LANGHORNE Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) announced the Newportville Fire Company #1 and the Edgely Fire Company have received FY 2022 Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to enhance their response capabilities and more effectively protect the health and safety of the public and emergency response personnel from fire […]
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After 1 a.m. Saturday, the rig slammed through a guard rail and over a concrete barrier, falling 40 feet from a bridge to the ground below. (Shutterstock)
BENSALEM, PA The driver of a tractor-trailer was killed early Saturday morning when his truck swerved off of a bridge on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Bucks County and fell about 40 feet, authorities say.
Pennsylvania State Patrol troopers say Charles Edward Hopper, Jr., 49, of Girard, Ohio, was driving east on the turnpike at 1:26 a.m. Saturday as he approached the I-276 overpass at Newportville Road.
Troopers say Hopper s rig drifted to the right and slammed into the guard rail just before the bridge. It tore up about 200 feet of guard rail and slammed into a concrete barrier at the bridge, then went over the barrier, plummeting about 40 feet to the ground below. It landed on its left side in a wooded area near a creek.
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Vehicle Arson At Apartment Complex Under Investigation
A Saturday evening vehicle arson is under investigation.
The vehicle was reported ablaze around 6 p.m. at the Levittown Trace Apartments on Ford Road in Bristol Township, Fire Marshal Kevin Dippolito said.
The fire was put out by the Newportville Fire Company, and the cause determined to be an arson.
Township police were working to identify the suspect in the arson. Tom Sofield Tom Sofield has covered news in Bucks County for 10 years for both newspaper and online publications.
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