New Little Foot Quilt Shoppe Opens in Evans City
Located near the railroad tracks, the store features fabric, quilting supplies and classes.
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Family Escapes Unharmed in Early Morning Evans City Fire
The May Lane home is heavily damaged in the blaze.
A mother and her daughter are unharmed after a fire at their home on May Lane in Evans City early Wednesday morning. The home caught fire just after midnight, according to Evans City Fire Chief Mark Adomaitis Stacy Norris, who rents the home with her mother, said she was asleep when her mom, Sue Norris, saw sparks coming from behind a computer in the home’s office. After her mother woke her, Norris said she grabbed the family dog and got out of the house. Norris said she hoped to go back inside the house to grab personal items, but the flames already were too heavy. "We couldn't get back in," she said. The home was heavily damaged in the blaze. Adomaitis said the cause of the fire is still undetermined. Check back with Cranberry Patch for…
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Driver in Evans City Bus-Train Crash Charged with Vehicular Homicide
Passengers tried to warn Frank Schaffner the train was approaching, according to the criminal complaint.
The driver of a Butler Area Rural Transit bus that was struck by a train last month in Evans City, leaving two people dead, is facing vehicular homicide charges. According to the criminal complaint filed by Evans City Police, Frank B. Schaffner, 59, of Butler Township, did not stop at the Maple Avenue crossing the morning of April 26, despite being alerted to the oncoming train by passengers. Video from the bus camera shows Schaffner, who was wearing dark sunglasses on the foggy morning, did not look left or right before driving over the tracks, which are not protected by crossing gates. “On the video, you can hear the horns from the train rapidly approaching,” Evans City police Chief Joseph McCombs wrote in the complaint. “Some passengers…
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Butler County Official Seeks Railroad Crossing Safeguards at Evans City Crash Site
Two people were killed and 10 others injured as a result of the train-bus crash in Evans City.
A Butler County Commissioner is hoping to install safeguards at an Evans City railroad crossing where a two people were killed as a result of a collision and 10 others injured when a train hit their bus. “That is a bad crossing. You don't have a lot of sight either way,” Bill McCarrier, Butler County commissioners' chairman, told the Pittsburgh Tribune Review. “In an ideal world, I'd like to see a gate at every rail crossing.” Frank Schaffner was driving the Butler Area Rural Transit bus carrying elderly and mentally challenged people on a foggy April 26 morning. Evans City police said Schaffner stopped for an unknown reason on the tracks at the Maple Avenue intersection, which does not have crossing gates or warning lights guarding the …
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BP
11:49 pm on Thursday, May 9, 2013
Why ---Every un-signaled POS crossing should have OUR GOVERNMENT IS CROOKED AND THIS RAILROAD MAKES/SAVES $5,000 to $10,000 AT THIS ONE HERE WHERE NO SIGNALS ARE AT. Then add the sign THIS RAILROAD MAKES/SAVES $_____.00 HERE BY NOT KNOCKING DOWN THE BRUSH/WEEDS/TERRAIN There are many other signs ---train cab lighting---level crossings---etc. more ›
Monday, May 6, 2013
Second Passenger in Evans City Bus-Train Crash Dies from Injuries
World War II veteran John D. Burkett was from Zelienople
A second person has died from injuries he suffered when a train struck a Butler Area Rural Transit bus carrying elderly and mentally challenged people last month in Evans City. John D. Burkett, 88, of Zelienople, died Saturday with his family present, according to his obituary on the Boylan Funeral Home website. Burkett was one of two critically injured people on the bus flown by medical helicopter to hospitals in Pittsburgh following the April 26 crash at the Maple Avenue crossing. The nine other people on the bus, including the driver, were taken by ambulance to area hospitals for treatment. Burkett spent five days in the shock trauma unit at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh before being transferred to the VNA Inpatient Hospice …
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Thursday, May 2, 2013
Warrant: Bus Driver in Evans City Train Crash was Carrying Pills That Did Not Match Label
No charges have been filed in the crash that left one person dead and 10 others, including the driver, injured.
