Posted on April 13th, 2010
An elderly woman in western Pennsylvania was killed by a car on her way to Easter Sunday church service.
According to Washington County Deputy Coroner Tim Warco, 81 year-old Shirly Howarth walked between two parked cars onto the street, in front of Canonsburg United Presbyterian Church Sunday when the accident occurred. Authorities say she was struck shortly before 8:00 a.m. by a car driven by a 75 year-old man, who was also on his way to the church.
Howarth was transported to Canonsburg Hospital following the accident. She was pronounced dead on arrival.
Coroner Warco ruled Howarth’s death an accident. Cannonsburg police Sergeant Don Cross called the incident “an unfortunate accident” and says he does not anticipate filing charges.
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Posted on April 13th, 2010
A man is in critical condition following an overnight accident between a car and two tractor trailers in South Philadelphia.
According to officials with the Philadelphia Police Department, the accident occurred in the northbound lanes of Interstate 95 between the Girard Point Bridge and the Walt whitman Bridge shortly before 3:00 a.m. Police say one of the tractor trailers, owned by the United States Postal Service, collided with another semi-truck owned by Rite-Aid. The impact of the crash, forced one of the big rigs into a passenger car, causing it to flip over, and trapping the driver inside.
Firefighters worked to free the 40 year-old driver of the car. The injured man was transported by fire-rescue to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in critical condition.
Neither of the drivers of the tractor trailers were injured in the wreck.
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Posted on April 6th, 2010
A teenager was killed in a two-vehicle accident ini Pennsylvania Friday.
According to officials with the Pennsylvania State Police Department, Denise Betts of Edinbrug was turning onto U.S Route 224 from Christine Drive in Mahoning Township shortly before midnight Friday, when the accident occurred. A 14 year-old girl was a passenger in Betts’ car at the time. As the Betts attempted to navigate the turn, her vehicle was struck by another car driven by Joyce Donohoe of Volant.
Betts and the 14 year-old girl were transported to St. Elizabeth Health Center, where the girl was pronounced dead. Police have not released her name.
Donahoe, and a 6 year-old boy riding with her, was transported to Jameson Hospital for treatment.
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Posted on April 6th, 2010
A coroner in Pennsylvania ruled that the death of a woman Friday was the result of a car accident she was injured in four years ago.
According to officials with the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office, 32 year-old Angela Bush died shortly before 3:00 a.m. in the Lehigh Valley Inpatient Hospice Unit Friday. Lehigh County Coroner Scott M. Grim said in a news release that “the cause of death is attributed to complications on injuries she received in a motor vehicle accident… I ruled the manner of death, accident.”
According to officials with the Schuylkill County Police Department, Bush was injured in a car accident on January 6, 2006 in Washington Township. Bush was the driver of one vehicle in the two-car collision.
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Posted on March 30th, 2010
A teenager from Nothern Tier, Pennsylvania was killed in a car crash Friday afternoon.
According to officials with the Pennsylvania State Police Department, 18 year-old Eric Thompson of Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania was killed Friday in a car crash on State Route 287 in Tioga. Authorities say the accident occurred shortly after 12:15 p.m. when Thompson, traveling south on S.R. 287, pulled over to the shoulder and attempted to navigate a u-turn.
As Thompson moved back onto the roadway, another southbound car broadsided his vehicle. The impact of the collision forced Thompson’s car across both lanes of the highway.
Thompson was a senior at Williamson High School in Northern Tier.
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