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Truck accident sends one man to hospital in Ohio

Mar 11, 2014

A truck accident has sent one man to the hospital. Ohio State Police say the 81-year-old man was Life-Flighted to a nearby hospital after a commercial tractor trailer overturned and dumped at least eight thousand gallons of unpasteurized cow's milk all over Interstate 76 East near the Meander Creek Reservoir in Mahoning County near Austintown, Ohio. Police told reporters that the driver of the tractor trailer was entering I-76 East when he failed to properly...

Ohio woman dies in collision with train

Mar 11, 2014

A woman from Ohio who was a passenger in a vehicle that was struck by a train early Sunday morning has died. The driver of the vehicle remains was last listed in critical condition. The 31-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. The collision occurred in Clinton Township, Wayne County, about forty west of Canton, just south of Wooster. A spokesperson from the Wayne County Sherriff's Office told reporters that a...

Passenger in Erie accident dies from injuries

Mar 9, 2014

A 24-year-old man is dead after a fatal motor vehicle accident in Erie, early Sunday morning. Local police told reporters that they discovered the accident upon their regular rounds shortly after 12:30 a.m. Sunday morning. They say the accident was not called in and that it is likely it occurred just minutes before they arrived. Police say they found the 2007 GMC Sierra after it had apparently hit two trees at the intersection of Koehler...

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...

14-year-old girl killed by dump truck in Pittsburgh

Mar 7, 2014

An eighth grader from McKeesport was killed when she was hit by a dump truck as school let out, late Thursday afternoon. She was only fourteen. The girl was officially identified this morning by an Allegheny County medical examiner. Witnesses say she was crossing Eden Park Boulevard, following a group of friends, when she was hit. They say she was not walking within the designated cross-walk area and that a school bus likely obstructed her...

Truck accident on Interstate 80 sends two men to hospital

Mar 5, 2014

A man from Elyria, Ohio was Life-Flighted to Altoona after two tractor-trailers collided on Sunday in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 80 near DuBois, Pennsylvania. PA State Police say the accident happened between mile markers 90 and 100 in Washington Township, Clearfield County. Police say one driver, a man from Snellville, Georgia, was headed eastward when he pulled his truck over to the side of the road in order to inspect a flat tire. Concurrently,...

Ohioans want distracted driving rules better enforced

Mar 4, 2014

It's been one year since Ohio passed laws against distracted driving and texting-while-driving. Unfortunately, however, authorities are not impressed with the results of their new laws. The Ohio Department of Transportation says that in the last twelve months only sixty people have been ticketed by Ohio State Patrolpersons in northeast Ohio for texting-while-driving. Police cite the fact that the rules are just simply too hard to enforce. Police say that since texting-while-driving is only a...

Pedestrian killed along Route 422 in Shenango

Mar 1, 2014

Police are looking for whomever hit and killed a pedestrian, then fled the scene of the accident late Friday evening in Shenango Township, Lawrence County. Not much information is known as this time, but officers are investigating. Police say it looked as though the 55-year-old man was walking alongside Route 422 / Benjamin Franklin Highway when he was struck by the vehicle. The suspect drove away after hitting the man. There were no other witnesses, so...

Milk truck accident in Westmoreland County does major damage to home

Feb 28, 2014

A commercial tanker truck hauling at least six thousand gallons of milk tipped over on Thursday afternoon and collided with a home near Hunker Borough, Westmoreland County, just west of New Stanton. State police told reporters that the accident happened when the driver of the truck attempted to manipulate a sharp bend at a high rate of speed, causing the truck to overturn, crash into a home, and spill its contents all over the residents'...

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...