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| Driver Dies After Crash in Lower Moreland; Ocean City Boardwalk Fire; SugarHouse Big Winner Robbed |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/17/15 3:52 am | updated: 05/17/15 3:57 am |
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| A driver is dead after he crashed his pickup truck into Lower Moreland High School on Saturday afternoon. It happened just before 2 p.m. on the 500 block of Red Lion Road in Lower Moreland. Witnesses saw the truck speeding across the parking lot, without any breaking or slowing down, and plow right through the side of the building. The black truck with Virginia tags ended up in a maintenance supply office on the other side of the wall. The school's janitor had just exited the room... Read More |
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| Trains Hit By Projectiles Prior to Crash; Report of Baby Thrown From Bridge; Death For Tsarnaev |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/16/15 3:19 am | updated: 05/16/15 3:20 am |
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| The NTSB interviewed the engineer and two assistant conductors on Friday following Tuesday's Amtrak 188 derailment in Philadelphia. At a 5:30 press conference, National Transportation Safety Board member Robert Sumwalt relayed what those Amtrak crew members told investigators. The engineer, Brandon Bostian, said that before the wreck he did not feel fatigued or ill before the wreck and the train did not have any operational problems. However, he does not have memory of the crash itself.... Read More |
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| Philly Bike To Work Day; Amtrak CEO Takes Full Responsibility; WCU Lawsuit |
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 by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/15/15 11:51 am | updated: 05/15/15 11:51 am |
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Motorists are leaving their cars in the garage today in Philly opting for two wheels to get to work. It's the 20th annual Bike To Work Day in Philadelphia, so don't be surprised if you see more bicyclists than usual on the streets. Also, you can use the city’s new bike share program for just $1.
As federal investigators try to find out why an Amtrak train that crashed in Philadelphia sped up in the last minute before it derailed, Amtrak's top official said the railroad... Read More |
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| B.B. King Dies at 89, First Amtrak Lawsuit Filed, New Manayunk Street Art |
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 by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 05/15/15 9:35 am | updated: 05/15/15 9:35 am |
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| B.B. King, whose scorching guitar licks and heartfelt vocals made him the idol of generations of musicians and fans while earning him the nickname King of the Blues, died late Thursday at home in Las Vegas. Although he had continued to perform well into his 80s, the 15-time Grammy winner suffered from diabetes and had been in declining health during the past year. He collapsed during a concert in Chicago last October, later blaming dehydration and exhaustion. He had been in hospice care at his... Read More |
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| Eight Amtrak 188 Deaths ID'd; 6 Philly Narcotics Cops Acquitted; Septuagenarian Pot Grower Busted |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/14/15 10:12 pm | updated: 05/14/15 10:14 pm |
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| Earlier today an 8th fatality was discovered in the wreckage of the Amtrak 188 train derailment in Port Richmond section of Philadelphia. 43 passengers remain in the hospital following Tuesday night's crash, 8 are in critical condition. 238 passengers and 5 crew were aboard the train when it derailed along a curve in the Frankford Junction section of track. All passengers have been accounted for at this time. The eight victims have been identified as Justin Zemser, 20, U.S. Navy... Read More |
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| Amtrak Passengers Accounted For; Engineer Not Talking; Positive Train Control Would Prevented Crash |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/14/15 1:37 pm | updated: 05/14/15 1:37 pm |
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About a dozen passengers remain missing from the Amtrak derailment as officials work to reconcile Amtrak's manifest with hospital records and other information. The death toll could rise as crews continue to comb through the wreckage. Clean-up at the site, where all but two cars have been removed, is underway.
UPDATE 1:00 pm: An 8th passenger was found dead at the scene Thursday morning by cadaver dogs. All 243 passengers and crew are now accounted for. He has been identified as... Read More |
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| Amtrak Train Casualties Named, PA Pension System Overhaul, School Nurse Privatization |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 05/14/15 8:50 am | updated: 05/14/15 8:50 am |
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| Seven people were killed in the Amtrak train derailment Tuesday night in Philadelphia. One was 48-year-old Jim Gaines, an Associated Press video software architect, another was a midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy, 20-year-old Justin Zemser. The third was Abid Gilani, a Wells Fargo executive, the fourth was Rachel Jacobs, CEO of an Philadelphia based education startup ApprenNet. and now the fifth has been identified as a college administrator. Derrick Griffith, dean of student affairs and... Read More |
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| Latest Philly Amtrak Crash Updates; Bucks Exterminator Guilty Murder; MOVE Disaster 30 Years |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/13/15 8:29 pm | updated: 05/13/15 8:38 pm |
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| The NTSB confirmed this afternoon that preliminary data shows that Amtrak Northeast Regional Train 188 was traveling 106 mph before it derailed in the Port Richmond neighborhood on Tuesday night around 9:30 p.m. The train veered off the tracks in an area known as Frankford Junction just as the the rails turn north near the 2000 block of Wheatsheaf Lane. Seven cars left the tracks in various states of disarray. The train was traveling from Washington, DC to New York City. There were... Read More |
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| Deadly Amtrak Derailment; Investigation; Disruption |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 05/13/15 10:10 am | updated: 05/13/15 10:10 am |
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| The Amtrak train that derailed last night in the Port Richmond section of Philadelphia 5 people and injured dozens of passengers, according to Mayor Michael Nutter. Train 188 was traveling from Washington, D.C., to New York City when it derailed. Amtrak says there were approximately 238 passengers and 5 crew members on board at the time of the derailment. The derailment was a Level 3 Mass Causality incident. Initial reports say 65 people have been injured with 6 people in critical... Read More |
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| Port Richmond Train Derailment Kills Five, Patrick Murphy Aboard Amtrak Train At Crash |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 05/13/15 8:26 am | updated: 05/13/15 8:26 am |
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The train derailment in Philadelphia's Port Richmond neighborhood is impacting travel for the Wednesday morning commute. On Wednesday, Amtrak says modified Amtrak service will be provided between Washington and Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Philadelphia, and New York and Boston. There will be no Amtrak service between New York and Philadelphia, but New Jersey Transit will honor Amtrak tickets between New York City and Trenton.
UPDATE 2:39pm 4/13: 7 confirmed dead, 11 critically... Read More |
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