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Vehicle Homicide
Hampshire Franklin MA
Police & Fire
Granby Man Admits To Drunken Crash That Killed Partner, Mom Of His Daughter: DA
A 30-year-old Hampshire County man has admitted to causing the 2023 rollover crash that killed his longtime partner and mother of his daughter, authorities announced on Monday, April 22. Cory Menard, of Granby, pleaded guilty to vehicle homicide while operating negligently and under the influence of alcohol; and reckless assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, the Northwestern District Attorney said. A judge sentenced him to two and a half years in prison with two years of probation once he's released, the prosecutor said. Earlier Report: Granby Man Charged In D…
Montgomery PA
Police & Fire
Suspected Killer Caught On Video After Stabbing, Hit-Run Arrested: PPD
A 20-year-old man was arrested in connection with the stabbing and fatal hit-and-run of a 22-year-old he was seen arguing with, the Philadelphia Police announced on Friday morning. Mang Sang was found trapped under a white KIA GT sedan and stabbed in the throat under the Delaware Expressway when police were investigating a report of screaming in the 1600 block of South Front Street around 7:40 p.m. on Monday, April 8, as Daily Voice initially reported. Sang was pronounced dead at the scene by Philadelphia Fire Department paramedics at 7:4…
Lyndhurst
Police & Fire
Coach From Lyndhurst Charged With Sexually Assaulting Second Bergen Child
𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: A North Jersey youth strength and conditioning coach who’s already awaiting trial first for a double-fatal car crash in Lodi and then for repeated sex assaults of a child is back in jail. Donald Kumar Davis, 33, of Lyndhurst was charged by detectives with sexually assaulting a second child, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced on Monday, March, 4. Davis -- formerly of Nutley -- was previously accused of killing a retired Albanian police chief and a Garfield Walmart manager when he slammed his 2015 Dodge Charger into their car as the immigrant couple as they emerged from t…
Morris
Obituaries
Randolph Dad Killed On Route 280 Shoulder Was Fixing Tire On Way Home From Wedding: Family
The family of a 56-year-old Morris County man says he was changing a tire on the way home from a wedding when he was struck and killed by a vehicle on the shoulder of Route 280 last month. Valerian Kapanadze, a Hackettstown resident, has since been arrested and charged with vehicular homicide in connection with the incident in Roseland, as previously reported by Daily Voice. Nicheporuck and his wife, Fabi, were coming home from a wedding when the incident occurred, his family said on a GoFundMe campaign. "On the last day of the year, December 31st, we faced an unimaginable tragedy," …
Lancaster
News
Video Shows Deadly Crash Caused By Ephrata Woman Running Stop Sign, DA Says
An Ephrata woman was caught on camera going through a stop sign causing a fatal crash, the District Attorney of Lancaster County claimed in a release on Friday. Kendra Sakoian, 32 of the 1200 block of Lincoln Heights Avenue was driving a black Chrysler 300 when she was involved in a crash with two other vehicles— causing injuries that led to 49-year-old Michael Diem's death, the DA alleged in the release on Oct. 13. The crash happened at 11:40 a.m. on Feb. 2, authorities detailed. While at the intersection of North Railroad Avenue traveling west on Gristmill Road, Sakoian "traveled thro…
Lancaster
News
Lititz Man Who Struck Amish Teen Dead Sentenced, 'Not Their Place To Judge' Community Says
A Lititz man who pleaded guilty to striking an Amish horse and buggy — killing an Amish teen — has been sentenced by an "English" judge but the local Amish community apparently feels differently about the tragedy. Phillip Cornelius Sullivan, II, then 18 years old, driving a 2009 Lexus Sedan, struck a horse-drawn buggy, ejecting the driver, 18-year-old Andrew J. Stoltzfus of Honey Brook, before fleeing the scene, according to the police. The whole incident happened along the 5700 block of Division Highway around 2:45 a.m. on July 5, 2021, as Daily Vice reported at the time. Stoltzfus …
Lehigh
Police & Fire
