February 7, 2011, ERIE, PA — The Erie Times has reported on an Erie fatal pedestrian accident on West 12th Street early Sunday morning. The Times reports that Trisha Zielinski, 28, was hit in the 900 block of West 12th Street near 1:35 a.m. The driver of the vehicle that struck her left the scene. The accident occurred near the…
Read More February 6, 2011, Meadville, PA — A two vehicle crash on Route 98 in Venango Township Saturday afternoon has resulted in a fatality. Few details are available at this time but it appears the fatal Crawford County accident occurred near 5:30 p.m. between Middle Road and Van Horn Road north of the Port Meadville Airport. A car and a pickup…
Read More February 6, 2011, ERIE, PA — Yep, we’re Steeler fans at Purchase, George & Murphey, P.C.. It’s not by design, of course. As Erie lawyers, we’ve known plenty of wonderful fans of the Browns, Bills…even a few Dolphins fans. So, we hire without regard to NFL team affiliation. But that’s the way it’s worked out, mostly. Mark Harrington’s inexplicable Raider…
Read More February 6, 2011, ERIE, PA — Two people were injured Saturday night in an Erie I-79 crash in which a Jeep Cherokee crashed through a guardrail near the 32nd Street overpass. A man and woman were in the vehicle and taken to UPMC Hamot for treatment. Their identities were not immediately available. Witnesses report that the Cherokee was southbound when…
Read More February 1, 2011, ERIE, PA — So, I’m driving my daughter to school this morning. She’s telling me that today is her “Career Day” at Villa Elementary. She says that volunteer community members are going to appear and talk about their careers. They plan to have a doctor, a fireman, a policeman, a nurse, an accountant and a lawyer, among…
Read More February 3, 2011, Linesville, PA — Two men were hospitalized following a head-on Crawford County tractor-trailer accident yesterday. The accident happened about 9:20 a.m. on Harmonsburg Road near South Townline Road in Summit Township. Thomas Burdett, 45, was reportedly driving a Peterbilt tractor-trailer west on Harmonsburg when he swerved to avoid a car that had slowed ahead of him. Mr.…
Read More February 1, 2011, ERIE, PA — A man is in critical condition after being struck by a drunk driver on East Sixth Street Saturday. Willie Gavin, 55, of the 400 block of East 11th Street was run over by a westbound 2001 Ford Escape in the 400 block of East 6th Street. The Erie pedestrian accident occurred neared 2:30 a.m.…
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