crash occurred at 3:45 p.m. just west of North Strickler Road. Initial reports indicated a vehicle went airborne, then rolled over.
It took fire crews nearly 30 minutes to free one woman from the wreckage. It wasn’t immediately clear if any other vehicles were involved or if anyone else was injured.
Check back to Lancaster Online for updates to this story.
Lancaster Online is reporting on July 3, 2017 the following:
1 injured in Ephrata crash that closed West Main St.
A man was hospitalized for chest pain after a three-vehicle crash Saturday morning in Ephrata, police said.
Loretta Sauder, 44, of Ephrata, reportedly struck a vehicle stopped in traffic at about 10:50 a.m. in the 100 block of West Main Street.
The impact caused the struck vehicle hit the vehicle in front of it, police said. A male passenger from the middle vehicle reportedly sustained the injury.
Emergency responders closed the road for about 30 minutes, police said.
Lancaster Online is reporting on June 14, 2017 the following:
1 injured in crash involving tractor-trailer near Willow Street
One person was injured when a tractor-trailer rear-ended a vehicle Tuesday morning in Pequea Township.
The crash occurred on southbound Route 272 (Willow Street Pike) at Penn Grant Road.
The driver of the tractor-trailer failed to stop at a red light and struck a Chevrolet Cavalier, which then was pushed into a Mitsubishi sedan, Southern Regional police wrote in a Facebook post.
The driver of the Cavalier had to be freed from the wreckage by emergency personnel. She was taken to Lancaster General Hospital and was in stable condition there Tuesday evening, police said.
West Willow and Willow Street fire units responded to the crash.
Lancaster Online is reporting on June 5, 2017 the following:
3 injured in crash involving horse and buggy in Quarryville
Three people were injured, two seriously, in a crash involving a horse and buggy Sunday afternoon in Quarryville.
The accident occurred just before 3 p.m. at South Lime Street and Park Avenue and also involved a Kia Soul.
Initial reports indicated a female to be semi-responsive and a male who initially was pinned under the buggy. Both were taken by ambulance to a local hospital. In a post on its Facebook page, Quarryville Fire Department reported three patients, two of whom had critical injuries.
The horse was reported to be running loose after the crash and officials requested a large animal veterinarian respond to the scene.
The incident is being investigated by Quarryville police but they released no information about the crash Sunday.
Motorcycle rider seriously injured after losing control on New Danville Pike
A motorcyclist was seriously injured when he lost control of his bike Sunday night in Lancaster Township.
The 57-year-old male rider was heading north just before 8 p.m. when he missed a curve in the 1900 block of New Danville Pike, just north of a bridge that spans the Conestoga Creek, according to Lancaster Township fire Lt. Greg Leaman.
The bike struck a utility pole and street sign before landing on the road.
A nurse, who was traveling south, witnessed the accident and stopped to render aid. Leaman said the rider suffered a partial amputation of his foot, a broken arm and a dislocated hip. He was taken by ambulance to Lancaster General Hospital.
New Danville Pike is expected to remain closed between Bean Road and Hoover Road for an extended period of time.
Motorcycle accident closes part of Route 283 in East Hempfield Township for more than 2 hours
A crash just after noon in East Hempfield Township involving a motorcycle and a pickup truck shut down the eastbound lanes of Route 283 from Spooky Nook Road to Route 722 for more than two hours.
The road reopened just after 2:30 p.m.
The crash, which was reported at 12:08 p.m., happened when the motorcycle ran into the back of the truck, according to emergency dispatchers.
The motorcyclist, who was reportedly not wearing a helmet, was said to be “barely conscious” at the scene, according to emergency dispatches. The rider was taken by ambulance to an area hospital. An earlier report that a helicopter transported the patient was incorrect.
Lancaster Online is reporting on May 30, 2017 the following:
12 injured when carriage overturns during horse and buggy tour near Intercourse
Twelve people were hospitalized following a crash involving a tour-style horse and buggy Saturday in Leacock Township, officials said.
The crash was reported at 11:16 a.m. in the 3300 block of Old Philadelphia Pike, near Clearview Road and just west of Intercourse.
State police said there were 17 people in the buggy.
The tour-style buggy is a longer carriage with a roof and roll-up canvas sides which is pulled by two horses, according to Intercourse fire Chief Steve Diener.
He said the buggy left from Kitchen Kettle Village but he didn’t know the name of the tour company. According to Kitchen Kettle’s website, tours are provided by AAA Buggy Rides. Officials there could not be reached Sunday because the village was closed.
Diener said the accident occurred as the horses pulling the buggy apparently were spooked by a passing tractor-trailer. The carriage went off the road and rolled down a four- to five-foot embankment, coming to rest on the roof, he said.
Several people were taken to Lancaster General Hospital with injuries that didn’t appear to be serious, Diener said. The horses were uninjured and were led to a barn about 100 feet away where they are housed, he added.
Diener said the tractor-trailer driver stopped and remained at the scene after the crash.
Lancaster Online is reporting on May 23, 2017 the following:
2 injured in rollover crash on northbound Route 222 in Ephrata Township
Two people were injured in a two-vehicle crash Monday on northbound Route 222 in Ephrata Township, according to police.
The accident occurred just before 11:30 a.m., north of the Glenwood Road overpass.
Investigators said a southbound sedan, driven by 20-year-old Christie Beutler of Lititz, crossed the center median and struck a northbound SUV driven by 52-year-old Douglas Berg of Bernville, causing Berg’s SUV to overturn.
Beutler had to be freed from her vehicle by emergency personnel. She and Berg were taken to area hospitals with injuries that were serious but not life-threatening, according to police.
The crash closed a portion of northbound Route 222 for about an hour.
The incident remains under investigation. Police ask anyone with information to call Officer Rodriguez 717-738-9200, ext. 237.
https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/injured-in-rollover-crash-on-northbound-route-in-ephrata-township/article_f521b940-3f03-11e7-9d8a-bb5ea0e6856f.html
Lancaster Online is reporting on May 21, 2017 the following:
3-car crash at Lancaster city intersection injures at least 2, damages home
A three-vehicle crash at the intersection of East Walnut and North Lime streets Saturday afternoon injured at least two people and damaged a brick home.
The 1:07 p.m. crash at the lighted intersection sent one of the cars into the entrance steps of a home on the northwest corner, cracking a brick wall on its side.
Two women were treated at the scene. Initial police reports said three were injured. East Walnut Street was shut down. One lane of Lime Street was still open.
Lancaster Online is reporting on May 16, 2017 the following:
Bus with school students from Philly overturns on Interstate 95 in Maryland; At least 25 hurt
Bus overturns on Interstate 95 in northeastern Maryland
HAVRE DE GRACE, Md. (AP) — A local fire company says more than 25 people are injured after a charter bus overturned on Interstate 95 in northeastern Maryland.
The Susquehanna Hose Company tweets that more than 25 people were injured when the bus overturned in the Havre de Grace area on Monday morning. The company says two critically injured patients were flown to hospitals.
Video from the scene shows a person on a stretcher being wheeled away from the overturned bus to a waiting medevac helicopter and other patients being carried to ambulances. There’s damage to the hill and guardrail on the right side of the highway.
At least two other buses and cars are stopped near the overturned white bus with no apparent markings.
The highway was stopped in both directions while helicopters landed, but northbound traffic is flowing again.
Cpl. Tyler Allaband of the Maryland State Police said by telephone that the bus overturned in the southbound lanes of the highway on Monday near the exit for Havre de Grace. He says several people are injured, but he did not know how many people or the extent of their injuries.
Opinion: An experienced accident attorney should be consulted by all the injured parties, as the responsible party may have insurance limits which may not fully compensate the injured victims.
Lancaster Online is reporting on May 12, 2017 the following:
Route 283 west reopened after 4-vehicle crash in East Hempfield Township
A four-vehicle crash involving a tractor-trailer blocked a westbound lane on Route 283 near Rohrerstown Road in East Hempfield Township Thursday afternoon.
The crash was cleared by 5:20 p.m., 911 dispatchers said.
At least one injury of unknown severity was reported. Another patient refused treatment, according to scanner reports.
Lancaster Online is reporting on May 9, 2017 the following:
4 injured in Lancaster city crash
Four people were hospitalized after a crash Monday night in Lancaster.
The wreck involving a sedan and minivan occurred around 8:20 p.m. at East Chestnut Street and North Marshall Street.
City fire Battalion Chief Ken Barton said the collision sent the minivan into a utility pole, trapping the 25-year-old female driver inside.
Barton said the woman suffered a severe leg injury and was taken by ambulance to Lancaster General Hospital. Two passengers in the minivan, a male and female, were also transported to a local hospital with less serious injuries.
The driver of the sedan, a 51-year-old New York man, was hospitalized after complaining of chest and arm pain.
Names of the persons involved were not available Monday night.
Lancaster Online is reporting on May 3, 2017 the following:
3 elderly people trapped for 20 minutes, injured in Manheim Township 2-vehicle crash
Three elderly people were injured in a two-vehicle crash in Manheim Township.
The crash happened at Route 272 and Creek Road just before 11 a.m., according to Lancaster County-wide Communications.
Three elderly people were trapped for about 20 minutes, according to Manheim Township police Sgt. Timothy Ponessa.
The suffered non-life threatening injuries, Ponessa said.
Units remain at the scene of the accident around noon, he said.
Lancaster Online is reporting on April 26, 2017 the following:
Lancaster County woman, injured by distracted driver, pushes for harsher laws for texting behind the wheel
Joey Eddins is grateful she can walk, although she has constant pain and a recurring limp.
She says she’s not bitter about the driver who was texting as he pulled from the McDonald’s parking lot on Columbia Avenue and into her path on June 25, 2016 — injuring her and ending her career as an EMT.
“I still have nerve damage, and pain every day,” said Eddins, 49. “It’s fairly clear my ability to jump on and off an ambulance or carry a patient down the stairs won’t be happening any time soon.”
Now working as an EMS instructor, Eddins devotes her spare time to making drivers keep their eyes on the road.
Today, the Mountville area woman will go to Harrisburg to watch as state Rep. Brett Miller fields a bill designating Thursday “Don’t Text and Drive” awareness day.
“You can’t change anything without awareness,” Eddins said Tuesday. “If we get even one person to put down their phone while they’re driving, then the day’s a success.”
On Thursday, Eddins will join first responders in Columbia to spread the message even further.
Meet, greet, pledge
Thursday’s meet-and-greet event begins at 6 p.m. at the municipal building, 308 Locust St., with members of Columbia Borough and Northern Lancaster County Regional police departments, Columbia Fire Department, Columbia Emergency Medical Services and Susquehanna Valley EMS.
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Attendees will be urged to sign a “no texting and driving” pledge. Refreshments will be provided, and Eddins will talk about her life since the disabling crash.
Nationally, over a million vehicle crashes each year involve distracted drivers, the National Safety Council estimated.
In Pennsylvania, 44 people died in cellphone-involved crashes since 2012, according to PennDOT, including a New Providence woman who died in 2015 when a texting driver veered into her vehicle in Strasburg Township.
Columbia police Chief Jack Brommer on Tuesday lauded Eddins for raising the issue on the state level, and said Thursday’s event will remind motorists about the hazards of texting and driving.
“Joey Eddins’ story best exemplifies why distracted driving should matter to everyone,” Brommer said. “Her life was forever changed due to the actions of a distracted driver.”
$50 is nothing
Eddins said she wants harsher laws to discourage texting while driving.
Currently, she said, a driver caught texting behind the wheel faces a $50 fine.
“That’s nothing,” Eddins said. “Somebody has a fender bender, they pay their $50 and they don’t think twice about it. Tomorrow they’re texting and driving again.”
Miller, in a memo urging support of the House bill, said the penalty for texting while driving in Pennsylvania is “among the lowest in the nation and has done little to curb this ever increasing danger.”
He hopes to raise fines to $250 for the first offense, with higher rates for subsequent offenses.
In an email Tuesday, Miller said cell phones and other hand-held devices “can become a source of great distraction” on the roads.
Like drinking a 4-pack
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says people who text while driving have a 23 percent higher chance of causing a crash.
