A Harford County ambulance and four vehicles collided at Belair Road and North Tollgate Road in Bel Air.

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South Middleton Township is negotiating to purchase the Yellow Breeches EMS building at 233 Mill St. to continue medical services after Yellow Breeches ceases operations.

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PHOTOS: A deadly incident near northbound State Route 509 in Tacoma closed the offramp to Portland Avenue. According to the Tacoma Fire Department, multiple calls were received at 5:21 a.m. on Monday that a car was on fire under the overpass near East River Street and East Portland Avenue.

Firefighters arrived, found one person dead, and put the fire out. Portland was closed at Puyallup Avenue, according to Tacoma police. The East Portland Avenue overpass above the burned car has missing pieces and damage to its railing. At least four Tacoma police vehicles were at the scene.

It has not been confirmed by police or fire department personnel whether the car went off the ramp and crashed below, but photos indicate that’s what happened. At 8:07 a.m., the Washington State Department of Transportation said the crash near East Portland Avenue was cleared.

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Cellphone video captured a spectacular, pre-Fourth of July display of fireworks on a Tennessee highway Saturday evening as a trailer carrying the incendiary haul erupted, authorities said.

First responders racing to a reported vehicle fire on northbound Interstate 75 in the community of Ooltewah found a stopped work truck hauling a box trailer that was ablaze and popping with pyrotechnics, fire officials said.

“The trailer was full of fireworks, all of which became involved in the fire and exploded during the incident,” the Tri-Community Volunteer Fire Department said in a statement.

It added in a Facebook video that fireworks “were going off in different directions, endangering drivers.” Cellphone video shows fireworks rocketing spectacularly from the trailer as dark smoke spirals into the sky.

Authorities shut down the highway, roughly 25 miles east of Chattanooga, as a precaution and to allow first responders to get through traffic, the fire department said. Chattanooga city crews assisted.

The cause of the fire was not immediately available, and no injuries were reported. The roadway eventually reopened after cleanup was completed, the Tri-Community fire department said.

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