Blog: Car Accidents

One man dead after fatal Conneaut Township collision

Mar 12, 2014

Ohio State Police are investigating an Erie County accident that has left one man dead. The accident took place Sunday evening along Route 6 North westbound in Conneaut Township, near Albion. The victim, a 72-year-old man from Conneaut, Ohio, was killed when another driver collided into him as the victim tried to pass the other driver on Route 6 North near Knapp Road / PA Route 215 in Conneaut Township at around 9 p.m. Police...

Interstate 70 claims another life

Mar 7, 2014

A man from Ohio was killed in a rollover accident along Interstate 70 in Washington County late Thursday evening. Pennsylvania State Police say the man was headed eastbound on I-70 when he lost control of his sport utility vehicle and it rolled over into westbound lanes. The man was been identified as a 29-year-old from Martin's Ferry, Ohio. The man was reportedly driving at around 1:30 a.m. near North Franklin Township, Washington County, about a...

5 injured in I-79 29-vehicle pile-up

Feb 28, 2014

A huge multi-vehicle accident shut down Interstate-79 South near Erie yesterday. Witnesses say that swooping winds and squalling snow made for treacherous visibility conditions Thursday morning. The sequence of accidents began just after 9:00 a.m., involving 29 total vehicles–twenty-six cars and three commercial tractor trailers. The interstate was closed between the McKean and Edinboro exits for about three hours and didn't reopen until shortly after noon, causing miles of backups and extensive delays. Luckily, no...

Washington County accident sends three to the hospital

Feb 28, 2014

As if Washington County hasn't seen its share of car accidents-turned-tragedy recently, another pile-up in North Strabane has sent more people to the hospital. Police blame snow squalls and whiteout conditions along Interstate 79 in North Strabane Township, Washington County for the accident that happened on Thursday around noon. Authorities told reporters that the 12-car pile-up began just before noon in the northbound lanes of I-79 around mile marker 42. Wind and snow were the...

Washington County man killed, others injured in I-70 pile-up

Feb 24, 2014

A man from Canonsburg who was beloved by his family, friends, and community was killed in a four-vehicle accident on I-70 in Washington County. The 45-year-old man was driving his Ford station wagon around 1 p.m. on Saturday afternoon when a driver heading in the opposite direction lost control of his vehicle for nearly 175 feet, crossed the median, and plowed into several cars. The accident happened near the I-70 / I-79 intersection in South...

Driver suspected of DUI in Millcreek accident that injures passenger

Feb 21, 2014

A single-vehicle accident early Friday morning in Millcreek Township in Erie has left one person injured and another in police custody today. Police and ambulance personnel were called to the scene of the accident at around 12:30 a.m. along the 4600 block of Lancaster Road near Moffat Field. According to local police, the truck in the accident was driven by a McKean, Pennsylvania man heading south on Lancaster Road. He lost control of the truck,...

Should school bus drivers be trained in first-aid, CPR?

Feb 19, 2014

Every day during the school year, many of us entrust the lives of our children to the man or woman who is driving the bus to and from school. Under ideal conditions, school bus interaction can teach children the importance of keeping calm in a moving vehicle and gives our kids a chance to reflect on the day before and after school. And so we allow people, who we assume to be highly trained professionals,...

Pile-up on I-76 near Philadelphia sends at least twenty to the hospital

Feb 14, 2014

At least twenty people were hurt when several tractor trailers and dozens of personal motor vehicles piled up on a stretch of Pennsylvania Interstate 76 between Bensalem and Willow Grove. Local hospitals, such as Doylestown and Abington Memorial, have been inundated with injuries in their emergency rooms as a result of the accidents. A spokesperson from Abington Memorial told reporters that they initially received sixteen patients into their ER and more followed after the first...

Tour bus accident caused by negligent driver

Feb 9, 2014

On Sunday afternoon, a tour bus crashed, rolling over in Bedford County, sending twenty-six passengers to hospitals in both Pennsylvania and Maryland. Police told reporters that the bus accident happened at around 2:20 p.m. on Sunday afternoon near Black Walnut Farm Road, just near the Pennsylvania/Maryland border. There were no other passenger vehicles involved in the accident; however, several emergency vehicles that were dispatched to the scene crashed due to icy road conditions. None of...

Two injured in Fairview Township car accident in Erie

Feb 6, 2014

Two people were hurt today in a car accident in Fairview Township. The accident happened at around 1:20 p.m. along Route 20/West Ridge Road. The accident took place along the 5600 block of West Ridge Road when two vehicles collided after a white Kia pulled out into the westbound land of West Ridge Road and just stopped. A westward Honda hit the car. The driver of the Honda told police that he was driving in...