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That’s about the same likelihood of a person who drinks four beers and gets behind the wheel, according to the NHTSA website. In 2015, the agency reports, 3,477 people were killed and 391,000 were injured in crashes involving distracted drivers.
“We’re losing more people to this than to DUI,” Eddins said. “If the numbers (of fatal and serious accidents) are the same as DUI, the penalties need to be the same.”
Gov. Tom Wolf in November signed Daniel’s Law, which imposes a two- to five-year prison sentence on anyone who causes a death or serious injury while texting behind the wheel.
Repeat violators should lose their license for good, Eddins said.
Opinion: As personal injury lawyers, we always seek additional damages for injured victims as a result of texting while driving.
Route 30 East to Route 222 North ramp reopens after tractor-trailer overturned
Traffic was stalled at the junction of routes 222 and 30 in Manheim Township for several hours after a midday accident Tuesday.
A tractor-trailer overturned around 11:45 a.m., according to a Lancaster County-wide Communications dispatch supervisor. The scene was cleared and roads reopened at around 5 p.m.
The incident shut down the Route 30 East and Route 222 North ramp, the supervisor said.
The accident happened after a tractor-trailer traveling on Route 222 South to Route 30 East lost control and struck a tractor-trailer traveling in the other direction on the ramp from Route 30 East to Route 222 North. The first tractor-trailer overturned onto the second one, according to a release from Manehim Township police.
There was one minor injury, police said.
The truck was carrying fertilizer, according to dispatch reports.
Lancaster Online is reporting on April 25, 2017 the following:
Mock crash at Hempfield High School gives students a stunning dose of reality
What started as a magical night for five Hempfield High School seniors ended in disaster.
It happened in a matter of minutes — two totaled vehicles, two fatalities, one arrest and several injuries. And booze. Lots of it.
Thankfully, it was just a simulation, arranged Monday by Hempfield administrators and emergency personnel to caution students of the potential ramifications of impaired driving.
The mock scenario — featuring student actors but real-life emergency responders and equipment — was meant to get students thinking as prom, just four days away, draws near.
And it worked.
“It’s kind of tough seeing it with people you know,” Morgan Mahute, 18, said. “It definitely brings it to life, and with prom coming up, it gives you something to think about.”
Several in attendance were visibly disturbed by the graphic nature of the simulation, which lasted less than an hour. One female student not a part of the simulation fainted. She later regained consciousness and was treated by paramedics on-site.
“It makes you think,” Josh Warren, 18, said. “It opened my eyes to the realities of drunk(en) driving.”
Following the simulation, students moved inside the school’s Performing Arts Center to listen to testimonies from two parents who know all-too-well the realities of impaired driving.
Christopher Demko’s youngest daughter, Meredith, 18, was killed just one mile away from her home in 2014 by a driver who was both drunk and high on heroin. Demko later formed PA Parents Against Impaired Driving in an effort to tighten laws regarding impaired driving.
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Kate Leger’s daughter, Britany, 15, was killed by an impaired driver in 2010. Leger is now an event organizer for Mothers Against Drunk Driving in Chester County.
“Losing a child is the worst thing that a parent can ever go through,” Demko told the students. “You are the most important thing in their lives. Try to remember that.”
East Hempfield Township police Officer Jeremy Henry, who serves as Hempfield’s school resource officer, said these types of incidents cause “everlasting” effects.
“All of the families … have to deal with this the rest of their lives,” Henry said. “Officers, people who were here, they’re going to remember this.”
The impaired driver, Henry said, could face fines, court costs, anywhere from two to 10 or more years of imprisonment, perhaps greater than $1 million in civil suits, a suspended license and mandatory drug or alcohol treatment. That’s not including the worst impact of all, he said.
“The emotional toll is far greater than anything we could do,” Henry said. “Throwing somebody in jail — that’s peanuts.”
Susquehanna EMS, East Hempfield Township Police Department and the Hempfield, East Petersburg, West Hempfield, Mountville and Rohrestown fire departments took part in Monday’s simulation.
Opinion: A great sobering message presented by Hempfield.
Lancaster Online is reporting on April 19, 2017 the following:
Leola man admits to drinking alcohol, smoking marijuana before crash that injured 3 passengers
A Leola man admitted in Lancaster County Court Tuesday to being under the influence of alcohol and marijuana when he crashed his car at a high speed and injured himself and three passengers.
Alexis M. Felix, 22, pleaded guilty to three counts of vehicular aggravated assault while DUI and related counts regarding the Sept. 18, 2015 crash in Upper Leacock Township, according to the Lancaster County district attorney’s office.
Felix was driving over 100 mph in the posted 40 mph zone, passengers said, before his BMW veered off New Holland Pike (Route 23) and into two trees near Snake Hill Road. A passenger told police the speedometer indicated 130 mph at one point.
One passenger was ejected from the car. All three sustained serious injuries. Two had skull fractures.
Felix admitted to drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana prior to driving. He had a .086 percent blood-alcohol content and an active component of marijuana, according to the district attorney’s office.
Lancaster County Judge Joseph Madenspacher accepted the plea and will order sentence after a background check is completed in about two months, according to the district attorney’s office.
Felix pleaded guilty to three counts of vehicular aggravated assault while DUI, four counts of misdemeanor DUI and three summary citations.
East Lampeter Township police Officer Bryan Kondras filed charges.
How dangerous air bags can find their way into used cars
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada crash that nearly killed a young woman has exposed a hole in the government’s efforts to get dangerous Takata air bag inflators off the road: There’s nothing that prevents the devices from being taken from wrecked cars and reused.
Karina Dorado’s trachea was punctured by shrapnel from an inflator after a relatively minor crash in Las Vegas on March 3. She was rushed to a trauma center, where surgeons removed pieces that damaged her vocal cords. She is still being treated for neck injuries.
Dorado, 18, is among nearly 200 people injured or killed by the inflators, which can explode when the chemical propellant inside degrades. What’s different about her case is how the inflator wound up in her family’s 2002 Honda Accord in the first place.
Dorado’s father, Jose, bought the car for her in March of last year so she could get to and from her job at a customer service call center, attorneys for the family said Wednesday. The family did not know the car’s history, including that it had been wrecked in Phoenix and declared a total loss by an insurance company in 2015, the attorneys said.
According to AutoCheck, a service that tracks vehicle histories, the car was given a salvage title, repaired and resold in Las Vegas last spring.
Engineers from Honda inspected Dorado’s car after the crash and found that the inflator blew apart. They traced the inflator serial number to a 2001 Accord, which had been covered by a recall but never had the inflator replaced.
Honda spokesman Chris Martin said the air bag in the 2001 Accord must have been removed by a salvage yard, or it could have been stolen. Somehow it ended up with the shop that repaired the car eventually bought by the Dorados.
It’s perfectly legal under federal law for air bag assemblies or other parts subject to recall to be pulled out of wrecked cars and sold by junkyards to repair shops that may not even know the danger. No government agency monitors the transactions. In addition, no states appear to have laws against the reuse of recalled parts.
“What there should be is a program that prevents old air bags from being recycled,” said Michael Brooks, acting director of the nonprofit Center for Auto Safety.
Carfax, another auto history tracking service, said it is unknown just how many cars are sold each year with salvage titles, but they number in the thousands.
At least 16 people have been killed by Takata inflators worldwide and more than 180 injured. The problem touched off the biggest automotive recall in U.S. history, with 69 million inflators recalled. About 100 million have been recalled globally. Takata has been fined and faces lawsuits, and it could be driven into bankruptcy.
The inflator that nearly killed Dorado was among the most dangerous made by Takata. In testing, inflators taken from older Hondas had a 50 percent chance of blowing apart, prompting the automaker and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to issue desperate pleas for people to get them replaced.
Unlike most other air bag makers, Takata used the chemical ammonium nitrate to create a small explosion to inflate the bags in a crash. But the chemical deteriorates over time when exposed to heat and humidity, causing it to burn too fast and blow apart a metal canister.
Attorneys for the Dorado family said they are trying to find out where Jose Dorado bought the Accord.
“It’s a tragedy that shouldn’t have happened,” said Billie-Marie Morrison, one of the attorneys. “You would think in today’s age with communications technology these types of things should not be allowed to happen.”
Morrison said she doesn’t know if the elder Dorado checked the Accord’s vehicle identification number in a government database of recalled vehicles to see if it had any unfixed recalls.
Had he checked, he would have been given a false sense of security: The NHTSA website says the car has zero outstanding recalls. Honda said that before the Phoenix wreck, the previous owners had the air bag inflator replaced twice under recalls.
The federal government has no authority over used car sales and cannot stop air bags from being resold, a NHTSA spokeswoman said. The American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators said it knows of no states that prohibit salvaged parts from being reused, though some require parts to be inspected to make sure they aren’t stolen.
Honda’s Martin said the automaker has a program to buy up air bags made by Takata. In the past few years it has purchased 60,000 to take them out of circulation, he said.
Brooks said people should be suspicious of cars with salvage titles because there is no way of knowing where the parts came from or the quality of the repair work. Although some are safe, stolen or counterfeit parts can be used, he said.
“There are just so many questions that are impossible to answer,” he said. “I would always recommend buying something that has no crash history if you can.”
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Krisher reported from Detroit.
Lancaster Online is reporting on April 18, 2017 the following:
Route 222 North down to 1 lane; won’t reopen until 2 p.m. as crews clean up tractor-trailer crash
An early morning tractor-trailer accident on Route 222 North continues to cause traffic delays on several major Lancaster County roads.
Northbound Route 222 won’t completely reopen until around 2 p.m., according to Manheim Township police Chief Tom Rudzinski.
The accident happened around 6 a.m. when a tractor-trailer northbound on Route 222 rolled onto its side after the driver lost control, Rudzinski said.
The truck was loaded with grain. The cause of the crash is under investigation, he said.
“It’s going to be a lengthy process to off-load that grain and remove the truck,” Rudzinski said.
There may be times today when both lanes of Route 222 will be temporarily shutdown, he said.
For several hours this morning Route 222 North was closed from Route 30 to Route 272, according to a Lancaster County-wide Communications dispatch supervisor said.
According to 511pa.com’s traffic map, traffic was backed up on Routes 501, 272, 222 and 23.
At least one person was trapped inside the tractor-trailer and is injured, the supervisor said.
“Police are doing the best they can to keep traffic moving,” Lancaster County Commissioner Josh Parsons posted on Twitter just before 9 a.m. “Patience is needed.”
Opinion: Drivers injured in the course and scope of their employment should be entitled to workers compensation benefits.
Lancaster Online is reporting on April 17, 2017 the following:
Vehicle shears utility pole, driver may be injured, in Ephrata Township crash
Emergency crews are responding to reports of an injured person at a single-vehicle crash in Ephrata Township.
The collision occurred at around 1:45 p.m. Sunday near the intersection of Valley View Drive and North State Street.
According to dispatches on Lancaster County-wide Communications, a vehicle driven by a woman, 49, struck a telephone pole and spun into a field.
A unit on the scene reported that the pole was sheared off but was not blocking the roadway.
Lancaster Online is reporting on April 13, 2017 the following:
Sedan, propane truck collide in Willow Street
One person was injured when a sedan and propane truck collided Wednesday in West Lampeter Township.
Emergency crews were dispatched just after 11 a.m. for a report of a crash with entrapment in the 2800 block of Willow Street Pike.
West Lampeter Township police said it appeared the truck was making a right turn into a driveway when it was struck by a Mazda sedan, which was then pushed into a utility pole.
The driver of the Mazda, Krista Kreider of Willow Street, suffered back and neck injuries and was taken to a local hospital. She was treated and later released, police said.
The driver of the truck, Kirk Fisher of Paradise, wasn’t injured.
Police said the crash remains under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call Corporal Kirk Bedsole at 717-464-2421.
Lancaster Online is reporting on April 6, 2017 the following:
1 injured in Manheim Township crash
A woman was hospitalized after a one-car crash Wednesday in Manheim Township.
