Westminster, MD
Business
Westminster Medical Office Damaged By Driver In Single-Vehicle Crash Westminster Medical Office Damaged By Driver In Single-Vehicle Crash
Westminster Medical Office Damaged By Driver In Single-Vehicle Crash A driver wouldn't have had to go far to seek assistance after crashing through the front of a medical office in Carroll County. First responders from the Westminster Fire Department were called on Tuesday afternoon to the Carroll Precision Imaging Center on Poole Road, when a driver accidentally crashed into the front of the building. Carroll Precision Imaging Center on Poole Road in Westminster. Google Maps street view According to fire officials, upon arrival at the office, they found a single vehicle that struck the front and went partially inside the building, leaving extensive …

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by Zak Failla
Kintnersville-Ottsville, PA
Police & Fire
Passenger Killed In Crash At NJ/PA Line ID'd: Coroner Passenger Killed In Crash At NJ/PA Line ID'd: Coroner
Passenger Killed In Crash At NJ/PA Line ID'd: Coroner A New Jersey man was killed in a Bucks County crash on Saturday, Oct. 19, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. Michael Amend, 34, of High Bridge, NJ, was the passenger in a vehicle that struck a tree in the 800 block of River Road in Tinicum Township, Bucks County at 1:08 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19, the coroner's office said. Amend was pronounced dead at Saint Luke's University Hospital in Bethlehem at 6:25 p.m. the same day, according to the coroner's office.  The cause of death was "Blunt Force Injuries due to Motor Vehicle Collision," Lehigh County Coroner Dani…

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by Merriell Moyer
Lower Paxton, PA
Police & Fire
Boy Dies After 2 Children Found Unresponsive In Pool: Susquehanna Twp Police (UPDATE) Boy Dies After 2 Children Found Unresponsive In Pool: Susquehanna Twp Police (UPDATE)
Boy Dies After 2 Children Found Unresponsive In Pool: Susquehanna Twp Police (Update) An 8-year-old boy has died two months after two children were found unresponsive in a community pool, the Susquehanna Township Police announced on Monday, Oct. 21.  The children were found in the pool at the Whisper Woods apartment complex in the 360 block of Brookridge Terrace in Susquehanna Township around 5:30 p.m. on July 31, the police restated in the updated release.  EMS were called to the scene providing life-saving aid to the children until they were taken to the hospital. The boy later passed away, but a teenage girl survived, the police wrote in the updated release.&nb…

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by Jillian Pikora
Englewood, NJ
Police & Fire
Sanitation Worker, 23, Was Transferring Trash When He Was Struck, Killed In Tenafly: Cops Sanitation Worker, 23, Was Transferring Trash When He Was Struck, Killed In Tenafly: Cops
Sanitation Worker, 23, Was Transferring Trash When He Was Struck, Killed In Tenafly: Cops Police in Tenafly have released details in the crash that killed a 23-year-old sanitation worker from North Arlington Monday morning, Oct. 21. The garbage truck was parked along the northbound curb of County Road when the vehicle was struck by a northbound tractor-trailer just before 7 a.m., Tenafly Police Capt. Michael deMoncada said. The crash happened just as the 23-year-old worker was transferring garbage into the truck. The impact caused significant injuries to the sanitation worker and he was pronounced dead at the scene, deMoncada said. The driver of the tractor-trailer, a 53-y…

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by Cecilia Levine
Toms River, NJ
Police & Fire
Flying Spare Tire Seriously Injures 21-Year-Old Driver On Parkway In South Toms River: Police Flying Spare Tire Seriously Injures 21-Year-Old Driver On Parkway In South Toms River: Police
Flying Spare Tire Seriously Injures 21-Year-Old Driver On Parkway In South Toms River: Police A spare tire sent flying on the Garden State Parkway left a 21-year-old motorist seriously injured on Friday, Oct. 18, police said. The Flemington woman was operating a Volkswagen passenger vehicle in the southbound lanes when a spare wheel became dislodged from another vehicle in the northbound lanes around 3:25 p.m. in South Toms River, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron said. The tire crossed the center concrete barrier, entered the southbound lanes, and struck the left-side windshield and roof of the woman's vehicle. As a result of the crash,  The driver sustained se…

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by Cecilia Levine
Reading, PA
Police & Fire
Oley Township Man Dead After Fall From Tree Stand: Coroner Oley Township Man Dead After Fall From Tree Stand: Coroner
Oley Township Man Dead After Fall From Tree Stand: Coroner A Berks County man died while attempting to remove a tree limb under his tree stand, according to authorities. Gregory McCoy, 62, of Oley Township, was pronounced dead at 9:34 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 7, according to the Berks County Coroner's Office.  Police were called to a wooded area near the 200 block of Geiger Road at around 8 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 7 and found McCoy hanging upside down from the tree, Amity Police Chief Jeffrey Smith said. Police believe McCoy had been cutting a limb below the tree stand when he fell, according to Chief Smith. One of his legs got caught between a…

