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☆ Sinkhole search: Missing Pennsylvania grandmother likely fell into sinkhole while searching for her cat, police say
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-04 | by ( Lex Harvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Rescuers are searching for a missing Pennsylvania grandmother who is believed to have fallen deep into a sinkhole while searching for her cat with her young granddaughter, authorities said. During their search, police discovered Pollard’s vehicle parked near a restaurant with her five-year-old granddaughter inside – and a fresh, deep sinkhole just steps away. The girl is now with her parents and wasn’t able to give police any details about what happened, Limani said. An image provided by the Pennsylvania State Police shows the top of a sinkhole in Marguerite, Pennsylvania, where rescuers were searching for a woman who disappeared. While no sounds have been picked up by monitoring equipment, the rescue teams spotted a shoe in the sinkhole using a camera, Bacha said.

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☆ Search on for Pennsylvania grandma who may have fallen into sinkhole while looking for her cat
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-03 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

A search and rescue effort was underway in Pennsylvania on Tuesday after a grandmother searching for her cat appears to have plunged into a sinkhole that authorities said was at least 30 feet deep. After lowering rover and pole cameras into the former coal mine, authorities heard no sounds but saw what seemed to be a shoe, Pleasant Valley Volunteer Fire Company Chief John Bacha told reporters. Rescue efforts continue for a 64-year-old woman who may have fallen into a sinkhole while looking for her missing cat in Unity Township, Westmoreland County. Pennsylvania State Police“It’s a modern shoe — not something you’d find in a coal mine in Marguerite in 1940,” Bacha said, noting the area where the sinkhole was discovered. One of the troopers searching for Pollard nearly fell into the sinkhole, which Limani said was roughly 15 to 20 feet from Pollard's car.

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Eleven people were hospitalized after eating wild and apparently toxic mushrooms on Friday night, a fire agency that serves Pennsylvania Dutch Country said. The station reported that family members foraged wild mushrooms and ate them that night. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says eating mushrooms foraged outdoors should almost never be done except by trained experts known as mycologists. Most of the known mushroom poisonings and deaths in the United States involve foraging of amanita phalloides mushrooms, known as "death caps," in the wild, the CDC said in a report on the toxic fungi. Eating them can cause death as well as abdominal discomfort, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, dehydration and liver damage, the CDC said.

Persons: WGAL Organizations: Pennsylvania Dutch, NBC, Country, Cardiff Volunteer Fire Company, U.S . Centers for Disease Control, CDC Locations: Peach Bottom, Lancaster , Pennsylvania, Dutch, Philadelphia, Maryland, Delta, United States

☆ 11 people hospitalized in Pennsylvania after eating ‘toxic mushrooms’
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-12 | by ( Jordan D. Brown | Nic F. Anderson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Eleven members of an Amish family – including a 1-year-old – were hospitalized in Pennsylvania Friday night after ingesting wild, “toxic mushrooms,” local authorities said. “It was wild mushrooms, but the hospital would have to confirm the type,” Southern York County emergency medical services Chief Laura Taylor told CNN. The fire department and EMS units went to the family Friday night after being told the 11 had “ingested toxic mushrooms and were all ill,” the fire department said in a post on Facebook. The family was transported to WellSpan York Hospital, Taylor told CNN. The Pennsylvania State Police and York County Sheriff’s Office did not immediately respond for comment.

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☆ Funeral for Man Slain at Trump Rally to Be Held in Pennsylvania
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Isabelle Taft | Eduardo Medina | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Mourners prepared to gather on Friday in a corner of western Pennsylvania to say their final goodbyes to Corey Comperatore, the father of two who was killed during an attempt to assassinate former President Donald J. Trump at a rally last weekend. The funeral was set to take place at 11 a.m. at the church in Cabot, Pa., where Mr. Comperatore, 50, was a longtime member. Mr. Comperatore’s life revolved around this small pocket of Pennsylvania: He grew up in Sarver and still lived there with his high school sweetheart and two daughters. He attended church in Cabot and graduated from high school in nearby Freeport. People here are not accustomed to crowds, but crowds are what they have spent the week preparing for as Mr. Comperatore has been thrust into the national spotlight.

Persons: Corey Comperatore, Donald J, Trump, Comperatore Organizations: Buffalo Township Volunteer Fire Company Locations: Pennsylvania, Cabot, Pa, Florida, Texas, Buffalo, Sarver, Freeport, People

A firefighter was killed after a house in Virginia exploded Friday night, injuring 11 other people and scattering pieces of the home across the neighborhood, officials said. Firefighters arrived at the home in Sterling, Va., a suburb of Washington, about 7:40 p.m., said James Williams, the assistant chief of operations for Loudoun County Fire and Rescue. That was around the same time the Sterling Volunteer Fire Company reported on social media that it had sent fire engines to the house to investigate a gas leak. Soon after, the house exploded with firefighters inside, leaving people trapped and the area in “total devastation,” Mr. Williams said. Aerial footage of the scene from local news media showed smoke and debris covering the area and barely any signs of the demolished house.

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