Lehigh Driver Charged With Homicide By Vehicle In Deadly DUI Crash: Police
An Emmaus man is charged with homicide by vehicle after police say he was driving under the influence during a deadly crash in Allentown late last year. Chase R. Strahler, 25, faces multiple felony offenses for the wreck that killed 63-year-old John Sassaman on Oct. 2, said the Lehigh County District Attorney's Office and Allentown police. First responders were called to the 400 block of South 24th Street just before 1 a.m. that morning for a serious crash, the release says. They arrived to find Strahler's Jeep Grand Cherokee facing east in the southbound lane and Sassaman's Hyundai So…
Hampshire Franklin MA
Police & Fire
Woman Pleads Not Guilty To Killing Motorcyclist In Charlemont
A Berkshire County woman told a court on Tuesday, Aug. 22, that she was not at fault in the death of a 66-year-old Colrain motorcyclist she had a wreck with earlier this year, authorities said. Melissa C. Repka, 38, is charged with vehicle homicide by negligent operation and failure to yield the right of way in connection with the crash that killed Greg Herzig, the Northwestern District Attorney's Office said. A judge ordered Repka not to drive a vehicle for the duration of the trial. Police said Repka had pulled her rented Jeep Grand Cherokee to the side of Route 2 in…
Dauphin
News
NJ Mom Of 7 Struck Dead By DUI Driver In Harrisburg: Police
A 36-year-old mom of seven and New Jersey native died when she was struck walking in a crosswalk last December in Harrisburg, PA. Six months later, police have determined that the driver responsible was both speeding and intoxicated when he struck her and another person. Nicole M. DeFalco, originally of Glen Ridge and most recently of Harrisburg, and another pedestrian were struck while using a marked cross walk at the intersection of South Cameron and Market streets around 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, according to the police, DeFalco's obituary, and her social media. DeFalco…
Montgomery PA
Police & Fire
Philly Driver Arrested For Hit-Run That Killed Woman, Hurt 8-Year-Old
The driver accused of hitting a woman and child with his car in Center City Philadelphia then fleeing the scene is now in police custody, city authorities told Daily Voice. Dominique Murphy, 37, of West Philadelphia, is charged with vehicular homicide, involuntary manslaughter, aggravated assault by vehicle, and several realted counts, the department said. Authorities believe Murphy was behind the wheel of the Jeep that struck a 38-year-old woman and an 8-year-old girl on Arch Street around 10 p.m. on Tuesday, May 9. The adult victim was placed in critical condition with …
Lehigh
Neighbors
Neighbors Raise $30K For Clarks Summit Men Killed In I-76 Accident
Less than 24 hours after they were identified by state police, neighbors and community members have raised a staggering $33,885 for the families of three Lackawanna County residents killed in a Philadelphia highway crash. Twins Tucker and Christian Schimelfenig, 23, their friend Michael Comerford, 24, all of Clarks Summit, and 31-year-old Jan Santana of Philadelphia were all pronounced dead at the scene when another car "swerved across lanes of travel" and hit the rear of their vehicle, sending them into a bridge pillar around 2 a.m. on Saturday, April 15, Daily Voice re…
Montgomery PA
Police & Fire
Dump Truck Owner Arrested For Crash That Killed Pregnant Mom: Montco DA
The owner of the dump truck that killed a pregnant Montgomery County mom is now facing criminal charges, authorities say. Kellie Adams of Lansdale, 31, and her Upper Providence firefighter husband Jason were expecting a child when she was struck head-on by a DWI dump truck driver in August 2022, prosecutors have said. Everett Clayton, the 56-year-old West Virginia man who police say was driving the dump truck, was arrested in Boston in November. Now, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele says the owner of the truck has been arrested as well. Patrick Doran, 24,…
Montgomery PA
Police & Fire
Trucker Who Crashed Into Fireman's Pregnant Wife Charged With Murder: Montco DA
