Police: Mother sideswipes construction vehicle

Rt. 30 Bypass crash causes non-life-threatening injuries, massive traffic backups A two-vehicle accident, which closed a stretch of the eastbound Rt. 30 Bypass for nearly four hours Monday and caused massive traffic backups, occurred about 12:45 p.m., West Whiteland Township Police said. Police said an eastbound Chevy Tahoe struck a construction vehicle on the shoulder of the bypass.  The construction...

Fatal one-car crash occurs in Valley Twp.

Driver, 27, lost control on Rt. 30 Bypass, police said State police from the Embreeville barracks responded Sunday night to a fatal, one-car crash in Valley Township. A 27-year-old West Chester man died Sunday night in a one-vehicle crash in Valley Township, said state police from the Embreeville barracks. Police said John Michael Stoffa was traveling eastbound on the Rt. 30 Bypass, east of Airport...

State police make 4 recent drunken-driving arrests

  Speeding, careless driving blamed for two traffic accidents State police from the Embreeville barracks made four drunken-driving arrests in the first two weeks of February in the greater Coatesville area. Raymond Lyons, 59, of Coatesville, was stopped on the Rt. 30 Bypass, west of Rt. 322 in Caln Township, police said.  Linda Sue Escobedo, 48, of Kinzers, was cited on Feb. 10 at 12:30 a.m. on...

State police probing theft from W. Sadsbury vehicle

Police said windows were smashed to gain access; iPod stolen State police from the Embreeville barracks reported the following incidents recently in the Coatesville area. Police are investigating a theft from a vehicle sometime between 9 p.m. on Oct. 19 and 10:28 a.m. on Oct. 20 on Upper Valley Road in West Sadsbury Township. Police said windows were broken in two vehicles and an iPod was stolen.  Anyone...

State police arrest 4 for alleged drunken-driving in area

Troopers issued citations to two motorists accused of causing crashes State police from the Embreeville barracks reported the following charges and citations during the past several weeks. Police said four individuals were arrested for driving under the influence: James Chris Gauss, 25, of Downingtown, who was stopped Aug. 7 for a traffic violation on Norwood Road south of the Rt. 30 bypass in East...