Police were asking for the help of the community to help identify the person who allegedly caused a car accident, injuring a girl and driving off. Earlier this week, several days after the accident, the driver, a 24-year-old woman, turned herself in. She was arrested yesterday.
The crash occurred recently in West Philadelphia. Police say the driver, who drove a blue Cadillac, struck a 9-year-old girl who was riding a bicycle near her home.
Cherry pickers, a slang term for construction lifts, are usually used to trim trees or aid workers in repairing building facades. A worker using a cherry picker at a church in Philadelphia sustained serious injuries recently after the lift toppled over onto the street approximately 50 feet below.
The construction accident happened at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul at Race and 18th Streets in Philadelphia earlier this month. According to NBC Philadelphia's website, the Archdiocese says that a worker was in the basket of the cherry picker doing work on the rectory of the cathedral.
After the tragic suicide of their 15-year-old son, a Pennsylvania family has set out on a quest to educate the public about the hidden effects of traumatic brain injury. Behavioral and mental characteristics can drastically change after a TBI, say the family members. Additional education about TBI might help save more young people's lives.
The boy was riding his bike in 2006 when he was struck by a car. After being placed in a drug-induced coma for two days and undergoing a week of intensive treatment, the boy was released to return home. Physically, he appeared to be entirely functional. Mentally, however, his family began to notice small behavioral changes that caused them some concern.
It's not uncommon for drivers of cars or trucks to pull over to the side of an interstate. It's important to watch out for them, because veering off the road could lead to a serious accident.
A 58-year-old Philadelphia man died in a truck accident on Interstate 78 early one recent morning. According to Lehigh Valley Live's website, multiple blunt force trauma was recorded as the cause of death by the county coroner.
Several construction workers who were doing work on the Platt Bridge in South Philadelphia were in for a surprise early yesterday. A man apparently didn't see, or perhaps more likely, disregarded, the "bridge closed" signs, which were in place so that construction and repair work could be done. The man drove across the bridge anyway, colliding with a piece of construction equipment head-on.
Three of the construction workers sustained injuries, while the driver was killed. The workers who were injured were apparently knocked to the bridge deck when the driver smashed into the equipment, thought to be a construction crane or a boom lift. All three workers were taken to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Their injuries were described as non-life-threatening, according to CBS Philadelphia's website.
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Once in a while, a massive pileup will make national headlines. One such accident occurred in another state last week, and the situation has raised a question being asked on a national level: Are there state or federal guidelines about closing roads, and what are they?
The tragic car accident in Florida last week left 11 people dead. It happened after poor visibility from smoke and fog had closed an interstate for several hours. Shortly after troopers reopened the road, the massive pileup occurred.
Car accidents happen. Whether a person is a cause of an accident or isn't, they have a right to assume they won't be physically assaulted for their actions. Unfortunately, that's not always the case.
A man is dead after a teen punched him in the head following a minor car accident. The man, a teacher and respected community member, accidentally hit an eight-months-pregnant teenager with his car, which prompted a skirmish that led to his wrongful death.
It's rather unfair to generalize and say that teenage drivers are easily distracted. In fact, most of them are safe drivers and do their best to follow the rules of the road. But for those who don't, there are some patterns, and a couple of them are surprising.
While using cellphones is definitely one dangerous distraction, recent studies indicate that merely having other teens present in the car can be a factor in car accidents.
A recent dog attack in another state has made national headlines because it could happen anywhere at any time.
It's scary, but dangerous conditions on a property can injure completely innocent bystanders. One man was recently attacked by vicious dogs while he was jogging in a park.
In a bizarre incident right outside Independence Hall earlier this week, a man was beaten to death due to an apparent misunderstanding. Now police are looking for those responsible for his wrongful death, even offering a $10,000 reward for information.
The 23-year-old man was with his girlfriend and another female friend after leaving Lucy's Hat Shop Restaurant & Lounge last weekend. They walked a few blocks and tried to hail a cab at Fourth and Chestnut Streets. The area was apparently clogged with taxis.
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