The woman’s vehicle went off the road, traveled through a grassy area and crashed into a tree around 1:30 p.m. at Valley and Kissel Hill roads, according to Manheim Township fire Chief Rick Kane.
He said the driver was conscious after the crash and was taken to a local hospital with injuries that didn’t appear life-threatening.
The accident pulled down utility wires, causing a small power outage that closed the nearby Hands-On House Children’s Museum for 10 minutes.
Lancaster Online is reporting on March 27, 2017 the following:
Tractor-trailer accident stalls traffic on Route 30 in Salisbury Township
An early morning tractor-trailer accident is causing traffic delays on Route 30 in Salisbury Township.
The accident was reported just before 6:30 a.m., east of the routes 30 and 41 interchange in Gap, according to Lancaster County-wide Communications.
It involved a tractor-trailer and at least one other car, a dispatch supervisor said.
Traffic on Route 30 is stalled on the 5500 block between Umbletown and Old Highway roads, the supervisor said.
Comment: Tractor trailer accidents involving injury require immediate personal injury lawyer involvement to preserve the truck’s data which is often useful in showing negligence.
Lancaster Online is reporting on March 22, 2017 the following:
4 seriously injured in head-on collision on Route 222 in East Cocalico Township
Four people were seriously injured in a head-on crash that closed a portion of southbound Route 222 early Tuesday afternoon.
The accident occurred just after 1:30 p.m. in the area of East Church Street, near the Ephrata Township municipal line.
East Cocalico Township police said Franklina Anthony, 30, of Reading, was driving a Toyota sedan north and attempted a lane change.
She swerved to miss another vehicle, lost control, and crossed over the center median into the southbound lane where she struck a Jeep driven by Scott Rothenberger, 46, of Wilmington, Delaware, authorities said.
Anthony had to be freed from her vehicle by Denver and Reamstown fire crews. She and her passenger both suffered serious injuries and were transported by Reinholds and Fivepointville ambulances to Lancaster General Hospital.
Rothenberger and his passenger also were taken to LGH with serious injuries, police said.
The crash closed the highway for about an hour from Colonel Howard Boulevard to Route 322, according to a Lancaster County-Wide Communications supervisor.
Police said the accident remains under investigation.
Lancaster Online is reporting on March 21, 2017 the following:
Route 222 South in East Cocalico Township reopens after accident shut down both lanes
An accident that closed a portion of Route 222 South early Tuesday afternoon has been cleared.
Both southbound lanes of Route 222 have reopened. The lanes were shut down between Colonel Howard Boulevard and Route 322, according to a Lancaster County-wide Communications supervisor.
The accident happened just before 2 p.m. and was cleared about an hour later, according to 511PA.
Several medics and ambulances are on scene, according to dispatch reports.
Information on the number of vehicles involved and injuries was not immediately available.
Lancaster Online is reporting on March 6, 2017 the following:
4 men injured in fall while rebuilding West Cocalico Twp. barn destroyed by storms
Four men were injured when they fell while building a barn Monday afternoon in West Cocalico Township, a fire official said.
Fire and medical personnel were dispatched at 1:38 p.m. to 2155 W. Route 897, just north of Sportsman Road.
The men were helping to build a barn that was destroyed by severe weather that struck the area Feb. 25, according to Schoeneck fire Chief Jeff Hackman.
He said the men were setting roof trusses when one of the trusses apparently broke, sending all four men to the ground. Hackman estimated they fell 18 to 20 feet.
He didn’t know how seriously the men were hurt but said all four were taken by ambulance to a local hospital.
The 2100 and 2200 blocks of West Route 897 were hit hard when severe weather moved through Lancaster County last Saturday, leaving several buildings in the area destroyed or heavily damaged.
Check back to Lancaster Online for updates to this story.
Comment: Injuries on the job qualify for workers compensation benefits and the injured workers may be entitled to a personal injury lawsuit depending on the facts surrounding their injury. An experienced workers compensation lawyer and personal injury should investigate to pursue all potential avenues for recovery.
Lancaster Online is reporting on March 5, 2017 the following:
SUV driver injured in collision involving 2 tractor-trailers near Dutch Wonderland
A crash involving two tractor-trailers and an SUV around 8 a.m. Saturday left one person injured and shut down both westbound lanes and one eastbound lane of Lincoln Highway East near Dutch Wonderland.
The incident resulted in a large leakage of diesel fuel onto the roadway, requiring a hazmat team to be dispatched, Lafayette Deputy Fire Chief Dave Keens said.
The injured person, the driver of the SUV, was taken to Lancaster General Hospital. He was fully conscious and his injuries did not appear to be serious or life-threatening, Keens said.
Initial reports of a vehicle fire and entrapment were unfounded, Keens said. The two tractor-trailer drivers were uninjured.
The cargo carried by the tractor-trailers did not spill. One was transporting bottled water and the other was carrying perlite, a mineral used in industry and horticulture, Keens said.
Officials could not immediately say how the collision occurred.
Fire police were directing traffic and motorists were being advised to avoid the area.
Lancaster Online is reporting on February 21, 2017 the following:
2 injuries reported in Route 222 crash
Two people reportedly were injured in a multi-vehicle crash on Route 222 in Manheim Township on Monday.
The accident occurred around 5:45 p.m. in the southbound lanes near the Oregon Pike exit.
One male initially was reported to be unconscious. An updated report from officials at the scene indicated two people with head injuries who were conscious and alert.
Police remained at the scene at 7:30 p.m. but traffic is moving relatively normal in the area.
Lancaster Online is reporting on February 20, 2017 the following:
Woman struck in Ephrata crosswalk, hospitalized with serious injuries, police say
A woman was hospitalized after being hit by a car in Ephrata Saturday evening, police said.
Silvia Morales Fontanez, 33, of Ephrata, was crossing East Main Street in a crosswalk when she was hit by a car driven by Dorothy A. Lykens, 86, of Ephrata.
Fontanez was taken to Lancaster General Hospital with serious injuries, police said.
Fontanez was in a good condition Sunday afternoon, according to hospital spokesman John Lines.
Ephrata police were dispatched to the first block of East Main Street at around 6 p.m. Saturday.
The investigation of the accident continues, police said.
Comment: A pedestrian struck potentially has UIM rights and should seek the advice of a car accident attorney to fully understand their rights.
Lancaster Online is reporting on February 16, 2017 the following:
Crash injured 2, delayed traffic on Route 283 in Manheim Township
Two people were injured in a two-vehicle crash on Route 283 westbound near Exit 741 in Manheim Township Wednesday afternoon, according to 911.
Emergency responders were dispatched at about 4:13 p.m.
County 911 reported two patients with injuries of unknown severity and one lane closure. Traffic was reportedly slowed for about an hour.
Responders said traffic was backed up all the way to Route 30.
Both patients, one from each vehicle, were transported to Lancaster General Hospital, according to Manheim Township fire officials.
The crash was reportedly the result of a rear-end collision. Early reports of a person trapped in a vehicle were later recalled.
Lancaster Online is reporting on February 10, 2017 the following:
Mail truck overturns in 2-car accident in Lancaster Township Thursday afternoon
A United States Postal Service truck overturned in a two-car crash in Lancaster Township Thursday afternoon.
The mail truck and an SUV-type vehicle collided at the intersection of North President Avenue and Wheatland Avenue around 2:15 p.m., according to Lancaster Township Fire Company Deputy Chief Glenn Usdin.
The mail truck came to rest on its side in the front lawn of a Wheatland Avenue home.
No one was seriously injured in the crash.
Two people inside the personal vehicle were taken to Lancaster General Hospital and were being checked for injuries. The mail truck driver was shaken but not injured, Usdin said.
The crash is being investigated by Manheim Township police.
Comment: Injured postal workers fall into the federal workers compensation system, which requires specialized legal knowledge.
Lancaster Online is reporting on February 8, 2017 the following:
Police say driver was drunk when he fled crash that injured 1 in Rapho Township
A Manheim-area man was drunk when he fled the scene of a crash that left one person injured in Rapho Township last week.
Bruce J. Stone, 56, of Ridgewood Manor, was stopped a short time after the Feb. 2 wreck at Mount Joy and Breneman roads.
After getting a description of the fleeing vehicle, officers spotted the black car which was leaking fluid and smoking from a passenger side window where an air bag had deployed, according to Manheim Borough police.
The car also had severe damage.
During the vehicle stop, an officer noticed an odor of alcohol in the car. Stone’s eyes were glassy, blood-shot and watery and his speech was slurred, according to an arrest affidavit.
When asked about the crash, Stone said he “panicked” and that he wasn’t a “bad guy,” the affidavit states.
Police said a passenger in the other vehicle was taken to Lancaster General Hospital for head and leg injuries. It wasn’t known if the person remained hospitalized Tuesday.
Stone was charged with aggravated assault by vehicle, accidents involving death or personal injury and DUI. He was committed to Lancaster County Prison on $175,000 bail, court papers show.
Comment: Intoxication can be an aggravating factor. An experienced car accident lawyer knows how to use this to increase the injured party’s recovery.
Lancaster Online is reporting on January 25, 2017 the following:
2 crashes snarl traffic on north side of Lancaster city Tuesday afternoon; 4 hurt
Two crashes 20 minutes apart snarled traffic in the north end of Lancaster city Tuesday afternoon.
The first wreck was reported around 4:10 p.m. at North Queen and Ross streets.
Initial reports indicated entrapment and possible ejection. Officials arriving at the scene confirmed at least one person trapped. Police later said no one was ejected and that the person had gotten out of the vehicle on their own and sat down on the ground.
The crash involved a Kia Soul that was heading north on North Queen and a Subaru Outback that had been traveling west on Ross Street, police said. After the collision, the Kia came to rest on the steps of Ross Elementary School.
Three people were taken to a local hospital with unknown injuries.
About 20 minutes later, crews were dispatched to a crash at North Duke and East New streets.
The wreck involved a minivan, a roofing company truck and another vehicle. The driver of the minivan was treated by medical personnel but a fire official described the injuries as minor.
Lancaster Online is reporting on January 24, 2017 the following:
2 hospitalized after car hits pole on Strasburg Pike in West Lampeter Township
An adult and child were taken to a local hospital after a one-car crash in West Lampeter Township Monday night.
The accident occurred in front of Longeneckers Reformed Mennonite Church, on Strasburg Pike just south of Pioneer Road, around 7:35 p.m.
A fire official arriving at the scene confirmed a vehicle into a pole with one person confined and a child in a car seat, according to radio dispatches.
Both occupants were taken by ambulance to Lancaster General Hospital. Their conditions were not available Monday night.
No information about the incident was immediately available from police.
Comment: A car accident lawyer should review the case facts given the type of vehicle involved and the known problems to exist on said vehicle.
Lancaster Online is reporting on January 19, 2017 the following:
Lancaster County residents question safety of driverless cars on roads with Amish buggies, scooters
Ephrata Police Chief William Harvey laughs at the notion of cars maneuvering through the highways and byways of Lancaster County without a guiding hand at the wheel.
“This is a joke, right?” asks Harvey, whose department patrols Ephrata and Adamstown boroughs and Ephrata and West Cocalico townships.
The state Department of Transportation wants Pennsylvania to be a testing ground for driverless cars. In fact, it’s possible cars without a human hand on the steering wheel are already sharing the road.
But the chief says “there’s a lot of nuance” to driving locally — it’s hard enough for the tourists, and he’s not sure how a computer will handle it.
“We have buggy lanes. We have an immense number of bicyclists. And horses are a whole different thing,” he says.
“This is either going to be the ultimate testing ground, or it’s going to be the definitive challenge,” Harvey says.
There’s more to local driving than the obstacles of buggies, bikes and scooters, the chief says.
“We have country lanes, unimproved roadways, single-lane bridges. We have deer and livestock in the roadway,” he says. “There’s more to it than just going down the road and following a straight path.”
Besides, he adds, “we have a lot of people here who are not embracing technology. How are they going to react when they see a driverless car?”
Plenty of questions
Two men involved in the local buggy-ride industry say they have questions about the technology, too.
