E.Coli Bottled Water Recall, Wedding Brawl, Poconos Crash: June 2015 on Patch

We are presenting our “12 days of 2015 on Patch” by looking at Pennsylvania Patch’s top 10 stories of each month in 2015.

During June, e.coli concerns prompted a massive bottled water recall, a tragic bus crash happened in the Poconos and a school prank in Bucks County made headlines. 

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1. Here’s What It Looks Like To Crash a Motorcycle at 106 MPH (June 14)

Police in Montgomery County shared a video as an important safety reminder.

2. Groom, 6 Guests Arrested After Drunken Wedding Brawl (June 26)

Police say 25 officers and two K-9 units were needed to break up a wedding night brawl at the Blue Falls Grove venue.

3. Tragedy In The Poconos: Calm, Excitement, Then A Crash (June 10)

The tourists came from Italy for the trip of a lifetime. It ended in mayhem, injuries and death.

4. E.Coli Concerns Prompt Massive Bottled Water Recall (June 22)

The company that supplies Giant, Wegmans, ShopRite, 7-Eleven, Acme and others with bottled water issued a recall because of E.coli.

5. Teen Firefighter Hits Double, Then Saves Umpire’s Life (June 9)

Academy Park High School student Michael Brodzinski performed CPR on the umpire after he collapsed during a baseball game.

6. School Tells Wheelchair-Bound Student He Can’t Participate in Field Day (June 2)

Bucks County Technical High School student Jake Wesley was told he was “medically exempt” from field day because he uses a wheelchair.

7. Flying Watermelons at PA High School Lead To Investigation (June 5)

“It is extremely fortunate no one was injured,” the principal said, adding the district does not condone senior pranks.

8. Jailtime for Mother in Deadly Bryn Mawr Crash (June 3)

A pregnant Lower Merion woman was sentenced to nine to 23 months in prison after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter.

9. Drunk Pa. Man Set Up Fake DUI Checkpoint: Cops (June 2)

The 19-year-old man even identified himself to drivers as trooper Steve Rogers, which is Captain America’s name.

10. Reported Sighting of Escaped Prisoners Unfounded (June 11)

Authorities investigated a possible sighting of the two convicts at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia.