August 12, 2010
UAT20100800364
Operators:
Seth Hipple, 24
300 block of Erford Road
Camp Hill, PA 17011
David Morgan, 49
1400 block of Letchworth Road
Camp Hill, PA 17011
Tanya Pechart, 36
1100 block of Park Place
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
On Thursday, August 12, 2010 at 9:20 AM Upper Allen Police were dispatched to the intersection of South Market Street and East Lisburn Road for an auto accident involving an emergency vehicle. Upon arrival, officers learned that Seth Hipple had been operating a fire vehicle in emergency mode while responding to a fire scene in York County. Hipple entered the intersection facing a red light and struck Morgan’s vehicle, causing it to spin into Pechart’s vehicle. The disabled emergency vehicle and Morgan’s vehicle were both towed from the scene. Morgan was transported to Holy Spirit Hospital by West Shore EMS for assessment of his injuries. Pechart refused EMS treatment for her injuries. Hipple and Pechart’s three juvenile passengers were not injured. The Upper Allen Police were assisted on the scene by the Upper Allen Fire Department, Upper Allen Fire Police, West Shore Bureau of Fire, and West Shore EMS.