Two people dead after overnight fire in Hinton, West Virginia

Two people dead after overnight fire in Hinton, West Virginia

Posted: Jan 18, 2015 10:05 AM EST Updated: Jan 18, 2015 11:01 AM EST

By Jessica Schueler  

 

House fire in Hinton Kills Two People

 

HINTON, WV - A fatal house fire in Hinton claimed the lives of two people on Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015. It happened at around 3:45 a.m. on Tug Creek Connection Road. 

 

Several area fire departments were dispatched, as well as the Summers County Sheriff's Department. Deputies said two people living in the home died. The West Virginia State Fire Marshal's Office is investigating.

ICY ROAD CONDITIONS LEAD TO MANY ACCIDENTS IN EAST DRUMORE, EARL TOWNSHIPS, IN PENNSYLVANIA’S LANCASTER COUNTY

ICY ROAD CONDITIONS LEAD TO MANY ACCIDENTS IN EAST DRUMORE, EARL TOWNSHIPS, PENNSYLVANIA’S LANCASTER COUNTY

Icy conditions contributed to an accident along Route 372 near the Buck Sunday morning.

Posted: Sunday, January 18, 2015 10:00 am | Updated: 2:36 pm, Sun Jan 18, 2015.

Freezing rain left icy roads that resulted in a number of accidents Sunday morning.

An accident involving a car, a pickup truck, a minivan and a golf cart closed a section of Route 372 near Buck.

The accident in East Drumore Township happened around 8:40 a.m. when parts of the road were icy, according to Jeff Neff, chief of the Quarryville Fire Company.

Neff said the accident happened after a golf cart came down the road towards an earlier accident in which a minivan had flipped over.

A car coming up a hill behind the golf cart hit its brakes and then went into a slide. Then, a pick-up truck following behind hit the car, sending it into a pole, Neff said.

There were no injuries and the road was reopened around 10 a.m.

In Earl Township just after 9 a.m., a car flipped onto its roof along Weaverland Road between Tower  Road and Spruce Street.

The road in the area was very icy and the vehicle flipped onto its hood in the area of an embankment, according to Darryl Keiser, assistant chief of Garden Spot Fire Rescue.

There were only minor injuries.

The two people inside the car were transported to Ephrata Community Hospital as a precaution, Keiser said.

MIDDLETOWN, PENNSYLVANIA: DRIVER CROSSED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC TO PASS A VEHICLE AHEAD OF HER AND STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD ON. THE DRIVER THAT CROSSED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC DIED.

MIDDLETOWN, PENNSYLVANIA: DRIVER CROSSED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC TO PASS A VEHICLE AHEAD OF HER AND STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD ON. THE DRIVER THAT CROSSED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC DIED.

Posted: Sunday, January 18, 2015 1:02 pm | Updated: 2:28 pm, Sun Jan 18, 2015. 

By Christian Menno Staff writer

 

Police said the three-vehicle crash on Bristol-Oxford Valley Road that left one woman dead and another driver seriously injured Saturday night could have been caused by a driver attempting to pass another car.

“Initially (it) looks like one driver possibly crossed into oncoming traffic to pass a vehicle ahead of her and struck another vehicle head on. The driver that crossed into oncoming traffic died at (St. Mary Medical Center),” Middletown Police Chief Joseph Bartorilla said Sunday.

He added that the second driver suffered “serious injuries” and was transported to St. Mary Medical Center. The third driver sustained minor injuries.

The official cause of the crash is still under investigation.

 

In this image from PennDOT via FoxTV, more than 20 cars are piled up on I-76 in Philadelphia after freezing rain on Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015. Slick roads caused a number of crashes, including collisions that also closed parts of Interstates 95 and 476 in and around Philadelphia. (AP Photo/PennDOT via FoxTV)

Multi-car pileups claim 3 lives on icy Pennsylvania highways, prompting closures

 

Associated Press Jan. 18, 2015 | 12:59 p.m. EST + More

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A pair of multi-car pileups — including one involving dozens of vehicles — in icy conditions on interstates in the Philadelphia area claimed at least three lives on Sunday, authorities said.
A crash involving an estimated 30 to 50 vehicles on Interstate 76 early Sunday killed one person, state police said. The crash blamed on "flash-freezing" prompted closure of the highway in both directions, although one lane was reopened in the afternoon.
Two other people were killed in a crash involving multiple vehicles on Interstate 476, police said.
Both interstates are busy arteries serving communities west of the city. Officials said Interstate 95, a north-south highway through the area, was also closed early Sunday but had since reopened.
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation spokesman Eugene Blaum called travel conditions "very hazardous" due to light rain falling onto cold surfaces, creating a sheet of ice.
"This is the worst type of winter precipitation to combat, because it can freeze instantly and it doesn't need to be the whole pavement for vehicles crossing it to have problems," Blaum said.
PennDOT had nearly 150 trucks out treating roadways before daybreak, when it became clear that conditions would be slippery, Blaum said.
Kaitlyn Maier, of Philadelphia, said she came upon the I-76 accident moments after it happened as she was driving with her boyfriend to her niece's baptism, which she missed.
"Ten minutes before I was asking him, what is this? Rain, or what?" said Maier, who said she was 10 to 15 cars behind the wreck and saw smoke pouring from one vehicle. The line of crashed cars extended around a bend in front of her.
Maier said emergency responders directed her and other drivers to turn around on the highway and drive eastbound on the westbound side to the next exit.
Within the next several minutes, Maier saw two cars collide and two other accidents that had just happened. They decided to stop at a diner to wait until the roads cleared.
"I've driven through snow a lot, and this isn't like anything I've ever driven in," said Maier, who was raised in upstate New York. "We were stopped for a while on the side of the road. I was going less than 10 mph, but I had no control of my vehicle."
The Delaware River Port Authority closed bridges linking Philadelphia and New Jersey during the morning while workers put down salt, but began reopening lanes by midmorning. The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority canceled early bus service in Philadelphia but resumed service late in the morning.
Philadelphia International Airport reported some cancellations due to weather conditions.

China Confirms 21 Dead, 1 Missing After Tug Sinks in Yangtze River

China Confirms 21 Dead, 1 Missing After Tug Sinks in Yangtze River

By Reuters On January 17, 2015

Rescue workers carry a body on a tug boat that sank in the Yangtze River, near Jingjiang, Jiangsu province January 17, 2015. A search and rescue operation was still underway after the boat capsized on January 15, leaving 22 people missing, including foreigners. REUTERS/Aly Song

SHANGHAI, Jan 17 (Reuters) – Chinese authorities have confirmed that 21 people were killed and one was missing after a tug boat undergoing sea trials sank in the Yangtze River, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday.
The 30-metre (98-ft) boat had 25 people on board when it sank on Thursday, including eight foreigners – four Singaporeans, an Indonesian, a Malaysian, an Indian and a Japanese, it said.
Three people, all Chinese, had been rescued. All eight foreigners died.
Sembcorp Marine Ltd, a Singapore-based shipbuilder, said on Friday the tug boat that its subsidiary, Jurong Marine Services Pte Ltd, had planned to charter sank during a sea trial. Three of the company’s employees were on board.
Sembcorp Marine is part of Sembcorp Industries Ltd , an industrial conglomerate with Singapore’s state investor Temasek Holdings being the biggest shareholder.
Xinhua said the 368-tonne boat was built by Anhui Bengbu Shenzhou Machinery Co. Ltd. in October. (Reporting by John Ruwitch; Additional reporting by Rujun Shen in SINGAPORE; Editing by Nick Macfie)