Hershey

GREENCASTLE, Pa. - Greg Hoover, director of elementary education for the Greencastle-Antrim School District, was taken off a respirator and spoke with his wife at Hershey (Pa.) Medical Center Thursday following surgery for a ruptured brain aneurysm, a school district official said. Schools Superintendent P. Duff Rearick said Hoover's condition is critical. Hoover, 49, complained of having a severe migraine headache on Monday, Rearick said. He is known to have such headaches, the superintendent said.

MERCERSBURG, Pa. - A Mercersburg woman was in fair condition Saturday night at Hershey (Pa.) Medical Center following a head-on collision between a minivan and a tractor-trailer Friday morning on Pa. 16 in Peters Township, Pa., according to a press release from Pennsylvania State Police in Chambersburg, Pa. According to police, Vicky Swailes, 50, no address available, was westbound on Pa. 16 around 8:30 a.m. when her Chrysler Town and Country crossed...

WAYNESBORO, Pa. - A Waynesboro man injured in a vehicle accident Monday afternoon died Tuesday at Hershey (Pa.) Medical Center. Michael Boswell, 38, of Mentzer Gap Road, was pronounced dead at 2:42 p.m., according to Pennsylvania State Police. The cause of death was multiple traumatic injuries. Boswell had been flown to Hershey following the 5:23 p.m. accident on Mentzer Gap Road in Quincy Township. Police said he was driving a dune buggy-like vehicle about half a mile south of Creager Road when he lost control.

GREENCASTLE, Pa. -- A 4-month-old girl who was injured Tuesday afternoon in an auto accident remained in Hershey (Pa.) Medical Center in critical condition, a spokeswoman for the center said Wednesday. Miranda Saunders and her mother, Erika Saunders, were airlifted to Hershey after their vehicle was struck from behind Tuesday on U.S. 11 north of Greencastle in Antrim Township. Pennsylvania State Police said Saunders was attempting to turn her 2003 Chevrolet Cavalier left into 6947 Molly Pitcher Highway when a Ford F-350, driven by Norman Hauk II of Chambersburg, Pa., struck her from behind.

James Vincent Hellane Jr., of 764 Lohman Ave., Greencastle, Pa., died Monday, July 18, 2011, at Hershey (Pa.) Medical Center. A memorial service will be announced at a later date. Arrangements by Minnich Funeral Home, 415 E. Wilson Blvd. Hagerstown.

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - Three people were flown by helicopter to Hershey (Pa.) Medical Center following a two-vehicle accident Sunday in Hamilton Township, according to a Franklin Fire Co. official. The accident happened at 4 p.m. at the intersection of Warm Spring and Leafmore roads, according to a Franklin County 911 Center dispatcher. Two helicopters were called to the scene, according to the dispatcher. According to the fire company official, the accident involved a car and a pickup truck.

A school bus driver died of injuries she sustained Friday morning when she was pinned between two buses during a scheduled school bus evacuation drill at James Burd Elementary School in Shippensburg, Pa. Sharon K. Harry, 55, of 1007 Orrstown Road died at Hershey (Pa.) Medical Center after being flown to the hospital by Life Lion helicopter following the 8:33 a.m. accident. See Saturday's Herald-Mail for the full story.

A 2-year-old girl struck Wednesday by a dump truck in Mercersburg, Pa., remained in critical condition Thursday night at Hershey (Pa.) Medical Center, a hospital spokeswoman said. The girl ran into the street in front of 119 S. Park Ave. while a van blocked her view, Mercersburg Police said. Her injuries included a broken leg and swelling to her brain, police said.

Patricia A. "Patty" Brubaker, 46, of Chambersburg, Pa., died Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010 at Hershey (Pa.) Medical Center. The family will receive friends Tuesday from noon to 1 p.m. at Thomas L. Geisel Funeral Home, Chambersburg. The service will be Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will follow in Parklawns Memorial Gardens.

Dedra Renee Watts, 49, of 217 Wayne Ave., Waynesboro, Pa., died Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009, at Hershey (Pa.) Medical Center. The family will receive friends one hour before services Friday at St. Paul A.M.E. Church, Waynesboro. The service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the church. Burial will follow in Green Hill Cemetery, Waynesboro. Grove-Bowersox Funeral Home, Waynesboro, is handling the arrangements.