Results from a search warrant executed by Evans City Police show the driver of the Butler Area Rural Transit bus that was hit by a train in Evans City was carrying pills at the time of the crash that did not match the label of the bottle they were contained in. Frank Schaffner’s lawyer told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review that the pills were fiber supplements and TUMS, not prescription pills that would affect his client’s driving. ““It's my understanding that his toxicology results should come back clean,” Butler-based attorney Michael Pawk told the newspaper. Toxicology reports on Schaffner’s blood are still pending. Schaffner was driving a bus carrying 10 elderly and mentally challenged people on a foggy April 26 morning when he stopped …
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1:16 pm on Tuesday, May 7, 2013
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Friday, April 26, 2013
Cranberry Mother of Bus-Train Accident Passenger Shares Son’s Story
Linda Farrell’s special needs son was one of 11 people injured when a train struck a BART bus in Evans City. Plus, get the latest information on the investigation into the crash.
Cranberry resident Linda Farrell said it was a mother’s worst nightmare when she flipped on the television Friday. On the screen were images of a train striking a Butler Area Rural Transit bus that was crossing the railroad tracks in Evans City. The bus was carrying close to a dozen elderly and mentally challenged people—including her son. “As a mom that was hard,” she said. “Seeing and knowing it, it’s just a really hard thing.” Farrell’s 25-year-old son Tim, who has special needs, was one of 11 people, including the driver, on the bus who were injured. The eight male and two female passengers on the bus ranged in age from 25 to 92. Claudette Miller, 91, of Callery, was one of two critically injured people taken by medical helicopters to …
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Update: Elderly Woman Dies After Evans City Train, Bus Collision
The 91-year-old Callery woman was one of 11 people injured on the BART mini-bus, including the driver.
One person has died from injuries she sustained after a train struck a Butler Area Rural Transit bus carrying elderly and mentally challenged people Friday morning in Evans City. The Allegheny Medical Examiner’s office said 91-year-old Claudette Miller, of Callery, died at 1:02 p.m. at Allegheny General Hospital. She died of blunt force trauma to the head and trunk, according to the medical examiner's office. The woman was one of 11 people injured on the white mini-bus, including the 60-year-old driver. At least one other person who was on the bus is in critical condition. Evans City Police Chief Joe McCombs said the bus was heading east towards South Washington Street at about 8:15 a.m. when it stopped for an unknown reason on the tracks …
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BP
3:20 am on Saturday, April 27, 2013
http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/xings/collision/twgreport/#figure1 Pretty obvious the railroad was in violation of the sight requirements for the mickey mouse sign in place especially in the fog. Train can't see bus ---bus can't see train. Train sees bus at last second ---blows the drivers ears out with horn blast freezing the driver like a deer in headlights. Happens all the time at all the private … more ›
One Dead, 10 injured After Train Hits Butler County BART Bus in Evans City
The bus was carrying mentally challenged and elderly people. A 91-year-old woman has died and at least one other passenger is critically injured.
Eleven people, including the driver, have been injured in an accident involving a Butler Area Rural Transit bus and a freight train Friday morning. Evans City police Chief Joe McCombs said the accident happened at about 8:15 a.m. at the Maple Avenue crossing in Evans City. There are no crossing gates nor warning lights where the road crosses the CSX tracks. McCombs said 10 special needs and elderly people were injured, plus the driver. At least two are in critical condition. (Click the video above for a press conference with McCombs) A 91-year-old woman has since died from her injuries, according to the Allegheny County Medical Examiner's office. Her name has not been released. The chief said the white mini-bus was heading east towards …
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10:50 am on Sunday, April 28, 2013
The million dollar question for police and reporters: WHAT COLOR WAS THE WHISTLE POST SIGN? more ›
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Winning Cash 5 Lottery Ticket Worth $250K Sold in Evans City
Two winners will split and share the $500,000 jackpot.
Someone in the Cranberry area could be a few hundreds of thousands of dollars richer after a winning Cash 5 jackpot ticket was sold in Evans City, according to the Pennsylvania Lottery. Uni Express at 128 E. Main St. sold one of two winning tickets from the March 25 lottery drawing. The other ticket was sold in Philadelphia. The $500,000 jackpot will be split and shared by two winners, who each correctly matched all five balls, 03-09-14-37-40. Both retailers, meanwhile, will receive a $500 bonus for selling a winning ticket. Lottery officials cannot confirm the identities of the winners until the prizes are claimed and the tickets are validated. Cash 5 winners have one year from the drawing date to claim prizes, the lottery said. Like Us …
BP
1:47 pm on Saturday, May 11, 2013
Well that and the city/county/state/Feds/railroad need a sacrificial lamb to cover their butts on the missing signals and trains running in the fog. Any of these idiots could have been caught in the same TRAP. more ›