The West Virginia driver who lost control of a dump truck and fatally struck the pregnant wife of a firefighter now faces two murder charges, officials say. Everett Clayton, 56, was arrested in Boston last month for homicide by vehicle and related charges stemming from the accident that happened in Lower Providence Township, on Aug. 25, as Daily Voice reported. Investigators have said Clayton was driving on the 500 block of South Park Avenue when he lost control of his dump truck and crashed head-on into pregnant 31-year-old Kellie Adams of Lansdale, who died at the scene. Emersyn Grac…
Lancaster
News
Woman Admits To Killing Mom Of Three After Causing Crash While High On Marijuana On RT 30
25-year-old Renee Emerick is heading to prison for 4 to 15 years after admitting to being high on marijuana when she caused a deadly crash on Route 30 in West Hempfield Township on June 19, 2021, according to a release by the Lancaster County district attorney's office on Nov. 22, 20222. Emerick pleaded guilty to homicide by vehicle while DUI, four counts of aggravated assault by vehicle, and related charges in Lancaster County Court in June 2022. She was sentenced to 4 to 15 years in prison by Lancaster County Judge Dennis E. Reinaker on Monday, Nov. 21. “This is a tragedy …
Lehigh
Police & Fire
Motorcyclists In Lehigh Crash That Killed Teen Girl Were Racing: DA
The two motorcyclists involved in a fatal crash in Lehigh County were racing each other just before the accident, authorities say. District Attorney Jim Martin said in a press conference Thursday, Nov. 10 that 27-year-old Christian Gonzalez Santiago of Allentown faces two counts of felony homicide-by-vehicle for his role in the collision. Santiago and 42-year-old Jose Estrada-Estrada of Reading were racing their motorcycles near MacArthur and Mechanicsville roads in Whitehall Township on July 31, the DA said. The pair were moving at about 80 mph — double th…
Norfolk
Police & Fire
Woman ID'd In Fatal Taunton Crash, Medford Man Officially Charged: Police
Authorities have identified a woman killed in a fatal Taunton crash as 54-year-old Lori Ann Medeiros of Middleborough. Medeiros died after Hector Bannister-Sanchez, of Medford, crashed into her car on Kingman Road in Taunton on the afternoon of Monday, Nov. 7, Massachusetts State Police report. Bannister-Sanchez tried running away after the crash, but was caught and taken into custody. He was taken to Morton Hospital for treatment only to be released the next day. Bannister-Sanchez has since been booked with vehicle homicide and manslaughter charges, p…
Montgomery PA
Police & Fire
DWI Dump Truck Driver Who Killed MontCo Firefighter's Pregnant Wife Captured In Boston
The DWI dump truck driver who last August killed the pregnant wife of a Montgomery County firefighter was arrested Wednesday, Nov. 2 in Boston, authorities announced. Everett Clayton, 56, of West Virginia, had been wanted on various charges stemming from the Aug. 25 crash in Lower Providence Township that left Kellie Adams, of Lansdale, dead at 31 years old, according to police in Boston and Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele. Jason and Kellie Adams with their two boys, Mason Daniel Adams (5) and Jaxson Richard Adams (2).Kellie Adams Facebook Clayton will be charged in…
Suffolk MA
News
Charlene Casey Sentenced To Year In Jail In Death Of 2-Year-Old Colin McGrath
Charlene Casey, the South Boston woman found guilty of negligent motor vehicle homicide in the death of toddler Colin McGrath, was sentenced to a year in prison on Thursday. Though, she will only spend 60 days behind bars as the judge suspended the remainder of the sentence. Judge Katie Cook Rayburn came to that conclusion following an hour of heart-breaking testimony from the family of the 2-year boy who died in 2018 after Casey failed to look both ways and pulled into traffic, causing a catastrophic chain of events that led to his death. "There is no perfect sentence," Rayburn said bef…
Chester
Police & Fire
Chesco Mom Had Mix Of Drugs In System Before Crash That Killed Her Child, Injured Others: DA
A Pennsylvania woman is charged with homicide by vehicle while DUI in a crash that killed her own child and injured two others in 2021, authorities announced on Wednesday, Oct. 19. Tricia Consul, 37, of Atglen, was driving under the influence of Oxycodone, Klonopin, and THC when her car struck a bridge abutment on the 4800 block of Strasburg Road in West Sadbsury Township on May 22, 2021, Chester County District Attorney Deb Ryan said. A witness to the crash told investigators that Consul was passing a tractor, but failed to straighten out after returning to the travel lane and st…
