radioNOVO News for Lewistown: August 11, 2026

RNN LEWISTOWN 08/11/26          AUTHORITIES IN CENTRE COUNTY HAVE IDENTIFIED THE 19-YEAR-OLD JUNIATA COUNTY MAN KILLED IN A TRACTOR-TRAILER CRASH AUGUST 5TH.          CORONER SCOTT SAYERS SAYS ARDELL W. WADEL, OF RICHFIELD, DIED AT THE SCENE FROM MULTIPLE TRAUMATIC INJURIES, AFTER HIS TRACTOR TRAILER AND ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED ALONG ROUTE 322 IN POTTER TOWNSHIP.  AN AUTOPSY RULED THE DEATH ACCIDENTAL.  PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE HAVE NOT RELEASED FURTHER DETAILS ABOUT THE ACCIDENT, AS THEIR INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.              LEWISTOWN POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE HORRIFIC DETAILS OF AN ALLEGED CHILD ABUSE CASE AGAINST A LEWISTOWN MAN CHARGED WITH SEVERELY INJURING A 3-YEAR-OLD TODDLER. POLICE SAY 23-YEAR-OLD HUNTER AUSTIN KREPPS INFLICTED EXTENSIVE BRUISING, BLOOD INSIDE AN EAR, AND A CHIPPED TOOTH WHILE CARING FOR THE CHILD, AFTER THE TODDLER'S CRYING AWAKENED HIM DURING THE NIGHT.          KREPPS IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD AT THE MIFFLIN COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY ON 100-THOUSAND DOLLARS BAIL, PENDING HIS PRELIMINARY HEARING.