“You have a lot of horses and buggies on two-lane roads where there isn’t a lot of room for passing,” says Jesse Moore. “How would a driverless car sense when it’s safe to pass on these two-lane roads? That’s the biggest thing.”
Moore, who operates A is for Amish Buggy Rides in Ronks, says it takes a good line of sight to pass a buggy, especially on a curve or a hill.
“You could have 10 driverless cars following a buggy down a narrow road, unable to pass,” he says.
“Or, what if a sensor fails?” he asks. “Lancaster County is a place where you can have young children walking down the road in groups … with no sidewalks.”
Since the Amish don’t insure their health or their vehicles, Moore also wonders who’s accountable for accidents involving driverless vehicles.
And he wonders if computers can make judgment calls as well as a person.
“Let’s say there’s a horse and buggy coming one way and a car coming the other way,” he says. “The moral decision would be to pull your car off the road completely. What’s a computer going to do?”
Co-worker Caleb Meyer — who earned a degree of notoriety on the cast of “Amish Mafia” — says ignorance of new technology can create fear, even if it’s unwarranted.
“I imagine those cars are able to detect pedestrians and people on bicycles,” he says. “If that’s the case, they should be able to detect buggies … and Amish people on scooters.”
But he says horses add an unpredictable element to driving that a computer might not be able to handle.
“Horses have a mind of their own,” he says. “A horse might shy away. A horse might get spooked and jump into traffic. I don’t know how these cars will be able to cope with that.”
Meyer says most people in the Amish community “probably have no idea” this technology is coming.
“We have to put our trust in the creators and designers,” he says. “But I’d like to have more information about how it works.”
Spotting potential hazards
James Cowhey, executive director of the Lancaster County Planning Commission, says the county doesn’t keep a tally of the number of buggies on the road.
But he says he trusts PennDOT would contact county officials “to give notice and for advice” before allowing any testing of driverless vehicles in Lancaster County.
Cowhey says he’s unaware of research specific to potential local hazards.
“My understanding of the technology is that it uses adaptive AI (artificial intelligence) to learn about obstacles, traffic conditions, pedestrians, cyclists, work zones, etc.,” he says. “Those things can be accounted for in any test location.”
He hopes the AI system would spot potential hazards, he says.
“Would it be as simple as recognizing a buggy as a slow-moving vehicle ahead or on the shoulder?” he asks. “That is an area of concern we share with several areas in the state and that PennDOT will be asked consider and address.”
Comment: As personal injury/car accident lawyers, we have seen far too often the insurance available on buggies. In most cases where the buggy operator is at fault, there is not enough insurance to cover the injuries our clients have sustained.
Lancaster Online is reporting on January 17, 2017 the following:
Route 222 North has reopened after a three-car accident closed the road Tuesday afternoon, according to dispatch reports.
Three people were sent to the hospital after the accident in Brecknock Township, according to state police Trooper James Spencer.
Two individuals were transferred to Lancaster General. The third was transported to Reading Hospital, Spencer said.
Both lanes were closed at the turnpike interchange/Denver exit for about 30 minutes.
Information related to the severity of the injuries was not immediately available.
Lancaster Online is reporting on January 4, 2017 the following:
Man flees West Hempfield Twp. crash, leaving woman trapped in burning car
A Mount Joy man has been charged in a November crash, after which he fled on foot and left a female passenger trapped in the burning car.
Timothy S. Kelley II, of the 4400 block of Chinchilla Drive, was driving with a suspended license when he lost control of his Chevrolet Malibu on a curve, struck a wall then struck a house at 711 Prospect Road, police said. The vehicle slid back onto the road with the vehicle coming to rest on its roof.
An officer, who was dispatched to the area for a car fire, arrived to find the car’s engine compartment on fire and heard a woman screaming for help from inside the car.
The officer tried to free the woman but firefighters had to remove the door of the car to extricate her, police said. She was transported to Lancaster General Hospital with injuries from the crash.
Kelley fled the crash on foot before police arrived. Investigators determined he was traveling above the speed limit just prior to the wreck.
He was charged Dec. 9 with reckless endangerment, accidents involving death or personal injury and driving under suspension.
Kelley was taken into custody Saturday in the 800 block of Holly Tree Drive, Manheim. According to court documents, he also was wanted by West Hempfield Township police on burglary charges related to an October incident.
Kelley was arraigned and committed to Lancaster County Prison on $50,000 bail.
Driver runs away after crashing stolen SUV into Jeep, injuring woman in Lancaster
A hit-and-run driver crashed a stolen sport utility vehicle into a Jeep in Lancaster Tuesday night, city police said.
The Chevy Trailblazer was going west on Vine Street, ran a red light and struck a northbound Jeep at South Queen Street shortly before 11:30 p.m., Sgt. Bill Hickey said. The female driver of the Jeep was taken to Lancaster General Hospital with minor injuries.
The driver of the SUV ran from the wreck in an unknown direction, Hickey said. The owner of the SUV later reported it had been stolen on Farnum Street.
Police are investigating.
Comment: An experienced car accident lawyer would be able to help this injured individual determine if there is any liability or uninsured insurance coverage.
Lancaster Online is reporting on January 3, 2017 the following:
Traffic deaths in Lancaster County at lowest level in 54 years
The number of people killed in traffic accidents in Lancaster County in 2016 matched 2013’s total, which was the lowest in more than 50 years.
Forty-five people died in 44 wrecks last year, according to Assistant District Attorney Christine Wilson and newspaper records. That’s down from 52 deaths in 50 crashes in 2015.
The most recent year in which fewer than 45 people were killed on county roadways was 1962.
Most of the deaths “continue to be caused by operator error, such as excessive speed and inattention to the roadway,” Wilson said.
Nine pedestrians were killed, including two children ages 4 and 13.
Nine fatal crashes involved motorcycles. Weather caused two fatal accidents.
Eleven crashes involved drugs or alcohol. Both people charged with homicide by vehicle in 2016 were under the influence of drugs or alcohol, Wilson said.
Bethany Gee, 19, of Ephrata, inhaled methamphetamine and smoked marijuana before a May 13 crash in West Cocalico Township that killed her friend, 20-year-old Stephanie M. Gerola, police said.
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Benjamin Manotti, 38, of Lancaster, was drunk when he struck a car on Route 741 in Pequea Township Jan. 16, police said. The other driver, Gregory Pizarro, 33, of Pequea, died. Manotti was charged with his third DUI.
Two people were killed in hit-and-run crashes.
Vince Nalencz, 24, of Media, was collecting trash for Eagle Disposal on Willow Street Pike North in West Lampeter Township Nov. 21, police said. Leon Anderson, 23, of Lancaster, struck Nalencz and fled the scene. Police charged Anderson.
A pedestrian was struck and killed outside of the Revere Tavern on Route 30 Feb. 19. Investigators believe Lucinda Gadaleta, 59, of Paradise, was struck by a tractor-trailer. No one has reported being involved in the crash and the case remains unsolved.
Comment: Death cases require special attention by an experienced car accident attorney.
2 people injured in collision that closed Columbia Avenue on Sunday afternoon
Two people were injured in a collision Sunday afternoon that closed Columbia Avenue for nearly 90 minutes in Lancaster Township.
The crash occurred at 2:52 p.m. in the 1300 block of Columbia Avenue at Jackson Drive.
According to Lt. Greg Leaman of the Lancaster Township Fire Department, a silver 2008 Ford Edge Limited was in the westbound turning lane at the entrance of Stone Mill Plaza when it was struck by a rented white 2016 Dodge RAM 1500 SLT pickup truck heading east on Columbia Avenue.
The pickup truck gouged the macadam with a broken axle as it continued another 100 feet along the roadway, Leaman said.
Fire Chief Ron Comfort Jr. said the male driver of the SUV was experiencing neck and back pain at the scene, while a male passenger in the vehicle was complaining of neck and arm pain.
The driver was extricated from the vehicle at 3:10 p.m. after firefighters cut away the driver’s door. He and the passenger were both taken to the hospital for treatment.
Manheim Township police, assisted by officers from Manor Township, conducted a field sobriety test of the male driver of the pickup truck. The investigation is continuing.
Columbia Avenue was closed to traffic until 4:12 p.m.
Car overturns, 1 person trapped, in 3-vehicle crash in Pequea Township
Rescue workers are responding to reports of a three-car collision, with entrapment, at New Danville Pike and Marticville Road in Pequea Township.
The crash was reported at 6:30 p.m. A dispatcher with Lancaster County-wide Communications said one of the vehicles was overturned. Four people require medical treatment at the scene, the dispatcher said.
An emergency responder at the scene said one person was trapped in the overturned car.
Motorists should avoid the area.
Lancaster Online is reporting on December 27, 2016 the following:
At least one injured in Christmas night vehicle-buggy collision in East Lampeter Twp.
At least one person was taken to a local hospital for treatment of injuries after a car and horse-drawn buggy collided Sunday evening in East Lampeter Township, authorities said.
The Christmas night accident happened around 10 p.m. near Mount Sidney and Hartman Station roads, a supervisor with Lancaster County-Wide Communications told LNP.
Details were still emerging from the scene, but at least three other people were involved in the wreck, the dispatcher said.
The horse broke free from the scene. As of 10:30 p.m., the dispatcher said authorities were still trying to locate it.
No other details were immediately available.
Check back to LancasterOnline for updates to this article.
Comment: An experienced Lancaster car accident attorney can determine if homeowner’s insurance should be involved if an animal is the cause of an accident.
Lancaster Online is reporting on December 21, 2016 the following:
1 injured when car travels off Route 222, hits sign pole head-on in Manheim Township
One person was injured in a single-vehicle crash Tuesday in Manheim Township.
The wreck happened on southbound Route 222, just north of Route 30, about 2:40 p.m.
Manheim Township fire Chief Rick Kane said a male driver was southbound on Route 222 when his vehicle went off the right side of the highway under the Eden Road bridge.
The sedan traveled in the dirt and grass on the berm of the road, then on the right side of the guard rail before hitting the pole of an overhead sign head-on, according to Kane.
He said the driver, who was in his 30s, was semiconscious but not coherent at the scene and was taken to a local hospital.
Kane said the man’s injuries did not appear serious and said he may have suffered a medical issue prior to the crash.
Man injured when vehicle crashes into wall along Pennsylvania Turnpike in Lancaster County
A man was injured when he crashed his vehicle into a wall along the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Lancaster County Monday morning, according to county radio dispatches.
It happened along the westbound lanes at mile marker 287.0 in Brecknock Township, near East Cocalico Township, shortly before 7 a.m.
The man was initially reported to be unconscious, but was then said to be awake, but not alert.
Lancaster Online is reporting on December 18, 2016 the following:
3 people injured in 1-vehicle crash in East Donegal Township
Three men were injured when the driver lost control of the car, struck a house and wrapped around a tree Friday night in East Donegal Township.
Speed “was definitely a factor in the crash,” Susquehanna Regional Police Lt. Stephen Englert said.
The two-door Hyundai sedan was heading north on Colebrook Road.
After crossing Donegal Springs Road, Englert said, “there’s a good possibility they were airborne or at least the vehicle lifted.”
Police said the driver then lost control, crossed into the southbound lane, struck a house on Colebrook near Carmany Road and then the car’s undercarriage wrapped around a large tree.
“All three boys ought to be very thankful for their lives. There was definitely an angel sitting with them through that accident,” said John Winsett Jr., who is the father of the driver, Dylan Winsett.
Dylan Winsett, 20, of Elizabethtown, suffered a broken pelvis, partially collapsed lung and broken ribs, his father said.
He is conscious and alert, but it is unclear when he will be able to leave Hershey Medical Center, John Winsett Jr. said.
“I’m just very grateful to have my son here and we’ll be going one day at a time,” Winsett Jr. said.
The passengers Jordan Koser, 20, and Lucas Maldonado, 18, both of Elizabethtown, were injured as well.
Jordan Koser probably has a broken shoulder and a couple broken ribs, possibly a broken arm and broken foot, his mother Kathy Utz Koser said.
He was being treated at Lancaster General Hospital.
“It’s amazing he’s even alive from the looks of the car,” Kathy Utz Koser said Saturday. “He’s doing pretty good.”
