A 17-year-old high school senior was killed Sunday night in a hit-and-run when she stepped into the street across from Plymouth Whitemarsh High School, authorities said. Results are pending to determine if alcohol was involved in the accident.

Police questioned the woman driving the car, identified by a friend of the student. She was released until the investigation is complete, authorities said. Police are still investigating the incident.

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A 32-year-old woman and her 7-month-0ld son were killed in a house fire Sunday night in Dushore, Pa., authorities said. Her husband was critically injured in the blaze. The fire swept through the home quickly, and it took firefighters more than 30 minutes to get it under control. They continued battling the flames for several hours.

The cause of the fire is unknown, and police are still investigating the situation. Autopsies for the woman and child were scheduled for Tuesday, authorities said.

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Two people were killed last week when a speeding Buick ran a red light and hit a Toyota in Philadelphia late at night, authorities said. Immediately following the accident, the suspects got into another car that fled the scene, police said. Authorities said they found a weapon in the suspects’ car.

Police believe the Buick may have been drag racing with the getaway vehicle when the accident occurred. Authorities say the suspects could be very dangerous for driving so quickly with a weapon and leaving it behind when they fled the scene.

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A 16-year-old boy died in Fayetteville, Pa., Sunday morning after two back-to-back crashes, authorities said. The boy was a passenger in a truck driven by an 18-year-old man who fell asleep at the wheel, police said. The pickup struck an embankment, rolled onto its side and slid across the road, authorities said, where it was hit by an oncoming car in the westbound lane. It came to a stop in the eastbound lane, where it was hit by another vehicle.

The teen was pronounced dead at the scene from multiple blunt-force trauma to his chest and neck, authorities said. The driver of the pickup truck was taken to the hospital, as well as the drivers of the two other vehicles involved in the accident.

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A hospital in Erie, Penn., is facing a wrongful death lawsuit, filed Friday, that claims the hospital incorrectly labeled itself as a trauma center when it did not have adequate staff or blood to treat a trauma patient. The lawsuit was filed by the wife of a man who died at the hospital after a 2008 motorcycle accident. He suffered blood loss leading to death while waiting to be transferred to another hospital.

The suit charges that the hospital used the wrong blood type in transfusions until it ran out of blood and did not have staff qualified to treat the man’s injuries. Mechanical problems and weather caused them to have to wait two hours for helicopter transport to the other hospital. The man was conscious and talking when he initially arrived at the hospital, authorities said, but he died just as the helicopter arrived.

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One person was killed when two Union Railroad trains collided Tuesday in North Versailles, Pa., authorities said. A southbound train carrying iron ore pellets crashed into a northbound train with empty cars, derailing several cars of the southbound train. An employee said the northbound train, coming from the steel company's plant in West Mifflin, hit two cars of the southbound train.

The accident occurred near a U.S. Steel plant, authorities said, and about 1,200 gallons of diesel fuel spilled into a nearby creek. Some iron ore pellets spilled down an embankment as well, authorities said. Hazardous material personnel were called to the scene for damage control, authorities said.

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A 64-year-old Penn Hills woman was found dead in her home after an early-morning fire Wednesday, authorities said. Her bed was in the living room near some windows because of her health condition, authorities said, but she was found dead about five feet from the front of her home.Officials believe she died of smoke inhalation.

The woman lived alone, authorities said. Two neighbors kicked in the door and tried to help, authorities said, but the smoke in the house was too thick. She is believed to have been smoking in bed when her bed caught fire.

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A 19-year-old man died when his car caught fire at a Pennsylvania gas station Friday morning, authorities said. The fire was started by static electricity while refueling, police said. Authorities said the man died from inhaling superheated gases from the fire. The man's body was found lying beside his vehicle, which was on fire along with the gas pump.

Authorities say that only one similar fatality has been recorded. That incident occurred in Oklahoma in 1996. Non-fatal fires started by static electricity when refueling also seem to be rare, according to authorities. Static electricity can build up when a person gets back into his or her car during the refueling process. Authorities warn against this.

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A driver died and his two passengers were injured early Sunday morning in a car crash in Philadelphia's Frankford section, authorities said. The 18-year-old driver lost control of his vehicle, police said, and crashed into the back of a parked tow truck. The accident occurred around 5:30 a.m., authorities said.

All three were taken to the hospital for treatment. The driver died at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children two hours later, authorities said. His two passengers, a 17-year-old boy and a 24-year-old woman, were treated and released.

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After a month-long trial, two administrators of a federally funded social services program were found guilty in the death of a 14-year-old girl with cerebral palsy. She died of severe bed sores and malnutrition in her mother's apartment, authorities said. The two were found guilty of health care fraud and conspiracy, receiving money from the federal government, channeled through the city, for home visits and other services they did not actually perform. One still faces a trial for involuntary manslaughter for the girl's death.

Two caseworkers received mixed verdicts from the jury. The agency was accused of tolerating and encouraging caseworkers to skip visits and fabricate reports. The agency was supposed to provide care for teens and at-risk children through funding from the city's Department of Human Services but has since folded.

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