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Victim's leg partially amputated in Roxborough crash

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By 6abc
Monday, July 8, 2013
ROXBOROUGH - July 7, 2013

It happened around 9:00 Sunday night on Walnut Lane just north of Magdalena Street.

Authorities say the vehicle struck a utility pole causing the pole to split in half.

The victim, a man in his 20s, was rushed to Temple University Hospital for the amputation of the lower part of his leg.

No word on his condition.

Police have not released a cause for the crash.

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