Maldonado was treated and released Friday night from Lancaster General.
“Cuts and bruises and a slight ankle injury, but he was putting weight on it and walking last night,” his mother Kim Maldonado said.
The women said their sons, who are cousins, didn’t remember much about the crash, and the women didn’t know crash details. Koser was in the front seat and Maldonado in the back.
Winsett doesn’t recall much of the accident either, his father said.
The three men were returning from Manchester, Maryland.
Winsett and Maldonado had gone there to pick up Jordan Koser from his internship for the Christmas break, Kathy Utz Koser said.
He’s an intern at River Valley Ranch, a Christian camp.
Comment: Anytime the result of an accident renders the vehicle this badly damaged, an experienced personal injury lawyer should investigate the crashworthiness of the car.
Lancaster Online is reporting on December 12, 2016 the following:
Route 283 closed for over an hour after Mount Joy Twp. crash, nearby car fire
Emergency responders worked to clear a two-vehicle crash on Route 283 east near Schwanger Road reported by 911 dispatchers at about 7:53 p.m.
Dispatchers reported traffic already started to back up from a vehicle fire at about 7:09 p.m. on Route 283 near Snyder Road.
Crews reportedly extinguished and cleared the vehicle by about 8:25 p.m.
Initial scanner reports indicate one or more people have sustained injuries of unknown severity as a result of the crash.
PennDOT traffic reports on 511pa.com indicate eastbound lanes on Route 283 were closed between the Rheems and Manheim exits as of 8:23 p.m.
County 911 reported the road reopened at about 9:45 p.m. No further information was released
Lancaster Online is reporting on December 5, 2016 the following:
A person was ejected from a vehicle in a Salisbury Township crash Sunday night, according to emergency dispatch reports.
Those reports indicated that the single-vehicle crash happened on Meeting House Road between Elam Road and Old Philadelphia Pike about 8:36 p.m., and that the person was conscious.
No further information was immediately available.
Comment: An accident involving an ejection, where a seatbelt is worn, may warrant a personal injury attorney’s investigation to see if a products liability case exists.
Lancaster Online is reporting on December 3, 2016 the following:
One person was injured in a four-vehicle crash Friday evening in Ephrata.
According to police, a northbound SUV pulling a trailer crossed the center line while passing a legally parked vehicle in the first block of Martin Avenue when it was struck by a southbound vehicle at 7:49 p.m.
The collision pushed the trailer into the parked car, police said, and the striking vehicle continued over the center line and hit another northbound vehicle head on.
A driver sustained a hand injury in the collision, and three vehicles were towed from the scene.
Lancaster Online is reporting on December 2, 2016 the following:
Police asked motorists to avoid Route 322 at southbound Route 222 in Ephrata Township Friday morning due to traffic after a vehicle crash with injuries.
Lanes are closed and there is limited access to the southbound Route 222 ramp, Ephrata police said.
The three-vehicle accident happened at 6:45 a.m. and no one was trapped in the vehicles as initially reported, according to county radio dispatches.
Police did not say when the crash would be cleared and lanes reopened.
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Two people were injured in a three-vehicle crash that closed several lanes of Route 322 in Ephrata Township Friday.
Justine Taylor, 50, of Elverson, was driving west on Route 322 and turned left to get onto the Route 222 southbound on-ramp at 6:45 a.m., Ephrata police said. Her car struck a sport utility vehicle driven by Sherry Umberger, 58, of Terre Hill, and a car driven by Tonya Diaz, 32, of Denver, which were both traveling east.
Taylor was taken to WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital and Umberger to Lancaster General Hospital, both with nonlife-threatening injuries, police said.
Several lanes of Route 322 were closed for about 45 minutes.
Comment: A personal injury lawyer could help this person seek the compensation they deserve for another’s negligence.
Lancaster Online is reporting on November 27, 2016 the following:
A car knocked a hole in a brick house this morning in Lancaster city after a two-vehicle collision that sent one person to the hospital.
The accident happened just after 9 a.m. at the intersection of East Walnut and North Franklin streets.
In the aftermath of the collision, a blue minivan with front-end damage was resting partway up the sidewalk in front of the house at 651 E. Walnut St., while a gray sedan had rammed into the property’s front corner, leaving a roughly 3-by-3-foot hole.
The gray sedan also had driver-side damage.
One person was transported to the hospital with what weren’t believed to be severe injuries, according to an emergency responder on the scene.
Several people were inside the two-and-a-half-story property when the accident happened, but no one there was injured, according to city fire Capt. Jason Greer.
The damage to the building was minor, Greer said.
Lancaster Online is reporting on November 20, 2016 the following:
Four people were taken to Lancaster General Hospital Friday after a crash in Ephrata, according to Ephrata police.
Police said in a news release that the Volkswagen Jetta driven by Joseph Braun, 64, of Stevens, crossed the center line of the first block of East Mohler Church Road about 4:15 p.m. and struck the Kia Soul driven by William Robinson Jr., 54, of Parkville, Maryland.
Along with the drivers, two passengers in Robinson’s vehicle were taken to the hospital, the report said. It did not identify the passengers, and police did not immediately respond to a request for that information Saturday evening.
The report noted that the road was closed for approximately two hours while police investigated the crash.
Lancaster Online is reporting on November 17, 2016 the following:
Firefighters rescued a York County man after his arm got pulled into a concrete truck auger at a Columbia business Wednesday.
The 62-year-old East Prospect man used his free hand to call a fellow Musser Supply employee for help, the owner of the business said.
The injured cement truck driver’s name was not released. He had returned to the 1605 Lancaster Ave. business after delivering concrete to a customer around 2:30 p.m., Musser Supply President John Musser said Thursday. He was cleaning out the 9-foot-long auger attached to the back of the truck.
The longtime employee knows not to reach into the 10-inch-in-diameter auger to get something out without first turning off the machine, but he “made a human mistake,” Musser said.
The man “got his hand stuck in a cement auger, which pulled his arm in up to around his elbow,” West Hempfield Township police Chief Mark Pugliese said.
Firefighters freed the man and he was taken to Lancaster General Hospital.
“He has his arm and is alive and we are thankful for that,” Musser said. The man suffered a broken arm and needed muscles and tendons repaired.
Doctors operated Wednesday night and told Musser the man will likely be able to go home in a couple days.
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Lancaster Online is reporting on November 14, 2016 the following:
Two people were injured when in a crash involving two tractor-trailers on the westbound lanes of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Lancaster County Monday, police said.
It happened within a construction area at mile marker 291.0 in Brecknock Township just after noon, state police at Highspire said.
Traffic backed up for miles, police said. The construction pattern was changed and one westbound lane was reopened to traffic shortly before 1 p.m.
Two people were taken to hospitals with injuries, police said. Their severity was not reported.
One man suffered a head or neck injury, according to county radio dispatches. No other information was immediately available.
Comment: With any case involving a tractor-trailer, you should seek the advice of an experienced personal injury lawyer. Many times the trucking companies hide/forge/alter vital documentation which can help obtain a greater recovery.
Lancaster Online is reporting on November 1, 2016 the following:
A man was injured and a vehicle ended up on its side after an accident on Route 222 South in East Cocalico Township Tuesday morning, according to county radio dispatches.
It happened at mile marker 44 near East Church Street at 6:15 a.m.
The driver was walking around after the wreck but told emergency responders he had briefly been unconscious. He was taken to an area hospital.
Lancaster Online is reporting on October 28, 2016 the following:
Two people were taken to the hospital to be checked for injuries after a car struck a building in Lancaster Friday morning, according to county radio dispatches.
The wreck happened at West Orange and North Water streets around 7:15 a.m.
A woman complained of shoulder pain at the scene and a child needed to be checked for possible injury.
There was damage to a building. Firefighters brought the incident under control in less than 15 minutes.
Two Lancaster men suffered major injuries in a two-vehicle crash in Berks County Friday morning.
Jeffrey Dixon, 30, of the 300 block of South Prince Street, was critically injured and James Pugh Jr., 27, of the 200 block of West James Street, had serious injuries, police said.
Pugh was driving north on Route 662 in Ruscombmanor Township at 6:15 a.m., state police Trooper Anthony Tombasco said. He was rounding a left curve near Houck Road when his car went into the oncoming lane.
The right front of Pugh’s Dodge Charger struck the left front of a southbound Ford F-250 pickup truck head-on, Tombasco said.
Dixon, Pugh’s passenger, was ejected from the car, Tombasco said.
The car caught fire after the initial impact, he said. A resident who lives near the crash scene pulled Pugh from the burning car.
The driver of the truck, Ryan Tyson, 23, of Fleetwood, had to be freed from the wreckage by firefighters, the trooper said. He sustained minor injury.
All three men were taken to Reading Hospital.
Ruscombmanor, Fleetwood and Alsace Manor fire companies, as well as Oley, Fleetwood, Muhlenberg and Topton EMS personnel assisted police.
Comment: Anytime a car catches fire after a collision, you should seek the advice of an experienced personal injury lawyer to determine if the car manufacturer has any liability.
Lancaster Online is reporting on October 25, 2016 the following:
One person was injured in a single-vehicle crash in East Cocalico Township late Monday.
The accident occurred around 10:15 p.m. in the 200 block of North Muddy Creek Road, between Poplar Drive and Homestead Drive, about two miles west of Adamstown.
Initial reports were of a vehicle into a tree with the driver unconscious. Officials arriving at the scene confirmed one female trapped and injured.
It took fire crews about 15 minutes to free the female from the car.
A medical helicopter was placed on standby but was later released. The driver was taken by ambulance to Lancaster General Hospital.
North Muddy Creek Road was expected to remain closed between Poplar and Homestead for an extended time for crash reconstruction, according to dispatch reports.
Ten students and one adult suffered minor injuries when three Manheim Township school buses collided en route to a weekend band exhibition in Delaware County.
State police said the students and a chaperone were taken to Delaware County Memorial and Springfield hospitals for treatment of injuries sustained in the crash, which occurred at about 5:17 p.m. Saturday.
Marcie Brody, spokeswoman for Manheim Township School District, said Monday that all students were released from care on Saturday with only minor injuries.
Police said the crash occurred on Route 76 near Gulph Mills in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County.
According to a release from state police, two of the buses were stopped in the right lane because of traffic congestion when the third bus struck one from behind. The impact pushed the second bus into the rear of the first.
Two buses were disabled and were towed from the accident site, police said. The third was able to drive from the scene.
There were 100 students, three drivers and three chaperones on the buses, according to Brody. A fourth Manheim Township bus was also en route to the Marching Festival of Bands at Springfield High School, she said, but it wasn’t involved in the collision.
“All the kids are fine,” Brody said.
The buses are part of the Brightbill Transportation fleet that contracts with the district, she said. She doesn’t know if charges will be filed against the driver who caused the accident.
The students, with the exception of those taken to a hospital for treatment, were able to perform in the exhibition Saturday evening, Brody said.
“They did perform, and they did awesome,” she said. “They held their heads up high and had a great time.”
Lancaster Online is reporting on October 23, 2016 the following:
A woman was hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Route 222 and Krantz Mill Road in Strasburg Township Saturday morning.
She was reportedly driving a minivan involved in a collision with a pick-up truck at about 11:34 a.m. The impact sent the pick-up truck through a nearby fence.
Route 222 was closed for about an hour while emergency crews worked on scene.
The woman reportedly sustained minor injuries. Her child passenger and the other driver were uninjured, according to fire officials.
Both vehicles sustained major damage as a result of the incident.
Comment: After an accident, you should consult an experienced personal injury and workers compensation attorney to make sure that the person who caused the accident was not in the course of their employment, which may allow you collect additional insurance proceeds.
Lancaster Online is reporting on October 20, 2016 the following:
A man was riding a bicycle in East Hempfield Township when he was struck by a vehicle, police said. The vehicle was turning and the driver did not see the bicyclist before hitting the bicyclist shortly before 7:30 a.m. at Elmwood Avenue and West Main Street in Landisville, township police Lt. Tammy Marsh said.
The bicyclist was taken to Lancaster General Hospital with “moderate nonlife-threatening injuries,” she said. Names of those involved were not released. No charges were filed.
