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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Lawrence County, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in New Castle reported on Saturday that charges were withdrawn from a seventeen-year-old boy from New Castle after a single-vehicle crash occurred in Lawrence County on Thursday. The teenager was driving on U.S. Highway 422 in Slippery Rock Township at 3:27 p.m. and began to hydroplane on the road. He lost control of his vehicle and hit a ditch that was off of the road. The teenager was wearing his seatbelt at the time of the crash but according to police, his safety belt was used improperly. There were no reported injuries. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Pittsburgh reported that a twenty-one-year-old woman from Coraopolis was not charged after a two-vehicle crash occurred in Allegheny County on Friday. Casara Thorhauer was driving on I-79 South in Sewickley Hills Borough at 12:13 p.m. and hit a guide rail after she tried to pass another vehicle. She eventually side-swiped the guide rail and the vehicle that hit her vehicle kept driving. Torhauer was transported to Allegheny General Hospital because of a possible injury.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Lawrence County, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in New Castle reported on Saturday that a thirty-eight-year-old man from Zelienople was charged after a single-vehicle crash occurred in Lawrence County on June 7th. Emil Steinmetz was driving on Harlansburg Road in Scott Township at 2:03 p.m. and crashed his vehicle over an embankment. Steinmetz was ejected from his vehicle and was not wearing his seatbelt at the time of the crash. He was transported to St. Elizabeth Hospital for an injury with an unknown severity.  

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Independence Township, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver reported an update on a crash that happened in Independence Township on May 31st. According to police, it occurred at the intersection of Bocktown Cork Road and East Hookstown Grade Road at 6:05 p.m. Forty-nine-year-old Lynne Legge of Greensburg was driving faster than the posted speed limit and she hit the vehicle of forty-seven-year-old Matthew Eaton of Clinton. Legge had a possible injury as a result of this crash but Eaton was not injured. Eaton was charged by police. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Potter Township, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver reported an update to a crash that happened in Potter Township on May 27th. Seventy-three-year-old Frank Zadrozny of Pittsburgh was driving on I-376 West at 11:38 a.m. and fell asleep in his vehicle. He hit a median guard wire with his vehicle and reported that he had minor injuries to his hand. A small fire was also observed underneath his vehicle and was extinguished. Charges were withdrawn from Zadrozny. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Shippingport Borough, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver reported an update to a crash that happened in Shippingport Borough on May 27th. Sixty-one-year-old Donald Kirkland of Aliquippa was traveling on Shippingport Hill Road at 3:38 p.m. and another vehicle hit the mirror of Kirkland’s vehicle. The window of Kirkland’s vehicle was also shattered and the vehicle that hit it continued driving. There were no reported injuries. According to police, the charges against Kirkland are pending investigation. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Bridgewater, PA) Beaver County Boom 250 occurred along Bridge Street in Bridgewater on Saturday and brought thousands of people to a local event sixteen years in the making. It celebrated the weekend with events like live wrestling and a kids zone. There was live music from headliner and country singer Dustin Lynch, Pittsburgh rock band the Clarks, Gene the Werewolf, North to Nashville, and Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School graduate Ashley Marina. It all capped off with the renowned Zambelli fireworks show. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Lawrence County, PA) PennDOT District 11 announced that work to inspect the bridge that carries the U.S. 422 Bypass over the Shenango River in the City of New Castle and Taylor Township in Lawrence County will occur today and tomorrow, weather permitting. 

Single-lane restrictions will occur in both directions of U.S. 422 Bypass from 8 A.M. to 4 P.M. each day, according to this following schedule: 

Monday, June 29th

• Eastbound U.S. 422 between I-376 and Route 168 

Tuesday, June 30th 

• Westbound U.S. 422 between Route 168 and I-376 

Routine inspection activities will be conducted by crews from Michael Baker International. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) PennDOT District 11 announced that beam placement work on Interstate 79 in Marshall Township and Franklin Park Borough in Allegheny County will continue today through this Wednesday, weather permitting. 

I-79 will be reduced to a single-lane of traffic in both directions between the Route 910/Wexford (Exit 73) off and on-ramps to accommodate beam placement work from 7 P.M. and 6 A.M. each night.