Lancaster
Obituaries
DUI Driver Kills Man In Ephrata High-Speed Crash: Police
A 30-year man has been arrested after he killed a man while driving under the influence in central Pennsylvania, police say. Derek James Sensenig, 30, of Akron, was speeding and weaving in and out of traffic in his 2020 Lincoln Aviator SUV when he crossed the double yellow line and caused a two-crash in the 3900 block of Oregon Pike on Friday, September 2 at 11:37 a.m., according to West Earl Township police. Sensenig hit a 2011 Toyota Camry driven by Jeffrey Myers, 65, of Brownstown who "was pronounced deceased upon arrival at (Lancaster General Hospital) du…
Chester
Police & Fire
Maryland Man Charged In 'Wrong-Way' Crash That Killed PA Woman On Route 1
A 25-year-old Maryland man was arrested for his alleged role in a wrong-way crash that claimed the life of a Pennsylvania woman on Route 1 in July, authorities said. Luke R. Gallucci, of Rising Sun, was arrested on Thursday, Aug. 25 on charges of third-degree murder, homicide by vehicle while DUI, homicide by vehicle, and other related offenses, Pennsylvania State Police said. Gallucci was behind the wheel of a southbound vehicle that struck 32-year-old Kelly Felts' car head-on as she was traveling in the northbound lanes of the Route 1 bypass in East Nottingham between SR472 and SR272 …
New Haven
Police & Fire
Man Charged In Fatal Hit-Run Crash At Waterbury Intersection
A 40-year-old man was charged in a fatal hit-and-run crash in Connecticut. Police said the crash happened on Wednesday, June 15, at the intersection of South Main Street and Market Street in Waterbury and involved a motorcycle and a Honda CRV. On Wednesday, June 22, investigators were able to locate the driver, identified as Segundo Villa-Qillay, of Waterbury, and the 2010 Blue Honda CRV that left the scene of the crash, the Waterbury Police Department reported. Police said Segundo was charged with: Evading responsibility (Causing death – felony offense) Negligent homicide with a m…
Bucks
Police & Fire
Bucks Driver Was Arguing, Speeding In Crash That Killed BF: Report
A Bucks County woman was arguing and speeding when she lost control of her car and crashed, killing her 56-year-old boyfriend two months ago, Yahoo News reports citing the Bucks County Courier Times. Theresa Dowling, of Northampton Township, was going 94 mph on Lower Holland Drive — a 35 mph road — around 9:30 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 21, the outlet says citing police. The crash killed her passenger, Andrew Craig, who police told the outlet was also someone she had been in a relationship with. Dowling was arrested on Wednesday, April 20 on the following charges: …
Adams
News
Suspiciously Calm Convict Confesses To Meth Use In Deadly PA Crash
The eerily calm demeanor of a 42-year-old Pennsylvania man who had just been involved in a deadly crash tipped police off that there was more going on, reports WTAJ. Richard Ewing, of Tyrone, was driving northbound on Route 350 when he crossed over the double yellow line into oncoming traffic killing Wendy M. Ewitz, 59, on June 14, 2021, the outlet reports. Even though Ewing was hurt— and had overturned his truck multiple times— he remained calm. When he was taken to UPMC Altoona, though, he confessed to smoking marijuana around 8 a.m. that morning. A blood draw soon revealed he had …
Lehigh
Police & Fire
PA Trucker Out On Bond In Deadly Crash Arrested In 2nd That Killed Married Couple
A Pennsylvania trucker out on bond for his role in a deadly Montgomery County crash three months ago was charged again, this time for killing a married couple in a Lehigh County crash the year before, authorities said. Devon Michael Lindeman, 23, of Allentown, was charged with homicide by vehicle, recklessly endangering another person, and summary traffic offenses in the North Whitehall Township crash on June 21, 2020, that claimed the lives of Robert O’Rourke, 55, and Mary O'Rourke, 54, the Lehigh County District Attorney′s Office and Pennsylvania State Police said in a joint news rele…