Comment: Often an experienced and knowledgeable car accident attorney is able to obtain UIM benefits for injured bicyclists.
Lancaster Online is reporting on October 18, 2016 the following:
Eastbound lanes of Route 283 have been reopened at Spooky Nook Road in East Hempfield Township after two vehicle accidents this morning, police said.
A motorcycle struck a vehicle between Spooky Nook Road and Landisville Road around 7:45 a.m., township police Lt. Tammy Marsh said. That crash forced traffic to abruptly stop, resulting in another five-vehicle crash involving a tractor-trailer.
Three motorists were injured and taken to a hospital for evaluation, she said. One lane of the road was reopened to traffic before 8:30 a.m. and the other was reopened 15 minutes later.
Hempfield and East Petersburg firefighters, Susquehanna Valley EMS and Lancaster EMS assisted police.
Comment: Accidents involving tractor trailers require a personal injury lawyer with the knowledge of what information to obtain. Many cases hinge the driver’s log books and the truck’s maintenance records.
Lancaster Online is reporting on October 17, 2016 the following:
The eastbound lane of Route 30 has reopened after a vehicle crashed in East Hempfield this morning.
A vehicle rolled in the wreck between Good Drive and the Little Conestoga Creek shortly before 7:30 a.m., East Hempfield Township police Lt. Tammy Marsh said.
A female struck her head and had chest pain, according to county radio dispatches.
Marsh said the driver was taken to Lancaster General Hospital.
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Fire police were called to help direct traffic at Route 30 and Route 741.
Eastbound traffic backed up to Mountville as one lane was closed for about an hour.
Lancaster Online is reporting on October 13, 2016 the following:
Two people were seriously injured in a crash involving two motorcycles and two vehicles on the Route 30 bridge near Columbia Wednesday.
Units were dispatched to the westbound side of the bridge just after 7 p.m.
Fire officials arriving at the scene reported two patients down in the road. One person was unconscious with apparent critical injuries while the other was conscious and talking but seriously hurt, according to radio reports.
West Hempfield Township police said the two motorcycle riders were taken to York hospitals but their conditions weren’t available late Wednesday night.
Westbound lanes of the highway were closed at Route 441 as police investigated.
Lancaster Online is reporting on October 12, 2016 the following:
A firefighter was taken to a hospital after working at a barn fire in southern Lancaster County Wednesday.
The female firefighter sat down and was not feeling well, so she was taken to Jennersville Hospital in Chester County for treatment of possible heat exhaustion, Robert Fulton Fire Chief Tracy Tomlinson said.
“It was dehydration more than anything,” he said. “She’s fine.”
Spontaneous combustion caused the fire shortly after 7 a.m. at 1602 Slate Hill Road, near Cherry Hill Road, in Drumore Township, Tomlinson said. The farm is owned by Paul L. Hess.
When hay is not completely dry, it can heat up and combust.
Farmers used tractors to pull out and break apart the burning hay while firefighters sprayed water on it to extinguish the fire, Tomlinson said. About 40 large, round bales of hay together valued at $2,800 were destroyed. But firefighters prevented the 40-by-80-foot pole barn from being damaged.
Six tankers transported water from the Peach Bottom Marina to fight the fire, he said. A hundred or more firefighters brought the fire under control around 8:30 a.m.
No animals were in the barn and cows in nearby buildings were not affected, Tomlinson said.
Lancaster Online is reporting on October 11, 2016 the following:
A 22-year-old man fleeing pursuit was seriously injured when his motorcycle hit an oncoming tractor-trailer in East Lampeter Township early Sunday morning, according to state police.
They did not release the man’s name but said he was taken to Lancaster General Hospital. They did not release information on any other people involved in the incident.
Police said they began chasing the man after unsuccessfully attempting a traffic stop at 3:08 a.m. in the 4000 block of East Newport Road in Leacock Township, near Pequea Valley High School.
The chase continued onto Old Philadelphia Pike in East Lampeter Township, with the motorcyclist going westbound, then turning around in the area of Eastbrook Road, police said.
They reported he was going east on Old Philadelphia Pike when he hit an oncoming tractor-trailer between Mill Creek Road and Lynwood Road; dispatchers said the crash happened at 3:17 a.m.
The road remained closed for at least five hours following the crash, according to a Lancaster County Communications supervisor.
No further details were available Sunday morning.
Lancaster Online is reporting on October 5, 2016 the following:
A 21-year-old Manheim Township woman was drunk when she crashed her vehicle, seriously injuring two passengers, in Strasburg Township on Sunday, police said.
Samantha Jo Pfautz, of 2817 Brookfield Road, was charged with DUI, aggravated assault while DUI, driving under suspension, accidents involving death or personal injury, careless driving, a lane violation and a seatbelt violation.
She was arraigned by District Judge David Miller and released after posting $20,000 bond, court papers show
According to charging documents, Pfautz was traveling north on Beaver Valley Pike when she lost control on a curve and struck an embankment near Bunker Hill Road shortly before 3 a.m.
Upon hitting the embankment, the vehicle spun around, ejecting Dillon Hertzog and Stevie Ewing from the car, according to a criminal complaint.
In speaking with state troopers at the scene, Pfautz said she caused the crash and said she was driving because the others were heavily intoxicated, the complaint states.
Pfautz said she wasn’t speeding and that she hydroplaned on the wet road.
She admitted to drinking 1 1/2 cups of vodka and Fireball whisky prior to the crash, according to the complaint. Police said she consented to a breath test after the accident and had a blood alcohol level of .131 percent.
Two open bottles of liquor in the car, the complaint states.
Officials said Hertzog and Ewing both had serious injuries.
Hertzog suffered a broken leg and pelvis, and had several facial fractures. Police said Ewing suffered multiple spinal fractures. It wasn’t known if they remained hospitalized Tuesday.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Oct. 19.
Two people were injured in a five-car crash on Route 283 in East Hempfield Township Wednesday.
The chain-reaction crash occurred in the eastbound lanes, just west of Route 741, at 7:45 a.m., township police Lt. Tammy Marsh said. Traffic had crawled to a stop before the accident.
Two people were taken to Lancaster General Hospital with minor injuries, she said. Three children were also taken to the hospital for observation.
At one point, traffic due to the wreck backed up to Spooky Nook Road.
One lane of eastbound traffic was being allowed to go around the accident area until the road completely reopened at 8:45 a.m.
No charges have been filed, but police are investigating.
Lancaster Online is reporting on September 29, 2016 the following:
A pickup truck rolled onto its side in a two-vehicle crash on Route 72 at Lititz Road Thursday morning, according to county radio dispatches.
A person was trapped in the pickup truck after the 6:40 a.m. wreck in East Hempfield Township.
Route 72 and Lititz Road were closed. Fire police are directing traffic on detours around the site.
The person was freed from the pickup truck at 7:09 a.m. and was being taken to a local hospital.
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Lancaster Online is reporting on September 28, 2016 the following:
The driver was taken to the hospital after a tractor-trailer overturned in Penn Township early Wednesday, a county dispatch supervisor said.
It happened in the 1700 block of Lebanon Road (Route 72) at around 12:45 a.m.
The driver’s injuries were not serious.
Route 72 was closed for about five hours.
The dispatch supervisor did not know what the tractor-trailer was hauling, but said it was not hazardous materials.
A truck driver was hurt early Wednesday after his tractor-trailer overturned in Penn Township.
Northern Lancaster County Regional police said the incident happened around 12:45 a.m. in the 1100 block of Lebanon Road (Route 72).
Maurice Cannon, 62, of Bridgeville, Delaware, was driving north when he approached a curve and the tractor and trailer rolled onto their sides, striking a building at 1171 Lebanon Road.
Cannon was taken to Lancaster General Hospital with minor injuries.
The tractor-trailer is owned by 2012 Transport, of Ellendale, Delaware, police said.
Route 72 was closed for about five hours.
A county dispatch supervisor did not know what the tractor-trailer was hauling, but said it was not hazardous materials.
Lancaster Online is reporting on September 21, 2016 the following:
A driver was ejected from a vehicle that rolled several times after a possible collision on Route 272 near West Willow Road in Pequea Township Tuesday evening.
The incident occurred at about 7:30 p.m. Initial scanner reports claimed the driver was bleeding from the neck.
The vehicle reportedly left the roadway and rolled several yards before coming to rest on its roof.
The driver was transported to Lancaster General Hospital and was said to be in stable condition, according to West Willow Fire Chief Jason Topper.
Two people in another vehicle reportedly involved in the incident sustained minor injuries. Police are still investigating the cause of the crash.
Emergency crews were still on scene by 9:30 p.m
Lancaster Online is reporting on September 19, 2016 the following:
Two riders were seriously hurt when their motorcycle collided with a minivan in Colerain Township Sunday.
The crash occurred on Kirkwood Pike (Route 472) and Hideaway Drive, three miles south of Quarryville, just after 2:30 p.m.
State police said the 2003 Honda cycle was heading south on Kirkwood Pike when it struck a minivan that had pulled from a private drive and into the path of the bike.
Authorities both occupants were thrown from the motorcycle. They were wearing helmets and eye protection, police said.
The operator of the cycle, Steven White, of Newark, Delaware, was flown by Delaware-based JeffSTAT medical helicopter to Lancaster General Hospital. Police said Sunday night that his injuries are considered life-threatening.
White’s passenger, Michelle Shober, of Quarryville, was taken via ambulance to LGH. Her injuries are serious but she is expected to survive, officials said.
The driver of the 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan, Amanda Benson, of Quarryville, was not hurt. Two children in her vehicle, a 2-year-old girl and a 7-month-old boy, also were uninjured, according to police.
State police said the crash remains under investigation and ask anyone with information to call 717-299-7650.
Lancaster Online is reporting on September 16, 2016 the following:
One person was injured in a single-vehicle crash near Elizabethtown Thursday afternoon.
Crews were called to North Market Street (Route 230) and Mill Road at 3:30 p.m. for a report of an accident with entrapment.
A vehicle reportedly went off the road, traveled in to some trees and flipped onto its roof, trapping a man inside.
It took fire crews nearly 30 minutes to free the occupant from the car.
The man was taken to an area hospital for treatment. The severity of his injuries wasn’t immediately known.
Lancaster Online is reporting on September 7, 2016 the following:
A motorcyclist was injured in a crash with a car at Routes 340 and 30 in the Bridgeport area of East Lampeter Township Wednesday morning, according to county radio dispatches.
The man was conscious, but immediately remained down on the ground after the wreck shortly after 7 a.m. He reportedly had not been wearing a helmet.
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Lancaster Online is reporting on September 6, 2016 the following:
A motorcyclist and his passenger were seriously injured after being struck by a drunken driver Monday in Paradise Township, police said.
John David Bawell, 38, of 1437 White Oak Road, Paradise, was charged with aggravated assault with a vehicle while DUI, accident involving death or personal injury and possession of a small amount of marijuana. He is being held at Lancaster County Prison on $100,000 bail.
David Sparks and a female passenger, both 52, were taken to Lancaster General Hospital with serious injuries, state police Trooper Keith Lear said in a criminal complaint. Sparks suffered a broken leg and broken ribs. The woman’s injuries were not reported.
Lear said Bawell, who fled the scene of the collision before returning 15 minutes later, was not injured.
Bawell’s pickup truck struck the motorcycle shortly after 11:30 a.m. at Route 896 and White Oak Road when he failed to yield the right of way, Lear said in the complaint.
Bawell did not have proper emissions testing, vehicle registration or automobile insurance, and he refused a blood test after failing sobriety tests, according to police.
A preliminary hearing is set before District Judge Raymond S. Sheller at 2 p.m. Sept. 20.
Five people, including an infant, were taken to the hospital after a head-on crash in Mount Joy Township Monday night, police said.
Tyler Wieder was driving a Dodge Charger north near T.J. Rockwell’s American Grill & Tavern in the 800 block of Mount Gretna Road shortly before 9 p.m., Lt. Carl D. Steinhart said Tuesday. The 22-year-old was speeding and illegally passing vehicles.
