Posted on October 20th, 2009
A man from moon was killed on Thursday in a collision between his car and a UPS truck.
The accident occurred around 9:05 a.m. on Montour Run in Robinson. According to police, 20 year-old Douglas Migitsch’s car crossed the center-line and hit the delivery truck head-on. The Robinson medical examiner’s office confirmed that Migitsch died at the scene.
Officers discovered a hydraulic fluid on the road that they determined was there before the crash, but they could not ascertain whether the liquid contributed to the accident. Authorities are still investigating the source of the fluid.
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Posted on October 13th, 2009
A police officer, responding to a call, and a minivan collided at an intersection Saturday night. The accident occurred at Philadelphia Street and Washington Avenue around 11:15 p.m. Saturday.
Lieutenant Bill Webster of the Whittier Police Department said the officer was responding to a call about a fight in progress when his vehicle collided head-on with a Mazda MPV. As a result of the collision’s impact a traffic signal at the intersection was knocked out.
The Highway Patrol is handling the investigation. At this point it is not clear who was at fault in the crash.
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Posted on October 13th, 2009
A 19-year-old Brackney man struck the car of a 66 year-old in New York killing the man. According to the Otsego County Sheriff’s Office, Carl Carpenter of New Berlin died Sunday at a Cooperstown hospital.
Police say Carpenter was traveling east on County Route 13, near its intersection with Pine Tree Road, when Chad Devine of Pennsylvania lost control of his car, crossed the center line and collided with Carpenter head-on.
Devine’s vehicle rolled over and landed in a ditch, according to sheriffs. Carpenter’s vehicle burst into flames and passers-by pulled the driver from the burning wreckage.
Devine was cited for failure to keep right and is scheduled to appear in the Town of Pittsfield Court later this month.
The car accident is still under investigation.
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Posted on September 28th, 2009
A Monongahela Coroner has released the name of a man killed by a passing car on a southwestern Pennsylvania highway.
Washington County Coroner Tim Warco has identified the man as 63-year-old Ralph Rubachko, of Charleroi.
According to Carroll Township police Rubachko was lying along Route 837 when a passing car hit him shortly before 2 a.m. on Sunday. Warco has ruled the death an accident and says Rubachko died of trauma injuries.
Police say the motorist stopped to help the victim. The driver was questioned by police and then released.
Authorities say they are unsure if Rubachko had passed out or had been previously struck by another vehicle before he was killed.
Rubachko was killed near Monongahela Valley, 15 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.
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Posted on September 28th, 2009
Two teenagers were killed and four other people seriously injured Saturday when a car made a pass on a two lane road and was split in half by an oncoming pickup truck in Hiedelberg Township.
According to state police, Russell Jacoby, 17, and Angelica Elizabeth Fox, 17, were heading east with two other teens on Mountain Road when the driver went into the westbound lane to pass another car. When attempting to move back into the eastbound lane, the driver lost control of the vehicle and hit an oncoming pickup truck. The car the teens were driving in was split in half and all the passengers were ejected.
Jacoby and Fox were pronounced dead at the scene. Their two passengers, whom police only identified as a 17 year-old boy from Walnutport and a 16 year-old girl from Slatington, were seriously injured and flown to an area hospital.
The two occupants of the pickup truck, Scott and Deborah Pace, both 51, were injured. According to a Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest spokesman, Deborah Pace remains in critical condition. Scott Pace is expected to make a full recovery.
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