Essex NJ
Police & Fire
Police Officer Brought Bergen Nurse's Body Home To Mom After Killing Him On Parkway: Prosecutor
A police officer was arrested for attempting to hide the body of a 29-year-old nurse who he struck and killed on the Garden State Parkway, authorities said. Louis Santiago, 25, an officer in Newark, was off duty when he swerved into the right shoulder and struck Damian Z. Dymka, of Garfield, on the northbound side of the parkway near Exit 151 around 3 a.m. on Nov. 1, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II said. Neither Santiago nor his passenger, Albert Guzman, 25, of Newark, called 911 and instead, put Dymka's body in the back of Santiago's 2005 Honda Accord, Stephens sai…
Bucks
Police & Fire
DA: Unlicensed Driver From Lansdale Charged In Deadly Doylestown Crash
A 24-year-old unlicensed driver was charged with homicide by vehicle and related charges for causing a deadly crash in Doylestown Tuesday, authorities said. Paul S. Foster, of Lansdale, is also facing charges of accidents involving death or personal injury while not properly licensed, involuntary manslaughter, recklessly endangering another person, driving on roadways laned for traffic, driving vehicles at unsafe speeds, and reckless driving, according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office. Officers responded to Route 202 near the Wells Road overpass around 3:15 p.m. on a repo…
Cumberland
News
Police: Horse-Buggy Fatal Crash In Cumberland County Caused By Snap Chatting Driver On Drugs
A woman was using SnapChat while high on drugs when she caused a fatal horse-and-buggy accident. Tabitha L. Foultz, 21, of Greencastle, has admitted to using SnapChat and being on drugs while driving the morning she hit a horse-and-buggy killing a 14-year-old, according to Pennsylvania State Police. The crash happened in the 1200 block of Ritner Highway (Route 11) on March 3 around 8:45 a.m. Two children were ejected from the buggy-- including the 14-year-old who died and a 6-year-old who suffered serious injuries. The 14-year-old died at Penn State Hershey Medical Center three days later…
Northampton
Police & Fire
PA Man Who Fatally Hit Woman In Crosswalk During Broad Daylight Was High On Meth, Police Say
A Pennsylvania man was high on meth when he fatally struck a 74-year-old woman in a crosswalk during broad daylight, police said. Kenneth Schuebel, 57, was charged Tuesday with homicide by vehicle while DUI, homicide by vehicle, involuntary manslaughter and five related offenses, LehighValleyLive reports citing court records. Schuebel, of Lower Saucon Township, struck Frances Miller in a crosswalk on the 1200 block of Main Street in Hellertown shortly before 3:40 p.m. on June 20, police said. Miller, of Hellertown, was taken to St. Luke’s University Hospital in Fountain Hill with tra…
Worcester
News
Man Allegedly Served 12 Drinks, Is Charged With Manslaughter In Fatal Crash
A man, who was allegedly served 12 alcoholic drinks at a local bar before getting behind the wheel of a car, has been arraigned on manslaughter charges for a fatal crash with a pedestrian. On Monday, Dec. 21, Ian McGrath, 23, of Worcester, pled not guilty to charges of committing motor vehicle homicide while drunk, committing manslaughter while drunk, and manslaughter, according to the Worcester Telegram & Gazette. McGrath was allegedly served a dozen drinks at the now-closed Blarney Stone on Maywood Street in Worcester before driving his mother’s car into two parked vehicles and a pede…
Montgomery PA
Police & Fire
DA: Mustang Driver Facing Homicide While DUI Charge In Deadly PA Crash
A 62-year-old North Wales man who was over the speed limit in a November car crash has been charged with homicide by vehicle while DUI after his 57-year-old passenger died, authorities said Wednesday. John Rufe was behind the wheel of a 2018 Ford Mustang when he turned left onto Main Street at nearly 55 miles per hour, hitting a Range Rover around 9:15 p.m. Nov. 6 in Collegeville, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Collegeville Borough Police Chief Barton Bucher said. "The heavy acceleration applied by Rufe continued as the Mustang proceeded into a slight curve in …
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