Crime & Safety

Crashes, DUIs, Health Reports Top February’s News

A look back at the top-10 stories of the month.

Here are the top-10 most read stories this month in Plymouth, Whitemarsh and Conshohocken:

-A look at inspection reports from local businesses from the month of January.

Overturned Truck in Whitemarsh Snarles Traffic Friday-In an attempt to avoid a car he thought was going to cut him off, a truck driver flipped his vehicle on Feb. 15; it took more than five hours for crews to clean up the scene. Story includes video.

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Car Falls from Turnpike onto Railroad Tracks -A driver was uninjured after falling more than 65 feet onto train tracks on Feb. 1.

-Follow up from this story, a Blue Bell Woman was charged with alleged DUI, striking five pedestrians and fleeing the scene.

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Woman Critically Injured in Crash with SEPTA Bus on Germantown Pike -A woman struck a SEPTA bus head on just outside of Whitemarsh Township in Springfield.

Custom-Built Home s Priciest in Conshohocken [PHOTOS] -A home on W. 4th Ave has a lot of custom-built amenities and a $500,000 price tag.

Whitpain Cop Found Not Guilty of Whitemarsh DUI -This story got a lot of readers talking – a former Whitpain police officer was acquitted of DUI and harassment after a Whitemarsh incident in August of 2011.

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-State Senator Daylin Leach, who represents Plymouth and Conshohocken, thinks that marijuana should be legalized for recreational use.

-A woman received harassing calls to her Whitemarsh home; two men were changed with disorderly conduct, reduced from a narcotics charge, and a Whitemarsh man reported identity theft.

Girl Missing from Norristown Area Now Found -A story with a good ending–a Norristown girl wandered away from her family after school, but returned home “safe and sound” by dinnertime.


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