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by Merriell Moyer
Blairstown, NJ
Police & Fire
Medevac Called After Man Falls Off Roof In Warren County: NJSP Medevac Called After Man Falls Off Roof In Warren County: NJSP
Medevac Called After Man Falls Off Roof In Warren County: Njsp A 34-year-old man had to be airlifted to a hospital in Warren County after he fell off a roof on Friday, Oct. 4, authorities said. At 2:03 p.m., officers responded to a residence on State Highway 94 in Knowlton Township, Jeffrey Lebron, a spokesman for New Jersey State Police said. The man had sustained moderate injuries, Lebron said. He was airlifted to a local hospital for further treatment, Lebron said. His current condition is unknown.

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by Sam Barron
Stafford, VA
Police & Fire
Teen Who 'Can't Blow Zeros' Busted For DUI After Stafford Crash, Sheriff Says Teen Who 'Can't Blow Zeros' Busted For DUI After Stafford Crash, Sheriff Says
Teen Who 'Can't Blow Zeros' Busted For DUI After Stafford Crash, Sheriff Says A teen girl knew she was up to no good and broadcast it for the sheriff's office to hear after allegedly driving drunk and crashing into bushes off the side of the road in Stafford County, according to the sheriff's office. At approximately 2 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 14, deputies responded to a stretch of Embrey Mill Road for an automatic crash notification that was coming from an iPhone. During that notification, dispatch was able to hear a girl saying "they're gonna know," and "I can't blow zeros," and she later requested that no one respond to the crash site because she and the other occu…

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by Zak Failla
Montgomery Village, MD
Traffic
Police ID Montgomery County Firefighter Hospitalized By Reckless DUI BMW Driver In Crash Zone Police ID Montgomery County Firefighter Hospitalized By Reckless DUI BMW Driver In Crash Zone
Police ID Montgomery County Firefighter Hospitalized By Reckless DUI BMW Driver In Crash Zone New details have been released after an intoxicated BMW driver sped through a closed lane on Friday morning, striking two Maryland State Police vehicles and injured a veteran Montgomery County firefighter. Troopers from the Rockville Barrack were called at around 2:40 a.m. on Sept. 13 to the Inner Loop of I-495 near University Boulevard, where there was a reported crash involving a Lexus and tractor-trailer, leading to several lane closures in the area. According to state police, during the initial crash investigation, several lanes were closed, which were blocked off by traffic cones, flar…

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by Zak Failla
Stewartstown-Fawn Grove, PA
Police & Fire
Car Slams Into York County Home: Fire Officials (PHOTOS) Car Slams Into York County Home: Fire Officials (PHOTOS)
Car Slams Into York County Home: Fire Officials (Photos) A car plowed into a home in Etters early Thursday morning, Sept. 12, fire officials announced.  Firefighters were called to car into a home in the 2300 block of Old Trail Road at 12:36 a.m., according to the Newberry Township Fire Department and York County Department of Emergency Services.  The front end of the sedan was inside the home when firefighters arrived, as seen in photos they shared.  No injuries were reported.  The estimated cost of the damage was unavailable. 

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by Jillian Pikora
Aston-Brookhaven, PA
Police & Fire
Man Dead, 2 Critical After Falling From Cherry-Picker At Philly Construction Site: Police Man Dead, 2 Critical After Falling From Cherry-Picker At Philly Construction Site: Police
Man Dead, 2 Critical After Falling From Cherry-Picker At Philly Construction Site: Police A 47-year-old man was killed and two other men were in critical condition after falling two stories from a cherry-picker truck Friday afternoon, Sept. 6 in Philadelphia, authorities said. The incident occurred shortly before 1 p.m. at a construction site on the 4400 block of Moravian Court, Philadelphia police said. Medic 9 and Medic 41 transported two of the men to Peen Presbyterian Medical Center, both of whom were placed in critical condition, One of the men was pronounced dead at 12:59 p.m., police said. Medic 41 also transported a third man to Lankenau Hospital, where "he re…

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by Jon Craig
New Egypt-Plumsted, NJ
Police & Fire
Driver Airlifted After Crashing SUV Into New Egypt Home On Labor Day, Police Say Driver Airlifted After Crashing SUV Into New Egypt Home On Labor Day, Police Say
Driver Airlifted After Crashing SUV Into New Egypt Home On Labor Day, Police Say A driver was airlifted after crashing into a home in New Egypt on Labor Day, authorities said. Plumsted police, firefighters, and paramedics responded to the crash at the intersection of Brindletown Road and Front Street early in the evening on Monday, Sept. 2, the township said in a Facebook post. The driver was the only person in the SUV and was taken by helicopter to a hospital. No one was in the home during the crash. Crews worked to make the house structurally sound and "delicately" removed the SUV.

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by Chris Spiker