pennsylvania state police

The Pennsylvania State police reported that the number of driving fatalities this year during the New Year’s holiday weekend nearly doubled since last year. An article in The Philadelphia Inquirer said that eleven people were killed and 220 others were injured in the 693 car crashes during the four-day period. Seventy-six of the car accidents were alcohol-related. According to The National Highway and Traffic S [...]

According to Pennsylvania State Police, 10 people were killed and 361 were injured in 712 crashes investigated by troopers across PA over the four-day Fourth of July travel period. The Patriot-News, reported that 72 of the crashes were alcohol-related, including three of the fatal crashes. Over the four days, troopers arrested 339 persons for driving under the influence. In 2009, 9 people died over the three-day F [...]

According to an article found on Public Opinion, a fatal accident occurred on Monday, June 21 in Southampton Township Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania state police reported that the accident involved two vehicles and occurred at the intersection of Thornwood and Orrstown Road at approximately 12:10 p.m. The man that was killed in the accident was driving his 2009 Jeep Wrangler southbound down Thornwood when he failed [...]

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has announced on its website that a record number of drivers are utilizing their seatbelts while on Pennsylvania roads, a whopping 88% of them. The previous high was reported in 2007 when 87% of drivers reported buckling up. Secretary of Pennsylvania DOT, Allen D. Biehler, P.E., said, “The simple act of putting on a seat belt or properly restraining your child is the [...]

Auto accidents on Pennsylvania roads happen on a regular basis and it takes a confident and savvy investigator to evaluate all types of the accidents, ranging from a simple fender bender to multiple -car wrecks involving fatalities. The website timesleader.com reported that a 39-year-old patrol sergeant for the state police accident reconstruction unit at the Wyoming barracks was in Forty Fort, PA to train members [...]