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Yahoo
03-06-2025
- General
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Roads blocked after truck collides with train in Lancaster County
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — Multiple intersections are blocked after a commercial passenger truck collided with a train in Lancaster County this morning. According to Northern Lancaster County Regional Police, on June 3, at around 9:24 a.m., authorities and emergency crews were dispatched to Auction Road at Warehouse Road in Penn Township for a report of a vehicle collision. Upon arrival, police say they encountered an F-250 or F-350 pick-up truck pulling a trailer containing farm equipment that had collided with a Norfolk Southern train. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Police say no injuries were reported, and minor damage was received on the commercial vehicle because the train was traveling at a low speed through the area. Norfolk Southern Police are investigating the train engine, cars, and any damage to the tracks, while State Police are investigating the commercial vehicle and trailer operation. Police add that multiple intersections around the crash scene are blocked and are estimated to remain blocked until around 12 p.m. today. Police advise travelers to find an alternative route to avoid interfering with the ongoing investigation. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
22-05-2025
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Harrisburg woman allegedly using Snapchat during fatal hit and run that killed teen
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — A Harrisburg woman was allegedly on her phone when she fatally struck a teenage boy in a hit-and-run in Lancaster County last year, police say. Mikayla Mustard, 24, faces felony charges of homicide by vehicle and accidents involving death or personal injury. She also faces misdemeanor charges of involuntary manslaughter and recklessly endangering another person, along with summary charges, court records show. Prior coverage -> Teen killed in Lancaster County hit and run The criminal complaint filed Wednesday in Magisterial District Court Torrey Landis's Office details the investigation by Northern Lancaster County Regional Police. Officers found 16-year-old Curtis Groff dead in a cemetery along the 200 block of West Sun Hill Road in Penn Township on May 2, 2024, around 9:30 p.m. The complaint shows Groff had injuries that appeared to have come from being hit by a vehicle. Police said they learned that Groff was weed-whacking when he was struck. No vehicle was at the scene, but police said there was evidence that Groff was struck like scrapes on the road, tire tracks through the grass, and debris from a vehicle. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now The complaint states that Mustard later showed up at the scene after being driven by a relative, and she told police she might have hit a deer or rock, and drove back to Harrisburg after the crash. By looking at data from Mustard's phone, police said they saw she was using Snapchat right before and after the crash. The complaint shows Mustard sent Snapchats regarding blood on her vehicle and that she might go to jail if she hurt someone. Caregiver charged with assaulting, neglecting Lancaster County patient 'The driving actions of Mikayla Mustard were determined to be the primary cause of the collision,' the charging officer said in the complaint. 'Specifically, regarding driving actions, the defendant traveling westbound on West Sun Hill Road, Penn Township, while attempting to read a message she received, which caused her to leave her lane of travel and the roadway. The defendant's vehicle then struck Curtis Groff, who had been weed whacking the grass and standing off the roadway, causing his death.' Mustard is scheduled to be arraigned Friday morning, court records show. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
26-03-2025
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Former Schuylkill Haven man charged with abuse of mom's corpse
A former Schuylkill Haven man has been charged with misdemeanor abuse of his mother's corpse after being arrested in Lancaster County, police reported Wednesday. Authorities found the body of Hyun Ahn, 61, of Owings Mills, Maryland, in her Toyota RAV4. Northern Lancaster County Regional Police arrested Kevin Hyun Ahn, 31, after being dispatched Monday to 110 Fruitville Pike in Penn Twp. for a report of a man acting weird. The woman's death was ruled a homicide, according to the Lancaster County Coroner's Office, which said the primary cause of death was strangulation. The victim is the suspect's mother and died on Monday, March 24, the coroner said. Kevin Ahn's sister told police her estranged brother was 'talking in numbers ' and speaking gibberish. She said her brother wrote a note while sitting in their mother's Toyota RAV4, according to police. According to charging documents, the note left in the victim's SUV read, 'Mom is in the car. I'm sorry Please give her a funeral. My brain is fried. My mom lied, she gave me fake money from the N.A. so did my employees I lost my mind, Foregive me. Please call my sister.' The suspect fled the area in the SUV after being asked about the note. He returned about 30 minutes later. HIs sister then noticed what appeared to be a human leg under clothing and items in the backseat. Police from Manheim and the NLCRPD department found Kevin Ahn in Manheim Borough after he ran away from the scene. Police could see the victim inside the SUV, and a magisterial district judge approved a search warrant for the RAV4, where the body of Hyun Ahn was found in the rear passenger side, with items piled on top of her. Police observed hemorrhaging in her eyes and what appeared to be ligature marks on her neck, documents state. Additional charges may be filed against Kevin Ahn, the Lancaster County District Attorney's office said. Kevin Ahn is in Lancaster County Prison after being denied bail because of the possibility he might not appear for a court hearing and in the interest of public safety, online court records show. A preliminary hearing is set for April 1 at 1:30 p.m. in Magisterial District Judge Torrey Landis' courtroom, Ephrata.
Yahoo
25-03-2025
- Yahoo
Man charged charged after mother's 'suspicious' death in Lancaster County
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — A man was charged Tuesday in the Lancaster County suspicious death investigation after his mother was found dead in the back seat of a vehicle, buried underneath items, court documents state. Kevin Ahn, 31, faces a misdemeanor charge of abuse of a corpse after he allegedly left the woman's body on the floor of a vehicle and tried to cover her up, the charges filed by Northern Lancaster County Regional Police show. Ahn was spotted 'acting weird,' and wrote a note that he left in a relative's vehicle, a white Toyota Rav4, outside a residence along the 100 block of Fruitville Pike in Manheim just before 3 p.m. on Monday, court documents state. A witness walked up to the vehicle and read the note, which stated 'Mom is in car I'm sorry Please give her a funeral. My brain is fried My mom lied, she gave me fake money from the N.A. so did my employees I lost my mind. Forgive me. Please call my sister,' court docs detail. Ahn then got in the vehicle and drove away when the witness questioned him. He did return, and when he was about to be confronted again about the note, he ran away, but eventually, police found him. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now A clothed human leg hidden underneath clothing and household items was spotted in the backseat of the vehicle by a witness, police said. When officers and EMS arrived, they found the woman's body when they searched the vehicle. The woman's face was purple, she had hemorrhaging in her eyes and what looked to be like marks around her neck, court docs state. Police had described the death as 'suspicious.' Ahn, a Schuylkill Haven resident, is locked up with bail denied in Lancaster County Prison by Magisterial District Judge Torrey Landis. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for April 1. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
