Boy Hits Tractor on ATV
Cochranton – A 14-year-old Cochranton boy was hospitalized on Saturday afternoon when he was operating an ATV that collided with a tractor. Police say that the teen was thrown from the ATV when he collided with the left front and rear tires of a tractor after taking a blind right turn on Drake Hill Road in Crawford County’s Wayne township. The impact of the crash threw him into a trailer being towed by the tractor. The boy was airlifted by Stat MedEvac to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Youngstown where his condition was listed as critical at press time.

PSP Trooper Convicted of Homicide
Wellsboro – After a week long trial, a Pennsylvania State Police Trooper was convicted of vehicular homicide on Friday. Trooper Michael Brown was found guilty of homicide for the death of an elementary school teacher named Christina Woodward which happened in February of last year. Trooper Brown was attempting to get to work at his barracks in Tioga County when he tried to illegally pass another vehicle on a double yellow line and collided head-on with Mrs. Woodward who was burned to death inside her vehicle. Brown remains free on bail until his sentencing.

Ohio Man Charged with False Reports to PA Police
Grove City- A Masury Ohio man has been charged with filing a false police report in Mercer County. Court records identify the man as Daniel Mckelvy; he is accused of filing a false report with the Pennsylvania State Police alleging that a 14-year-old girl in Grove City assaulted him on May 27th. During their investigation police discovered multiple inconsistencies in the man’s minimal story from witnesses of the so-called attack.

NTSB Reveals Cause of Explosion
Youngstown, OH – The National Transportation Safety Board and Ohio Fire Marshall have pinpointed the cause of an explosion at the Realty Building in Youngstown Ohio last week. On Friday night the NTSB announced that the cause of the explosion was an outdated natural gas line that was still pressurized when construction workers began to remove it. Contractors working for the city cut into the line, which should have been depressurized, and when they realized there was a leak, they set off a fire alarm and evacuated the building. Investigators are now focusing on discovering why the pipe was still pressurized and how people on the first floor did not hear the alarm. An employee of the bank on the first floor was killed and seven others suffered injuries.