Police Seek ID For Truck Suspected In 4 Lehigh Valley Hospital Van Catalytic Converter Thefts Police Seek ID For Truck Suspected In 4 Lehigh Valley Hospital Van Catalytic Converter Thefts
Police Seek ID For Truck Suspected In 4 Lehigh Valley Hospital Van Catalytic Converter Thefts Police are seeking the public’s help identifying the owner of a truck involved in a string of catalytic converter thefts from medical vehicles at Lehigh Valley Hospital. The truck pictured above was involved in four catalytic converter thefts from transport vans at Lehigh Valley Hospital – Muhlenberg on Jan. 15, Bethlehem Police said Wednesday. “This included vans used for the transportation of hospital employees, as well as visitors and patients from the Good Shepherd Rehabilitation facility,” police said. The vehicle appears to be a Ford truck with a utility body. It has distinctive whi…
Flying Tire Strikes PA Turnpike Driver's Windshield, Sending Two To Hospital: Police Flying Tire Strikes PA Turnpike Driver's Windshield, Sending Two To Hospital: Police
Flying Tire Strikes PA Turnpike Driver's Windshield, Sending Two To Hospital: Police Two people were sent to the hospital Sunday after a tire from one car blew out and smashed through the windshield and sunroof of another car traveling on the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Lehigh County, authorities said. Troopers responded to I-476 near northbound mile marker 67.1 in Washington Township around 10:45 a.m., Pennsylvania State Police said. A cracked stud on a southbound Nissan Altima's wheel hub caused a tire to come loose and collide with the windshield and sunroof of a northbound Volkswagen Golf, according to state police. The 66-year-old Golf driver …
PA Man Dies After Being Pinned By Heavy Work Equipment, Authorities Says PA Man Dies After Being Pinned By Heavy Work Equipment, Authorities Says
PA Man Dies After Being Pinned By Heavy Work Equipment, Authorities Says A Pennsylvania man was pinned by heavy equipment at his job and later died from his injuries on Monday, authorities say. Christopher Raul, 20, of the 400 Block of Birthday Club Road in Shrewsbury Township, York County, was pinned by equipment at his job, the coroner says. He was pinned while working at Johnson Controls located in the 100 block of JCI way in East Manchester Township on Monday sometime between 6:50 and 6:55 p.m., according to a release by the York County Coroner's Office. The type of equipment and exact weight of the item were not released. Raul’s co-workers immediately ca…
PA Man Dies Of Suicide After Shooting Father’s Fianceé: Report PA Man Dies Of Suicide After Shooting Father’s Fianceé: Report
PA Man Dies Of Suicide After Shooting Father’s Fianceé: Report A 35-year-old Pennsylvania man shot and critically injured a woman reports say was his father’s fianceé before fatally turning the weapon on himself early Monday morning. Slate Belt Regional Police officers responding to the double-shooting report at 10 Tribe Ln. in Wind Gap found Ross Heyer Jr., 35, dead from a gunshot wound near a bedroom doorway just before 1:15 a.m., PSP Trooper Nathan Branosky said in a release. Heyer’s cause of death was determined to be suicide, Northampton County Coroner Zachary Lysek said. Officers also found a 58-year-old woman with a gunshot wound in her bed, Br…
DUI Allentown Man, 23, Charged In Fatal Montgomery County Crash DUI Allentown Man, 23, Charged In Fatal Montgomery County Crash
DUI Allentown Man, 23, Charged In Fatal Montgomery County Crash An Allentown man was charged with homicide by vehicle DUI and other offenses for his involvement in a September head-on crash that killed another driver and seriously injured two passengers in Montgomery County. Devon Lindeman, 23, was driving a 2021 BMW north on South Park Avenue near Falcon Road in Lower Providence Township when he crossed the yellow center line by more than five feet and crashed head-on into a 2017 Infinity driven by Paul Conaway, 63, shortly before midnight on Sept. 18, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said in a joint release. Conaway, of Chester…
Community Mourns Beloved Man Killed In Central PA Shooting Community Mourns Beloved Man Killed In Central PA Shooting
