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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Pittsburgh reported today that no charges were filed after a three-vehicle crash occurred in Allegheny County on May 26th. A further investigation confirmed that thirty-year-old Justin Householder of McKees Rocks was merging on I-376 East in Green Tree Borough at 8:18 a.m. and hit the vehicle of Leah Boodram of Keswick, Ontario, Canada. Boodram’s vehicle was spun clockwise, which caused Householder’s vehicle to subsequently hit the vehicle driven by thirty-seven-year-old Kelli James of Coraopolis. There were no reported injuries. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Gas prices are 11 cents lower in Western Pennsylvania this week at about $4.41 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. The national average for a gallon of regular gas has fallen for three straight weeks, which delivers some relief to drivers during the busy summer travel season. The national average has dropped from $4.56 to the current average of $4.06 since May 21st because of lower crude oil prices. Crude oil prices opened this morning at $80 per barrel after a deal was announced between the U.S. and Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Prices at the gas pump remain at four-year highs, but the national average is currently far from the record set of $5 per gallon that occurred on June 11th, 2022. If the national average does drop below $4 per gallon, it will be the first time that has happened since March 30th.

The report states that the average price that you can expect for a gallon of regular unleaded gas here in Beaver County is about $4.67.

According to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report, here are the average price of unleaded self-serve gasoline this week in various areas:

$4.299      Altoona
$4.666      Beaver
$4.389      Bradford
$4.291      Brookville
$4.417      Butler
$4.254      Clarion
$4.385      DuBois
$4.167      Erie
$4.234      Greensburg
$4.506      Indiana
$4.234      Jeannette
$4.606      Kittanning
$4.348      Latrobe
$4.381      Meadville
$4.449      Mercer
$4.490      New Castle
$4.565      New Kensington
$4.629      Oil City
$4.604      Pittsburgh
$4.036      Sharon
$4.610      Uniontown
$4.307      Warren
$4.510      Washington

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Findlay Township, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Pittsburgh reported today that an unidentified driver was not charged after crashing their vehicle in Findlay Township yesterday. The driver was negotiating a curve at the Montour Run Road exit on I-376 West at 12:01 a.m. and they drove into a grassy median. There were no reported injuries. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) announced today the distribution of $243,877,400 in natural gas impact fees that were collected from producers for the 2025 reporting year.

This funding benefits the counties, municipalities and state programs that are under Act 13 of 2012. That act established the unconventional gas well fee.

This year’s distribution brings the cumulative total of impact fees that were collected and distributed since 2012 to more than $3.12 billion.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Gibsonia reported today that a fifty-year-old man from Bradenville, Pennsylvania was cited after causing a two-vehicle crash in Allegheny County on Thursday. Eric Adams was driving on I-76 eastbound on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Hampton Township at 10:24 a.m. and side-swiped the vehicle of sixty-year-old Michelle Popp of Cranberry Township. There were no reported injuries. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Moon Township, PA) A man was seriously injured and flown to a regional trauma center after officials said he fell several feet from the roof of a building while conducting work on Robert Morris University’s campus Friday afternoon. 

A Facebook post from the Valley Ambulance Authority that day stated that emergency crews, alongside Robert Morris University police and the Moon Township Fire Department, responded to a reported fall incident in Moon Township. 

The incident was reported around noon. 

EMS and police arrived at the scene and found an adult man who had fallen 30 to 40 feet from the roof of a building. The man was said to have sustained life-threatening injuries. He was flown to a regional trauma center for treatment. As of Saturday, there have been no updates on his condition. 

WTAE later reached out to Robert Morris University, which said the man was a roofing contractor who was working at Washington Hall when the incident occurred. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Lawrence County, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Gibsonia reported that charges against a forty-year-old Ellwood City man are pending investigation after he crashed his vehicle in Lawrence County on Wednesday. Earl King Jr. was driving on Wampum Road in Wayne Township at 8:10 a.m. and went off of the right side of the road before hitting an embankment. King’s vehicle then hit a guide rail and he was transported by an ambulance for further medical treatment of the suspected minor injuries that he sustained at the time of this crash. A further investigation confirmed that King was subsequently arrested and he was determined to be driving under the influence.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Cranberry Township, PA)  Pennsylvania State Police in Gibsonia reported today that a seventy-eight-year-old man from Pikesville, Maryland was charged after causing a single-vehicle crash in Cranberry Township on June 4th. Louis Goldberg was driving on the Cranberry Interchange attempting to get on I-79 and hit an end guide rail at 6:38 a.m. Goldberg was transported to a UPMC Passavant facility because of suspected minor injuries he sustained at the time of the crash. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(North Sewickley Township, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Gibsonia reported today that a sixty-seven-year-old man from Apollo was not charged after he crashed his vehicle in North Sewickley Township on Wednesday. Terry Counts was driving on I-76 West at 9:42 a.m. during severe weather, which caused major standing water on the roadway. Counts’ vehicle spun out of control before hitting a cement barrier. There were no reported injuries.