While towing a junked car to a scrapyard about 1:20 p.m. Monday, the driver suddenly noticed that the car was on fire as he was traveling east on I-180 in Faifield Township, according to Montoursville Fire Capt. Jeff Kukuchka. The tow truck operator pulled over, quickly unloaded the burning ...
HUGHESVILLE - Residents in the B Wing at the Wolf Run Village Senior Living Community on Route 220 were forced to evacuate their rooms for about 40 minutes about 12:10 a.m. Tuesday when black smoke began coming out of a heating unit in one of the rooms, according to borough Fire Chief Dan ...
A elderly woman’s cellphone may have very well saved her life on Sunday afternoon when her car skidded off ice-covered Sulphur Springs Road in Armstrong Township and went down a 600-foot embankment, according to South Williamsport fire officials. The car caught fire, but the driver was able to get out of the vehicle on her own without getting burned. The crash-detection system on her cellphone automatically alerted 911 to the accident about 3 p.m., and dispatchers at the county’s Department of Public Safety were able to pinpoint the exact location of the incident, according to ...
South Williamsport man charged with interfering with arrest As city police officers were taking two women into custody during a large disturbance at Fourth and Memorial avenues about 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 20, 19-year-old Jumauhryi Drummond suddenly placed himself between an officer and one of the women being arrested, it was alleged in an affidavit. Drummond, of 1247 Brion Place, South Williamsport, was ordered multiple times to get out of the way, but when he refused to do so, another officer placed him under arrest for obstructing the administration of law, a misdemeanor. “Drummond ...
Very icy road conditions proved to be a major challenge for first responders on Monday morning when they were called out to handle various emergencies. In rural Anthony Township, conditions were so hazardous on Chapel Hill Road that a paramedic reportedly fell on the ice as he was getting out ...
An elderly woman’s cellphone may have very well saved her life on Sunday afternoon when her car skidded off ice-covered Sulphur Springs Road in Armstrong Township and went down a 600-foot embankment, according to South Williamsport fire officials. The car caught fire, but the driver was able ...
