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Blue Route and I-76 Icy Road Fatalities, PA Governor Wolf Swears In, Aetna Raises Minimum Wage

by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 01/19/15 9:51 am | updated: 01/19/15 9:51 am

Three people are dead after multi-vehicle accidents on both the Schuylkill Expressway and the Blue Route Sunday morning because of wet and icy roads. One person was killed and several dozen others were injured after a pileup involving at least 50 vehicles on the westbound Schuylkill Expressway near the Gulph Mills exit. The victim who died has been identified as 31-year-old Eric Blau from Philadelphia. He reportedly got out of his car because it wasnâ€™t working and was struck and killed. The pileup began shortly after and lasted for hours.unday morning. The expressway was shut down for more than seven hours as a result of the crash. Two others were killed in a separate multi-vehicle crash along southbound I-476 at Marple Road in Broomall, Delaware County. Three cars slammed into a jackknifed tractor-trailer and became wedged underneath. The victims in this accident have been identified as Thomas Brennan from Lansdale and Jason Anderson from Dover, Delaware. The Blue Route was shut down for about five hours.

A new chapter in Pennsylvania government begins Tuesday in Harrisburg, as Tom Wolf is sworn-in as governor. Wolf will place his hand on a family Bible outside the East Wing of the Capitol, and take the oath of office as Pennsylvaniaâ€™s 47th Governor. The first family is scheduled to host an afternoon open house at the governorâ€™s mansion â€” before a $100-a-ticket nighttime reception at the Hershey Lodge.

Activists across the country will rally for a higher minimum wage today, calling economic justice part of the unfinished business of Martin Luther Kingâ€™s legacy. One company is putting itself out in front of that movement. Insurance giant Aetna says it will raise the minimum wage for its employees to $16-an-hour beginning in April, a move that will cost the company $14-million this year and $20-million next year. This means about 12 percent of Aetnaâ€™s workforce will get a raise, including 150 in the Philadelphia area.

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