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Temple Freshman, Gymnast Dies After Fall From Light Post In Philadelphia Temple Freshman, Gymnast Dies After Fall From Light Post In Philadelphia
Temple Freshman, Gymnast Dies After Fall From Light Post In Philadelphia A Temple University freshman died after falling from a light pole in Philadelphia while celebrating the Eagles’ victory on Sunday, Jan. 26, school officials said. Tyler Sabapathy, 18, was critically injured over the weekend and later passed away on Monday, Temple University President John Fry said in a statement. “The loss of a promising 18-year-old man like Tyler is both tragic and traumatic. There are no words that can make sense of it, and the entire Temple community mourns his passing,” Fry said. Sabapathy, a Toronto native, was a first-year student in Temple’s College of Public Health…

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by Cecilia Levine
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High School Swimmer ID'd As 16-Year-Old Killed In South Jersey Crash High School Swimmer ID'd As 16-Year-Old Killed In South Jersey Crash
High School Swimmer ID'd As 16-Year-Old Killed In South Jersey Crash The 16-year-old girl killed in a weekend South Jersey crash has been identified as a high school athlete. Sophia Bennett was killed in the two-car crash on Friday, March 22, at the intersection of Hurffville Road and Deptford Center Road just after 8 p.m., according to police and school officials. The vehicle that Sophia was riding in was being driven by a 17-year-old Gibbstown boy, who was seriously injured, police said at the time of the crash. The other driver, a 27-year-old woman from Deptford, was taken to Jefferson Hospital (Washington Township), police said. Sophia was a s…

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by Jon Craig
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16-Year-Old Girl Killed, 17-Year-Old Boy Seriously Injured In NJ Crash: Police 16-Year-Old Girl Killed, 17-Year-Old Boy Seriously Injured In NJ Crash: Police
16-Year-Old Girl Killed, 17-Year-Old Boy Seriously Injured In NJ Crash: Police A 16-year-old girl was killed and a 17-year-old boy seriously injured a South Jersey crash on Friday, March 22, police said. The girl, a Washington Township (Gloucester County) resident, was a passenger in a vehicle driven by a 17-year-old Gibbstown boy, according to police in Deptford. The two-car collision occurred at the intersection of Hurffville Road and Deptford Center Road just after 8 p.m. The 17-year-old driver was seriously injured and taken to Cooper University Hospital, Deptford police said. The other driver, a 27-year-old woman from Deptford, was taken to Jefferson Hospit…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Camelback Skier May Be Paralyzed Weeks Before NJ Wedding Camelback Skier May Be Paralyzed Weeks Before NJ Wedding
Camelback Skier May Be Paralyzed Weeks Before NJ Wedding The skier at Camelback Resort who was badly injured in an accident on Sunday, Jan. 15 remains hospitalized and may be at risk of paralysis — just weeks before his wedding. The 25-year-old outdoorsman was "unconscious and bleeding from the head" when he was airlifted to Lehigh Valley Hospital after losing control on a double black diamond trail at the Tannserville resort, Daily Voice has reported.  Now identified as Dmitry Kinakh, the skier has since been transferred to the intensive care unit at Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia with injuries to his back and head.  "He has a fractured sku…

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by Mac Bullock
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NJ Receptionist Clubbed Dead In Philadelphia Office Was Young Professional Who Loved Fashion NJ Receptionist Clubbed Dead In Philadelphia Office Was Young Professional Who Loved Fashion
NJ Receptionist Clubbed Dead In Philadelphia Office Was Young Professional Who Loved Fashion A 49-year-old Philadelphia man has been arrested for clubbing a 31-year-old New Jersey young professional to death in an office space they were sharing earlier this week, according to police and recent news reports. Jeffery Stepien was holding two pipes when police arrived to Constitution Place on Chestnut Street, where Samantha Maag was unconscious on the floor of shared office space on the 8th floor of the building, Philadelphia police and CBS3 report. Maag, of Blenheim, had been working at her job as a receptionist when she was attacked by Stepien, CBS says. Stepien apparently worked on…

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by Cecilia Levine