Wieder passed a vehicle and went into the oncoming lane of traffic, crashing head-on into a Chevy Silverado pickup truck, Steinhart said. Leandra Wieder, no age given, was also in the car.
All five occupants of the two vehicles, including an infant, were taken to Hershey Medical Center for evaluation, Steinhart said.
Tyler Wieder was treated and released, according to a hospital spokeswoman. No information was available regarding the conditions of Leandra Wieder or the other patients, whom police did not identify.
Northwest Regional police ask anyone with information about the wreck to call them at 717-367-8481.
Two 17-year-old girls were injured in a one-vehicle crash in Drumore Township Sunday.
The accident occurred on Fishing Creek Hollow Road just before 2 p.m.
A fire official said a Jeep Cherokee went off the one-lane gravel road, up an embankment and rolled over, trapping the driver inside. The girl was conscious as crews from Rawlinsville Fire Company worked to free her from the SUV. The passenger appeared to have minor injuries.
Both teens were taken to Lancaster General Hospital. Their conditions were not immediately available.
State police are investigating.
Lancaster Online is reporting on August 26, 2016 the following:
Five people were hospitalized Thursday after a two-vehicle crash in Upper Leacock Township.
Two people were trapped inside a vehicle for 40 minutes, but no one was seriously injured.
The vehicles collided around 11:45 a.m. at Creek Hill and Hellers Church roads, with one vehicle coming to rest on its side on top of the other one.
Five ambulances and four advanced life support units were called to the scene.
Firefighters said a front windshield and a car roof had to be removed to reach two people who were freed at 12:25 p.m.
Three people in one vehicle and two people in the other were taken to the hospital for treatment of minor to moderate injuries, according to East Lampeter Township police Lt. Robin Weaver.
Weaver said the collision happened after the vehicle traveling south on Hellers Church Road didn’t stop and collided with the vehicle that was lawfully driving westbound on Creek Hill Road.
The driver of the vehicle that caused the accident was from out of state, as were the passengers in the vehicle, Weaver said.
The intersection was closed until 1:30 p.m.
Lancaster Online is reporting on August 24, 2016 the following:
One person riding a motorcycle was critically injured Tuesday morning in a collision with another vehicle in East Hempfield Township.
The name of the driver of the motorcycle is not being released at this time, Lt. Tammy Marsh said Tuesday afternoon. Marsh said the person was taken to Lancaster General Hospital for treatment following the 11:45 a.m. accident.
The driver of the other vehicle was not injured, Marsh said.
The accident occurred in the 600 block of Landisville Road, between Spooky Nook Road and Long Road.
The stretch was closed for several hours as police investigated.
Lancaster Online is reporting on August 22, 2016 the following:
A male was struck by a vehicle along Route 272 in northern Lancaster County Monday morning. He was down on the road after the 7 a.m. wreck along North Reading Road near West Church Street in East Cocalico Township, according to county radio dispatches.
The male was taken to Reading Hospital. No information about the severity of his injuries was immediately available.
A person was reportedly trapped in a vehicle after it rolled over in a crash in Lancaster city Monday afternoon, according to county radio dispatches.
It happened along East Walnut Street between Pleasure Road and Ranck Avenue at 1:30 p.m. The person was freed from the vehicle at 1:43 p.m.
Initial dispatches said the vehicle could be in the Conestoga River, but responders reported the car was not in the water.
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Lancaster Online is reporting on August 10, 2016 the following:
A motorcycle rider was injured when his bike collided with a tractor-trailer in Elizabethtown Tuesday evening.
The crash occurred in the 100 block of South Market Street just before 6 p.m.
The rider was taken to Hershey Medical Center for treatment but police did not know his condition late Tuesday.
Officers remained at the scene for several hours as a crash reconstruction team investigated.
Officials said Tuesday night they were still working to determine how the collision occurred and expect to release additional information Wednesday morning.
Lancaster Online is reporting on August 5, 2016 the following:
County 911 dispatch reported a vehicle overturned near the intersection of S. Queen and W. Vine Streets in Lancaster at about 4:12 p.m, leading emergency crews to close the street for over an hour.
Witnesses reported the vehicle’s driver was responsive, but sustained injuries of unknown severity. EMS responders arrived on scene to evaluate the driver.
No word has yet been released as to what caused the accident.
Lancaster Online is reporting on July 28, 2016 the following:
Three people were reported to have serious injuries after a one-car crash in northern Lancaster County Wednesday night.
Crews were called to the 2200 block of Laurel Lane at 9:20 p.m. for a report of a vehicle overturned with multiple people trapped. The crash site was just south of the Pennsylvania Turnpike and about six miles west of Morgantown.
According to initial reports, one person was unconscious while the other two had altered levels of alertness.
Officials arriving at the scene confirmed heavy entrapment and placed a helicopter on standby. Crews later opted to transport the injured by ambulances to area hospitals.
No other information was available late Wednesday.
More than a dozen people were transported to area hospitals after a crash in eastern Lancaster County Wednesday.
Multiple medical units were dispatched to Newport and Stumptown roads in Upper Leacock Township after the 4 p.m. accident which involved a full-size van and a small tourist bus.
The Amish Farm and House bus was carrying 14 passengers, all of whom were taken to the hospital, according to Upper Leacock Township fire Chief Jared Nolt. He said most had minor injuries while two suffered more serious, but not life-threatening, injuries.
Neither the bus or van driver was injured. There were no other occupants of the van.
The crash is being investigated by East Lampeter Township police.
Lancaster Online is reporting on July 26, 2016 the following:
A motorcyclist struck a female pedestrian in the 100 block of North Third Street in Columbia Tuesday, according to county radio dispatches.
She was down in the road and was conscious and breathing after the 9:45 a.m. wreck.
The rider was not injured.
Lancaster Online is reporting on July 25, 2016 the following:
A nearly two-mile stretch of Lincoln Highway East (Route 30) has re-opened after a crash near Paradise.
The highway was closed from Black Horse Road to McIlvaine Road for about 90 minutes as officials investigated a two-vehicle crash just west of Keim Chevrolet, 3265 Lincoln Highway East, that occurred just before 3 p.m.
Three people were taken to the hospital. Paradise Fire Chief Pat Cosgrove said two appeared to have serious injuries.
Cosgrove said both vehicles were westbound and confirmed a report that one of the cars, which had one female occupant, was traveling for some distance in the center lane. The chief said he didn’t know why the woman was driving in the center lane or how the crash occurred.
The incident remains under investigation by state police.
Lancaster Online is reporting on July 21, 2016 the following:
A male and female were struck by a vehicle outside a bicycle shop near Elizabethtown Wednesday, according to county radio dispatches.
Both were taken to Hershey Medical Center with injuries, a county dispatch supervisor said.
The wreck happened outside Rails to Trail Bicycle Shop, 1010 Hershey Road, Mount Joy Township, at around 11:45 a.m.
A male was at least initially unconscious and a female was conscious after being struck, dispatches said. The female appeared to suffer a broken leg.
Northwest Regional police are investigating.
Lancaster Online is reporting on July 18, 2016 the following:
Emergency crews were on the scene of a one-vehicle accident that has seriously injured numerous people in East Donegal Township Sunday evening, officials said.
The crash occurred around 6 p.m. near the intersection of Rock Point and Colebrook roads, according to a Lancaster County dispatch supervisor.
At least three people were seriously injured, according to initial reports from the scene. A medical helicopter was called to help transport one victim to a hospital.
Fire police have been also dispatched to the area for traffic control. No other details were available.
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Lancaster Online is reporting on July 15, 2016 the following:
One person was trapped and reportedly unresponsive after a single-vehicle crash in Ephrata Township late Thursday.
Emergency crews were called to 920 Glenwood Drive, about 1 1/2 miles north of Hinkletown, at 10:45 p.m.
Officials at the scene reported that a utility pole had been sheared and was being supported only by wires. Crews worked for nearly an hour to free a person from the vehicle, which was up against the pole, according to radio reports.
A JeffSTAT medical helicopter responded to the area and flew the patient to Lancaster General Hospital. A fire official reported the occupant of the vehicle to have “multiple extremity trauma.”
No other information was immediately available. Ephrata police are investigating.
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A man on a scooter was injured along Division Highway (Route 322) in East Earl Township on Thursday evening.
The man was found lying in the road west of Bridgeville Road just before 6:30 p.m. He was taken to an area hospital with a head injury but his condition wasn’t available Thursday night.
Weaverland Valley fire Chief Troy Weaver said it wasn’t immediately clear if the man was struck by a vehicle or became injured another way. He said there were no known witnesses.
Anyone with information about the incident can call East Earl Township police at 717-355-5302.
Lancaster Online is reporting on July 11, 2016 the following:
A 27-year-old woman and a 5-year-old girl were injured and a large array of utility lines were left dangling when a car sheared a pole around noon Sunday in East Hempfield Township.
The single-vehicle accident happened in the 2100 block of Harrisburg Pike between the entrances to Woodcrest Villa and the Lancaster General Health Campus, with the car shearing a utility pole on the north side of the road.
The woman and girl, who are from the Lancaster area, were transported to Lancaster General Hospital for treatment but their injuries didn’t appear serious, according to East Hempfield Township police Officer Ethan Etter.
Etter said the crash remains under investigation.
Two people were injured in a crash involving two motorcycles and a vehicle in Manor Township Sunday.
The accident occurred at Ironstone Ridge Road and Blue Rock Road around 5 p.m.
The two male cycle drivers were taken to Lancaster General Hospital but the extent of their injuries wasn’t known Sunday night, according to Manor Township police Sgt. Carolyn Gundel. She said both men were conscious at the scene.
No other details about the incident were available Sunday.
An 18-year-old bicyclist was injured when he was struck by a vehicle in Earl Township Sunday afternoon.
Josh King, of Manheim, was riding with three friends when he was struck at South Shirk Road and Peters Road.
He was taken to Lancaster General Hospital but was not listed as a patient there Sunday evening, according to a nursing supervisor.
Shirk and his friends were traveling west on South Shirk Road when they ran a stop sign and pulled out in front of a vehicle that was northbound on Peters Road, according to New Holland police Sgt. John Yanarella.
The driver of the vehicle, 39-year-old Thomas Artley, of Kinzers, tried to avoid hitting the cyclists but struck King’s bike, Yanarella said.
King flew up onto the windshield of Artley’s car and landed on a grassy area across the road.
Yanarella said Artley did not have a stop sign at the intersection and said he is not facing charges in the accident.
Lancaster Online is reporting on July 8, 2016 the following:
One lane of Lincoln Highway East was closed for several hours after a collision late Thursday evening in Paradise Township.
According to reports, the crash occurred shortly before 11 p.m. on the highway near Pequea Drive when a westbound SUV struck an eastbound tractor-trailer. Both vehicles were heavily damaged, according to a witness at the scene.
Drivers of both vehicles were taken to the hospital for treatment. No information was immediately available on their conditions.
Both vehicles had to be towed from the scene.
Lincoln Highway was closed at least until 2 a.m. while a Lancaster County Haz-Mat team cleaned up a diesel fuel spill on the roadway.
Lancaster Online is reporting on July 6, 2016 the following:
An employee of Eagle Disposal Inc. suffered serious injuries when he was struck by a vehicle while emptying recycling bins in Millersville on Tuesday morning.
The crash occurred in the 100 block of North Duke Street, between West Frederick Street and West Cottage Avenue, at 11:30 a.m.
Police said Kyle Elliot was thrown into the back of the truck on impact and suffered a compound leg fracture, as well as cuts and bruises.
“It was pretty nasty,” Millersville Borough police Sgt. Jeffrey Margevich said. “Not only to be hit by a vehicle, but then (to) have to lie injured in a pile of trash. … That said, it definitely could’ve been worse.”
Police did not have information on Elliot’s age or hometown, and a call to Eagle Disposal, of East Earl, was not immediately returned Tuesday.
A total of three vehicles were involved in the crash.
Investigators said the southbound trash truck was stopped just over the crest of a hill so Elliot and another employee could collect curbside recycling bins. A vehicle driven by Yousef Lundi, of Royersford, was stopped behind the truck, allowing the two employees to travel back and forth across the road.
