Five Car Pile-Up on July 4th
Erie – There were no injuries despite a five-car pile-up on Interstate 90 in Erie County on Independence Day. Just before 2 p.m. in Summit Township on July 4th, a string of vehicles following each other too closely all collided with one another when the lead driver suddenly braked near Mile Marker 26. The chain reaction crash disabled three of the five vehicles and caused major congestion in the eastbound lane, but nobody was injured. A crash report from the PA state police shows that only the first driver to hit another vehicle was charged.

State News: Coach Convicted of Child Endangerment
Hollidaysburg – The former head wrestling coach for a Blair County School District has been convicted of endangering the welfare of children for ignoring reports of sexual assault. Timothy Andrekovich is the former head wrestling coach of Bellwood Antis School District; a jury convicted him of child endangerment for his 2019 failure to prevent a Jr. High Wrestling Coach named Ryan Blazier from having contact with children during an investigation into sexual assault allegations. Blazier was convicted of child sexual assault in 2023, and Andrekovich took no action to prevent him from coaching children for four years. He will be sentenced in late August.