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Traffic deaths up in 2020 despite the pandemic emptying roads, PennDOT says Updated 12:01 PM; Less drivers on the road during the COVID-19 pandemic did not equal a drop in traffic deaths last year, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced Tuesday. Instead, traffic fatalities rose to 1,129 people for 2020, following a record low 1,059 people in 2019. The 6% increase came as traffic counts dropped 20% last year in the Keystone State following a statewide shutdown and other COVID-19 changes that kept students and workers at home, according to PennDOT. Still, 2020′s fatalities a...

Man critically burned in fire, explosions at his Lycoming County home Updated 10:22 PM; WILLIAMSPORT – A Lycoming County man suffered serious burns Saturday night when a fire accompanied by explosions damaged his home in the 3500 block of Linn Street in Lycoming Twp., north of Williamsport. Seth Margargle was reported in critical condition Sunday night at the Lehigh Valley Health Network Burn Center in Allentown. His wife Kathy escaped the one-and-a-half-story house uninjured. Hepburn Twp. Fire Chief Jeff Tempesco said he and two other volunteer firefighters were at their station a short d...

1 killed in Route 33 South crash at Interstate 78 Updated Feb 06, 2021; Posted Feb 06, 2021 An emergency vehicle can be seen on the Interstate 78 West ramp to Route 33 North as authorities respond to a fatal crash Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, on Route 33 South at I-78 in Lower Saucon Township.PennDOT Facebook Share The accident occurred on Route 33 South at Interstate 78, Pennsylvania State Police said. Traffic was detoured onto Freemansburg Avenue until southbound Route 33 reopened about 2:30 a.m. Saturday, police said. State Police at Belfast are continuing to investigate the crash through the T...

Driver ejected in 2-vehicle crash on Route 309 Updated Feb 01, 2021; A driver was injured after being ejected in a two-vehicle crash during the winter storm Sunday night in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania State Police said. Troopers were called a little before 5:30 p.m. Sunday for the crash in the 8400 block of Route 309, north of the intersection with Mountain Road/Mosserville Road in Lynn Township, said Trooper Nathan Branosky. A driver traveling north on Route 309 lost control and struck a vehicle traveling south, and then both vehicles traveled off of the road and struck trees along the high...

allegedly strangled woman Justin Lloyd Lee, 47, of 156 Hillside Drive, allegedly attempted to strangle Launa Lee Jan. 17 because she did not bring home vodka when he had asked for cigarettes, soda and vodka, according to State Trooper Oliver Barbour. Justin Lee then allegedly “grabbed her by the throat and said he was going to kill her if she did not give him money to go get more alcohol,” Barbour said. Barbour described Launa Lee as allegedly having red marks around her neck and bruises on her arm. Justin Lee then allegedly began throwing and destroying objects in the next room, accordi...