Hayley Rothman, of Media, was also heading south and struck the rear of Lundi’s vehicle upon cresting the hill, police said. Lundi’s vehicle struck Elliot, then became lodged under the rear of the truck, according to Margevich.
The other employee, who had just handed off a container to Elliot and started back across the street, wasn’t injured.
Lundi “looked in his rear-view mirror and saw her barreling toward him,” Margevich said of the initial collision involving Lundi and Rothman. “She didn’t even get to brake. (Lundi’s) vehicle was pushed forward a pretty good distance.”
Lundi and Rothman were “shaken” but not injured, he added.
Margevich said the crash remains under investigation and declined to say whether speed was a factor.
“What I will say is, in general terms, if one car came over the hill and had time to stop, why didn’t … (it)? But again, we’re still looking at all the variables at this point.”
Lancaster Online is reporting on June 22, 2016 the following:
A man was injured in a two-vehicle crash on Route 283 in East Hempfield Township Wednesday morning, police said.
The 20-year-old was traveling east and failed to merge into the left lane in a construction zone, state police Trooper Josh Whiteside said. His Chevy Sonic struck an Isuzu construction truck just east of State Road (Route 722) shortly before 5:30 a.m.
The man was taken to Lancaster General Hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening, Whiteside said. The 34-year-old man driving the truck was not injured.
Names of those involved were not released.
Both lanes of Route 283 were blocked for about 45 minutes. Police continue to investigate the crash.
Lancaster Online is reporting on June 21, 2016 the following:
A woman was struck by a car at West Orange and North Mulberry streets in Lancaster on Monday, a city fire captain said.
The 90-year-old was walking north on North Mulberry Street just after noon when a motorist turned from North Mulberry Street onto West Orange Street and struck the woman, Capt. Ken Barton said. The driver apparently had not seen the woman.
She suffered cuts to her hands, possibly a foot injury, and back pain. She was taken to a hospital for treatment.
The motorist was not injured.
Lancaster city police are investigating.
Lancaster Online is reporting on June 14, 2016 the following:
Three people were injured in a nearly head-on traffic wreck in Upper Leacock Township Monday.
Ronald Moss Jr., 50, of Akron, was driving north in the 2400 block of Horseshoe Road just before 9 a.m., East Lampeter Township police Lt. Robin Weaver said.
For an unknown reason, Moss’s pickup truck veered into the oncoming lane and struck a southbound sport utility vehicle nearly head-on. The driver of the SUV was able to stop it before impact, he said.
Moss, and a 59-year-old woman and her 20-year-old daughter in the SUV, were taken to Lancaster General Hospital with “moderate” injuries, Weaver said. Moss is being cited with a lane violation.
Horseshoe Road was closed between Mt. Sidney and West Eby roads for a time.
Two horse-and-buggy accidents sent four people to the hospital Sunday night.
One person was injured in a crash involving a horse and buggy and a truck Sunday afternoon in Martic Township.
Emergency personnel were dispatched at 4:24 p.m. to the Norman Wood Bridge in Holtwood.
A female passenger of the buggy was taken by ambulance to Lancaster General with a head injury, according to County Dispatch. her condition was not immediately known.
No information was provided on the health of the horses.
Details of the accident weren’t immediately available.
Calls seeking more information were placed to the Rawlinsville Volunteer Fire Department.
State police declined comment.
Emergency response personnel were dispatched to a another horse-and-buggy incident at 7:40 p.m in Brecknock Township when a horse and buggy collided with a minivan.
The accident took place at Pleasant Valley Road and Messner Lane.
Three people, all passengers in the buggy, were taken to the hospital for non-life threatening injuries, according to Fivepointville Fire Company Chief Nelson Shirk.
One of the people involved is an 8-month-old child, he said.
A two-car accident at the intersection of Duke Street and East New Street sent one car into a wall and one passenger to the hospital Sunday night in Lancaster city.
A Red Honda Civic was heading West on New Street when it went through the intersection and collided with a Black Ford Focus traveling on Duke Street, according to Lancaster Fire Battalion Chief Jeff Oatman and County Dispatch.
The Black Ford Focus then struck a building located at 50 E. New St.
Two individuals were in each car. One person was taken to Lancaster General for further review. The injury was not life threatening, Oatman said.
It is unclear if anyone was cited in the accident. Messages for further information were left with Lancaster Police.
Emergency dispatch responded to the accident at 8:40 p.m.
The building, which is owned by the Spanish American Civic Association, had some superficial damage but showed no signs of structural damage, Oatman said.
Lancaster Online is reporting on June 9, 2016 the following:
A motorcyclist was injured and taken to a hospital after crashing in Willow Street Thursday morning.
It happened on Willow Street Pike near Violet Avenue just before 10 a.m., according to Lancaster County-Wide Communications.
Willow Street Pike was closed at Wynwood Drive for a time.
A person was trapped in a vehicle after a crash with injuries in New Holland Thursday, according to county radio dispatches.
It happened on Orlan Road, near North Hollander Road, just after 11:30 a.m.
Firefighters freed the person from the wreckage and emergency medical personnel were providing care.
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A bicyclist struck by a vehicle in East Hempfield Township just after 10 a.m. Monday suffered injuries that were not life-threatening, police said.
The 69-year-old Lititz man was riding west on Landisville Road (Route 722) through its intersection with South Colebrook Road, township police Lt. Tammy Marsh said.
Fred Gordon, 83, of Manheim, was stopped at a stop sign at Colebrook Road and then, not seeing the bicyclist, pulled his vehicle into the intersection and collided with him, Marsh said.
The bicyclist’s name was not released. He was taken to Lancaster General Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, Marsh said.
Charges have not been filed. Township police Officer Jason Skiles is investigating.
One or two people were trapped in a vehicle that hit a pole along Route 72 in Penn Township and then overturned this morning, according to dispatch reports.
The crash was reported at 9:40 a.m. near Rino’s Pizza at 1711 Lebanon Road. Responders asked for the road to be closed, but a county dispatch supervisor said he didn’t know whether the road had actually been closed or not.
No further information was immediately available.
A motorcyclist was injured in a collision with a vehicle in Rapho Township on Saturday, according to county radio dispatches.
The extent of injuries was not reported. The driver of the other vehicle was not injured.
The wreck happened in the area of North Colebrook and Elizabethtown roads shortly after 1 p.m.
Elizabethtown Road was closed between North Colebrook and Wisgarver roads for about a half hour.
Lancaster Online is reporting on June 1, 2016 the following:
Several people were taken to hospitals after two vehicle crashes in Lancaster County Wednesday, according to a county dispatch supervisor.
Two ambulances took people to Reading Hospital after two passenger vehicles crashed at North Muddy Creek Road and Route 272 in East Cocalico Township shortly after 11 a.m.
Initial reports said four people were injured, but it was immediately unclear how many were taken to the hospital.
Three ambulances took people to Lancaster General Hospital after two passenger vehicles wrecked at Simmontown and Strasburg roads in Sadsbury Township at 11:30 a.m., the dispatch supervisor said. It was initially thought four people were injured.
The wrecks were cleared shortly after noon.
Lancaster Online is reporting on May 25, 2016 the following:
Three people were injured in a two-vehicle crash in Lancaster Township Tuesday evening.
Emergency personnel were dispatched to Marietta Avenue and River Drive shortly before 6 p.m. after a work truck and a Mercedes sedan collided.
Lancaster Township fire Lt. Greg Leaman said the sedan took a direct hit to the driver’s side, and that the impact mangled the door, trapping an elderly man inside.
It took firefighters 30 minutes to free him from the wreckage.
Side curtain and door-mounted air bags in the Mercedes contributed to the safety of the driver, Leaman said.
The driver of the Mercedes and an elderly woman, who was a passenger in the car, were transported to a hospital for treatment.
The driver of the GMC truck, which is owned by Keystone Granite and Tile of Lancaster, also was hospitalized. Leaman didn’t know how seriously the three were injured.
Marietta Avenue was closed from River Drive to Wilson Drive for just over an hour after the crash.
The accident is being investigated by Manheim Township police.
At least two people were taken to the hospital after a head-on collision in West Lampeter Township Tuesday afternoon.
The crash occurred in the 1300 block of Gypsy Hill Road, near Long Rifle Road, just after 5 p.m.
Initial reports indicated one vehicle overturned and another off the road into a field. Four people were reported to be hurt, including a child.
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Ten people were injured in a two-vehicle crash in Bart Township Wednesday morning.
A van hauling Amish and a car collided at Route 896 and Dry Wells Road at 5 a.m. and it was first dispatched that people were trapped in the vehicles.
Due to the number of people injured, Lancaster County-Wide Communications upgraded the call to a mass casualty incident to bring additional EMS units to the scene and also place a medical helicopter on standby.
Bart Fire Company Captain Larry Lucarino arrived on scene and reported there was no entrapment.
Six people were treated and released at the scene and four were taken to Lancaster General Hospital.
One of the injured was in cardiac arrest and then in respiratory arrest.
Numerous state police troopers were investigating.
Route 896 was closed from Route 372 to the scene.
Bart and Quarryville firefighters, and numerous ambulances, worked at the wreck.
Lancaster Online is reporting on May 24, 2016 the following:
A Lebanon woman was injured when she crashed in northern Lancaster County Tuesday morning, police said.
The 41-year-old was driving south on Route 72 when her car veered off the road, struck a utility pole and rolled onto its side near Mountain Road in Rapho Township, Manheim Borough police Officer Steve Ludman said. It happened near Anthony L Landis Auto Sales, 2512 Lebanon Road.
The woman was trapped for about 20 minutes before Mastersonville and Manheim firefighters freed her from the wrecked car, Ludman said. He did not immediately release her name and did not know the severity of her injuries.
The woman was taken by ambulance to a hospital, Ludman said.
Manheim Borough police cover Rapho Township.
Lancaster Online is reporting on May 20, 2016 the following:
Both drivers were injured when their vehicles crashed at East Walnut and North Ann streets in Lancaster city Friday morning, a fire official said.
One man injured his knee and the other complained of stomach pain, likely from impact with the seat belt, city fire bureau Capt. Jeffrey Oatman said. They were taken to the hospital for treatment.
“Both cars were pretty well banged up,” Oatman said. “It’s amazing they didn’t have more serious injuries.”
The wreck occurred between 2 and 2:30 a.m.
Lancaster Online is reporting on May 17, 2016 the following:
Two people were taken to area hospitals after a crash with entrapment just over the Chester County line Monday morning.
The two-vehicle crash occurred on Route 10, just north of Compass Road in West Sadsbury Township, around 8:30 a.m., according to a post on the Keystone Valley Fire Department’s Facebook page.
One person had to be freed from the wreckage and was transported to Lancaster General Hospital. A second person was taken to Brandywine Hospital. The extent of their injuries wasn’t known.
Units from Gap Fire Company in Lancaster County assisted at the scene.
West Sadsbury Township police are investigating.
A Hershey man was injured in a four-car crash Monday in Mount Joy Township, north of Elizabethtown.
The accident occurred in the 900 block of North Hanover Street (Route 743), near Holly Street, around 1:20 p.m.
Northwest Regional police said a 2003 Toyota Camry, driven by Barry Speas, struck a concrete retention wall and flipped onto its side after Speas swerved to avoid stopped vehicles.
Initial reports indicated that one person was trapped in the wreckage.
Speas was transported to Hershey Medical Center for evaluation. He was not listed there as a patient Monday night, according to a hospital official.
Two vehicles involved in the crash were towed from the scene.
Lancaster Online is reporting on May 4, 2016 the following:
Emergency crews are responding to two vehicle crashes in Lancaster County Wednesday morning.
Two people were taken to Lancaster Regional Hospital after a crash involving two vehicles on Route 72 at Lititz Road in East Hempfield Township, according to a county dispatch radio. The crash happened around 6:52 a.m.
Fire and medical crews are still onsite, and drivers are encouraged to use caution in the area, which is about 1.5 miles south of the Manheim Auto Auction. workmans comp lawyer
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