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Two years ago, the foreman at a Staten Island construction site was killed in a workplace accident, and, as of early this month, two contractors have been charged with criminally negligent homicide and reckless endangerment, according to The New York Post. The foreman was crushed to death by a 60-foot-tall cinderblock wall that fell onto him as a result of 60 mph winds. After a long investigation, it was determined [...]

Police are looking for Kenney Bellegarde, a 21-year-old from Philadelphia accused of vehicular homicide for the death of Vanessa Tomlin of New Jersey in a car crash in October. Tomlin was a passenger in the vehicle Bellegarde was driving while intoxicated and was killed in the car accident. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Bellegarde was drinking at a wedding prior to the crash and had a BAC almost double the [...]

On November 23, a 16-year-old crashed his SUV and killed two teenage friends. The teen is accused of being under the influence of marijuana at the time of the crash. The Chester County Court Juvenile Master decided that the teen should remain at the Chester County Youth Center until an adjudication hearing. The Assistant District Attorney argued that the teenager recently posted entries on Facebook indicating tha [...]

On November 23, a 16-year-old crashed his SUV and killed two teenage friends. The teen is accused of being under the influence of marijuana at the time of the crash. The Chester County Court Juvenile Master decided that the teen should remain at the Chester County Youth Center until an adjudication hearing. The Assistant District Attorney argued that the teenager recently posted entries on Facebook indicating tha [...]

The Delaware County driver who lost control of her car while reaching for an iPod, killing one woman and injuring another, was found to have drugs in her system. According to an article in The Philadelphia Inquirer, the 20-year-old female of Havertown tested positive for marijuana and Difluoroethane, an ingredient found in Dust-Off, a can of compressed air used to clean computers. The Upper Darby superintendent of [...]

On August 14, a 20-year-old driver who was distracted by her iPod struck two young women who had just walked out of Delaware County Memorial Hospital in Upper Darby, PA, killing one. According to an article in The Philadelphia Inquirer, the car struck a 19-year-old from Clifton Heights, and a 20-year- old from Lansdowne, from behind. The 19-year-old was killed instantly and the other pedestrian was stabilized at t [...]

For the second time in one week, a pedestrian was fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver while crossing a busy Philadelphia intersection. According to this article in The Philadelphia Inquirer, the unidentified man was on Ninth Street and Roosevelt Boulevard in Hunting Park. The victim was pronounced dead at 2:22 a.m. on May 8 at Temple University Hospital. The man was crossing Ninth Street and stepped into an [...]