Updated: 9:08 AM EST December 20, 2020
YORK COUNTY, Pa.
Update (Dec. 20) The York County Coroner s Office has identified the person who died after a hit and run in Manchester Township Saturday morning.
Norman Mann III, 40, of the 100 block of North Newberry Street, York City was the victim.
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A male pedestrian died early Saturday morning after a hit and run in the area of National Tire and Battery in Manchester Township, the York County Coroner s Office said.
At around 2:10 a.m., a vehicle struck the pedestrian while he crossed 30 east-bound and fled the scene, the release said.
His cause and manner of death are still being investigated.
The Empire Strikes Back by shooting a cord into the walking monstrosity s legs and then flying around it until the cord tightened and the beast fell.
That was the stuff of movies, but now the same concept has come to modern policing.
This week, Northern York County Regional Police began a testing and evaluation period for the BolaWrap, a handheld device designed to restrain suspects. They appear to be the first department in York County to do so.
Think of the BolaWrap as simply another tool on Batman s belt.
According to the BolaWrap website, the remote handcuffs device shoots out an 8-foot Kevlar tether that wraps around a suspect s legs or arm, fired from a range of 10 to 25 feet.