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September 1, 2010, North East, PA — The Erie Times reports today that Madison Utegg, 19, was killed in an Erie County motorcycle accident in North East yesterday morning. Ms. Utegg was reportedly on a Honda motorcycle that crashed into a utility pole on Vine Street near 3:15 a.m. A man was with her on the motorcycle but it was…

September 1, 2010, Union City, PA — The Erie Times reports that two people were injured in a one car crash in Union City early this morning. Dennis Hodges, 33, was reportedly unable to negotiate a left curve while southbound in the 100 block of North Main Street. He reportedly traveled off the road, over corrected and collided with a…

September 1, 2010, Cochranton, PA — Two PennDOT employees suffered minor injuries in a Cochranton, PA car accident when the driver of a PennDOT vehicle became ill and lost control of the vehicle. The Times reports that a PennDOT truck was on West Adams Street yesterday near 9:45 am. The Erie car accident occurred when the driver of the truck…

September 1, 2010, ERIE, PA — Megan Porter, 24, was a passenger on an eastbound motorcycle on East 38th Street when a reportedly drunk driver made a left turn in front of the motorcycle. Ms. Porter was thrown from the motorcycle and killed. The driver of the car, Eugene Metzger, 53, told police that he had four or more beers…

September 1, 2010, ERIE, PA — New information is available on the investigation into the August 20, 2010 fatal hit and run truck accident on I-90 in Erie County, PA. Authorities have provided a sketch of one of the truckers involved (see above) and are using cell phone data to target the truckers involved. As documented in earlier blog entries…

August 31, 2010, ERIE, PA — In a summer already marked by too many motorcycle fatalities, the Erie Times reports yet another fatal Erie motorcycle accident has occurred. The victim was riding on the back of a motorcycle on East 38th Street in the City of Erie when an oncoming motorist made a left turn in front of the motorcycle.…

August 30, 2010, ERIE, PA — Cindy Lair was visiting her hairdresser when it happened. She suffered an Erie trip and fall. She knew almost immediately that something was very wrong. She had terrible pain and the strange sensation that her arm was hanging upside down, even though it was obviously right where it belonged. She’d fractured the head of…