CRIME & SAFETY
Car fire closes section of Route 422 in Pottstown
POTTSTOWN, Pa. - Traffic stalled on Route 422 in Montgomery County after a car fire on Sunday morning. You can see smoke coming up in flames coming off on the westbound lane in Pottstown. Cars were stopped near Porter Road. County Dispatch tells us they had the fire under control...
2 injured in fiery I-476 crash, traffic delayed for hours
UPPER MILFORD TWP., Pa. — A fiery crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike's Northeast Extension (I-476) Friday morning injured two drivers and brought traffic to a standstill for much of the day. According to Pennsylvania State Police, the crash was reported around 5:22 a.m. in the northbound lanes between the...
School officials initially withheld student attacker from the lunchroom before Stanley cup assault, parents say
The student accused of attacking another student in the Pennbrook Middle School cafeteria had been withheld from the lunchroom that day, but a school official later let them go, concerned parents said.
U-Haul van plows into bank in Allentown; police investigating
Allentown police and emergency personnel responded Friday evening after a driver in a U-Haul plowed into a Wells Fargo branch on Union Boulevard. The accident happened around 7:30 p.m. Witnesses said the driver was heading west on Union Boulevard when it crossed over the road, struck two parked vehicles and slammed into the left front corner of the bank building the bank building, where the ...
1 hurt as tractor-trailer fire shuts I-476 between Quakertown and Lehigh Valley exits (UPDATE)
Update: The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission posted on X around 1:15 p.m., the stretch of the highway is now reopen. A tractor trailer fire has shut a portion of Interstate 476 Friday morning between the Quakertown, Bucks County and Lehigh Valley exits, transportation officials say. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s traffic...
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