Community Mourns Beloved Man Killed In Central PA Shooting A father of two died of a gunshot wound on Sunday according to the York County Coroner. Selvin H. McEwan Jr., 30, of York, was shot at his home in the 200 block of East Poplar Street of York on Sunday at approximately 5:13 p.m., as Daily Voice previously reported and as identified by the York County Coroner's office. When officers arrived at the scene they discovered McEwan was suffering from a gunshot wound. He was transported to WellSpan York Hospital where, after lifesaving measures, he was declared deceased at 9:15 p.m. The shooting is thought to have happened during a domestic dispu…
Boy, 4, Dies In Car Parked Outside His Home In York Boy, 4, Dies In Car Parked Outside His Home In York
Boy, 4, Dies In Car Parked Outside His Home In York A 4-year-old boy died in a parked car in East Manchester Township on Tuesday, according to the York County Coroner's office. Dameon Erb of the 400 block of Blossom Drive, was found unresponsive in a car belonging to his family, parked outside his home around 2 p.m. Family members discovered he was in the vehicle after they noticed he was missing from the home and were searching for him.  The child was pronounced dead at the scene at 2:08 p.m. An autopsy will be performed Thursday morning at Lehigh Valley Hospital at 8 a.m. It was over 80 degrees Fahrenheit, with a heat index around …
Poconos Man, 23, Killed In Farm Tractor Crash With SUV Poconos Man, 23, Killed In Farm Tractor Crash With SUV
Poconos Man, 23, Killed In Farm Tractor Crash With SUV A 23-year-old man operating a farm tractor died after a crash with two vehicles in the Poconos, authorities said. Dalton Davidson, of Saylorsburg, was operating a farm tractor and slowing for a right turn when he was rear-ended by an SUV on the southbound side of State Route 209 Tuesday around 10:40 p.m., according to State Police and the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. The crash happened just past Fairgrounds Road in Chestnut Hill Township. Davidson was ejected from the tractor, which overturned.  He was airlifted to Lehigh Valley Hospital, where was pronounced d…
U.S News Releases Latest 'Best Hospitals In PA' Rankings U.S News Releases Latest 'Best Hospitals In PA' Rankings
U.S News Releases Latest 'Best Hospitals In PA' Rankings The "U.S. News & World Report" has released its latest hospital rankings. The website considered more than 4,500 medical centers nationwide and honed in on 15 specialties, and 17 procedures and conditions. "The Best Hospitals procedure and condition ratings focus on specific and more commonly required individual procedures and conditions, such as hip replacement and heart failure, rather than on broader specialties like orthopedics and cardiology," U.S. News explains.  "The goal is to evaluate how well hospitals perform in each procedure or condition – and not just with the most d…
Coroner IDs Dad Shot Dead On Father's Day In York Coroner IDs Dad Shot Dead On Father's Day In York
Coroner IDs Dad Shot Dead On Father's Day In York The York County Coroner has identified the 33-year-old man who was shot on Sunday. Wilmar Santos-Batista died from his injuries at WellSpan York hospital at 3:14 a.m., according to the coroner. The shooting he was involved in at the 500 block of West Market Street remains under investigation, as Daily Voice previously reported. His sister Ana has started a GoFundMe to help cover the funeral cost. The campaign has achieved half of its $2,000 goal. He is survived by his daughter Reyna. The date of his funeral service has not been announced publicly. His autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday a…
1 Airlifted In Towamencin Township Crash 1 Airlifted In Towamencin Township Crash
1 Airlifted In Towamencin Township Crash A pickup truck driver was airlifted to the hospital in a Towamencin Township crash Wednesday, authorities said. A 2010 Acura TL and a 2018 Ford F-150 pick-up truck collided at the intersection of Sumneytown Pike and Wambold Road around 4:55 p.m., Police Chief Timothy Troxel said. The Ford then left the roadway and struck a traffic signal standard, police said. The Ford driver was airlifted by Jeff Stat 2 medevac helicopter to Lehigh Valley Hospital, where he is was listed in stable condition as of Thursday, Troxel said. Both vehicles were being operated by male drivers, who…
PA Bicyclist Dies After Hitting Parked Car PA Bicyclist Dies After Hitting Parked Car
PA Bicyclist Dies After Hitting Parked Car A Schuylkill County bicyclist died nearly two weeks after he hit a parked car last month, authorities announced. John Rich Jr. was involved in the crash on Thursday, May 20 in Pottsville, and died at  Lehigh Valley Hospital on Monday, the Lehigh County coroner's office. Rich died of injuries suffered in the crash. He was 69 years old.