UDel Grad Student, 24, Killed By Fugitive Fleeing Cops In U-Haul Van, Police Say
A 24-year-old Maryland woman has been identified as the victim killed by a man wanted out of multiple states when he plowed into pedestrians and parked cars in a stolen U-Haul van in Delaware, authorities announced.
Gordon Turner, 22, of New Castle, DE was arrested and is facing multiple charges in the Monday, April 29 crash that left Marina Vasconcelos, of Northeast, MD, dead, police said in a news release Thursday, May 1.
Last summer, Vasconcelos announced that she had gotten engaged while in Cape May, NJ. According to LinkedIn, she was a third-year Ph.D. candidate at UDel pursuing a…
Man Struck By Vehicle Remains Unidentified: Glassboro PD
An unidentified man was hit by a vehicle on Tuesday, April 8 in Glassboro, authorities said.
At 8:21 p.m., the man was walking south in the northbound lane of Delsea Drive when he was struck in front of Smash Bros., Glassboro police said. Officers could not locate any identification or a cell phone belonging to him, police said.
The man remains hospitalized and police are hoping to identify him to notify his family who may be looking for him, officers said.
He is described as a Black man wearing wearing blue jeans, gray t-shirt, dark blue hooded sweatshirt, black puffer coat, police …
Pedestrian Struck, Killed Crossing Colonie Street
A pedestrian was struck and killed while crossing a Capital Region street.
The incident happened in Colonie, on Loudon Road north of Troy-Schenectady Road, at around 5 a.m. Monday, April 7.
Arriving officers reported finding a car that struck a pedestrian, Colonie Police said.
Bystanders attempted life-saving measures, but the victim, Felipa Martinez-Garcia, 49, of Latham, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver, a 45-year-old Albany woman, remained at the scene and is cooperating with investigators, police said.
Colonie Police asked anyone who witnessed the collision or has video …
