1 dead, 17 hurt in crash during fundraiser for fire victims

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

BERWICK, Pa. (AP) — One person was killed and another 17 people injured when a vehicle struck a crowd gathered at a Pennsylvania bar for a fundraiser for victims of a house fire that killed 10 earlier this month; the man police say was the driver was arrested shortly afterward in the beating death of his mother nearby.

The crash occurred at about 6:15 p.m. Saturday outside the Intoxicology Department bar in Berwick, which had been scheduled to hold an all-day fundraising event to benefit victims of the Aug. 5 blaze, that killed seven adults and three children in Nescopeck.

Pennsylvania State Police identified the driver as 24-year-old Adrian Oswaldo Sura Reyes of Nescopeck. He was arraigned early Sunday morning on two counts of criminal homicide.

Shortly after the crash was reported, troopers were called about a man “physically assaulting” a woman less than a mile away in Nescopeck. Troopers arrived to find that Sura Reyes had been arrested by local police and a woman was dead.



Nescopeck Volunteer Fire Company firefighter Harold Baker is comforted at the scene in Berwick, Pa., Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022, after authorities said a vehicle struck a crowd gathered at a bar to raise money for victims of a house fire that killed 10 earlier in the month. (Bob Kalinowski/The Citizens' Voice via AP)


Read more: https://apnews.com/article/pennsylvania-fire-fundraiser-crash-dbc9bda6fd927782c56760fc8b3c4412

[90-percent]

1. Intoxicology Department bar?

ahh, yes, just down the road from D.U.I Depot.





-90% jimmy

[marble falls]

6. Across the street from Alcohol 'r Us.

[bronxiteforever]

2. How horrible. 5 in critical condition.

and the poor woman slaughtered by that creature.

[littlemissmartypants]

3. Horrible!

Again it's clear that the relationship between domestic violence/ IPV plus misogyny and mass casualty events should not be disregarded.

There's a clear relationship between these factors. The study of this is of major importance in determining the risks to the public at large. Not taking this seriously will continue to lead to more incidents like this. We have to stop overlooking and disregarding their importance. Pigeon holing these acts as of relevance only to women with them called "domestic" where they get little attention, cheats all of us out of the pursuit of happiness we deserve.

We've known about these facts for years. It's time to do something rather than just wait for the next woman hating abuser to lash out at a neighborhood or you or me as just so much inconsequential collateral damage.

Enough is enough.



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[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. "Domestic" violence is as much a misnomer as "civil" war. . . . .nt

[littlemissmartypants]

7. Context is important, no doubt. nt

[Sucha NastyWoman]

4. Lots of random violence going on

Wondering if at least some of it is not so random.