Tag: Pennsylvania State Police

Roadbuilding

Penn. work zone sees two crashes in one day

A woman was injured when she lost control of her pickup truck in a work zone June 18, hitting a temporary barrier on Route 33 that was installed as part of a bridge replacement project, lehighvalleylive.com reports. Pennsylvania State Police responded to the accident, but only told the news agency that the woman was taken […]

June 22, 2017

Roadbuilding

Troopers go undercover from construction vehicles in speeding crackdown on Pennsylvania work zones

Troopers with the Pennsylvania State Police will take an embedded approach in protecting construction workers in highway work zones this summer. In partnership with the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission’s (PTC) campaign “Operation Orange Squeeze,” troopers will be working inside construction vehicles on highway jobsites running radar. They’ll relay speeders to other other troopers waiting outside the work […]

April 21, 2015

Construction Equipment

Pa. State Police use the Rook, a modified Cat 287C, to breach house in deadly standoff with robbery suspect

The tear gas, negotiating and even pleas from his mother and girlfriend hadn’t worked. After cornering robbery suspect Scott Murphy in his home, the Pennsylvania State Police had tried everything to get him out. Almost everything. After 17 hours of this standoff, they called in the Rook, according to a report from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. You may […]

August 9, 2013