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Updated: 3:22 PM EDT May 18, 2021
YORK COUNTY, Pa. Metropolitan Edison, a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., said Tuesday it is using a helicopter equipped with an aerial saw to trim trees and maintain electrical clearances along four difficult-to-access transmission line corridors crossing York and Adams Counties.
The work is expected to conclude by the end of the month, according to Met-Ed.
Maintaining proper clearances around transmission lines and electrical equipment can help reduce the frequency and duration of tree-related power outages, especially those associated with severe weather such as spring and summer thunderstorms, the company said.
The helicopter trimming trees along the transmission lines is a white Hughes MD500 with blue and yellow stripes prominently marked with a registration number of N53846 in blue paint.
/PRNewswire/ Metropolitan Edison (Met-Ed), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), is using a helicopter equipped with an aerial saw to trim trees and.
State police have released more details about two Interstate 83 crashes on Sunday that claimed the life of Patrick E. Clafferty, who was livestreaming his motorcycle ride when he wrecked.
Clafferty, 26, of York Township died at the scene. The two crashes happened after 4 p.m. on I-83 North near the Leader Heights interchange (Exit 14).
State police say Clafferty was accelerating to a high rate of speed in the passing lane when his handle bars started to wobble. He lost control of his Harley-Davidson, was thrown from the motorcycle, and fell onto the highway.
A multi-vehicle, chain-reaction crash followed, as the driver of an SUV, Andrew Greenleaf, 51, of Kutztown, Pa., braked to avoid hitting Clafferty, who was lying motionless on the interstate, state police said.
Fatal crash that closed down I-83N in York County for hours has been cleared
Updated 9:41 PM;
A crash on Interstate-83 North that closed down part of the highway for hours has been cleared.
PennDOT officials said at 9:18 p.m. that the incident between Exit 14 Route 182, the exit for Leader Heights and Exit 15, the exit for Business – South George Street has been cleared.
PennDOT said that there are residual delays. There is still heavy traffic and stop-and-go traffic in the area, according to PennDOT.
The crash in York Township took place around 4 p.m. and the coroner was called to the scene, according to the York County Department of Emergency Services.