Community comes together to pray for student injured in dirt bike accident

A community is coming together and asking for prayers after a Jeff Tech student continues to battle a traumatic brain injury. On Thursday, May 16 people gathered outside of DuBois Penn Highlands for a worship ceremony and vigil to show their support for Nick Nicastro. Nick, who’s a senior, is currently in the ICU after … Read more

Resident Killed When Tree Falls On House In Central Pennsylvania: Officials

Scott Quickel has been identified as the man killed in this tragic tree fall, the Cumberland County Coroner Charles Hall told Daily Voice. The tree fell onto a house at 804 Baltimore Pike/US Route 94 in South Middleton Township, Gardeners, at 3:10 a.m. on March 11, according to Cumberland County Emergency Dispatch.   Continue reading … Read more

Central Pa. woman dies after vehicle veers off road

A 77-year-old woman was killed after her vintage Ford Mustang ran off the road in Manheim Township on Saturday evening, according to police. Manheim Township Police Department officers were called to a parking lot on Roosevelt Boulevard just before 7 p.m. Saturday, according to a release from the department.   Continue reading on PennLive.com

Small plane crashes in Pennsylvania neighborhood; injuries not clear

A small plane crashed Thursday in a central Pennsylvania neighborhood, and it was not immediately clear if there were any injuries, authorities said. The crash in West Caln occurred around 1:30 p.m., according to police. The pilot was the only person aboard the aircraft when it went down just minutes after taking off from nearby … Read more

Head-on crash killed 11-year-old girl in central Pa. on Christmas Eve

An 11-year-old girl died Christmas Eve after a driver veered out of their traffic lane and struck the vehicle in which she was traveling in Lancaster County. The 8:50 a.m. crash Sunday on Old Pennsylvania Pike in Salisbury Township also seriously injured two others in the girl’s car. The coroner confirmed the girl’s death Tuesday but … Read more

Central Pa. woman doing yard work dies after tree falls on her: police

A Franklin County woman was trying to get yard work done over the weekend when a falling tree killed her, Pennsylvania State Police said. Tammy Smith, 42, of Chambersburg, died between about 3 p.m. and 4:52 p.m. Saturday on the 2800 block of Woodstock Road in Greene Township, according to state police.   Continue reading … Read more

3-year-old boy fatally shot in the head at central Pa. campground: coroner

A 3-year-old boy visiting central Pennsylvania with his family died Friday evening from a gunshot wound to the head, Lancaster County authorities said. The boy, whose name has not been released, was shot around 7:10 p.m. at the Tucquan Park Family campground on the 900 block of River Road in Martic Township, according to the Lancaster … Read more

NTSB reveals cause of 2022 plane crash that killed 2 men in Bucks County

Pennsylvania (WPVI) — The National Transportation Safety Board has revealed the cause of a plane crash that killed two people in Bucks County back in 2022. The pilot, 55-year-old Brian Filippini, and flight instructor, 74-year-old Alfred Piranian, died in February when their plane went down in Hilltown Township.   Continue reading on 6ABC

Central Pa. man dies after being thrown off motorcycle: state police

Pennsylvania State Police say a 30-year-old Franklin County man died Tuesday morning after a crash in Lurgan Township, Franklin County. The crash happened at 6:11 a.m. on Roxbury Road, about 60 feet north of Lurgan Road, and involved a Jeep and a Kawasaki motorcycle, according to a police report.   Continue reading on Penn Live

2 killed in head-on crash in central Pa.: state police

A head-on collision in Franklin County Saturday night killed two people, according to Pennsylvania State Police. The incident occurred around 10 p.m. on the 5000 block of Lincoln Way East in Greene Township, just east of Chambersburg, according to a report from state police. A westbound vehicle “traveled through the center turn lane” and struck … Read more