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Video Shows Armed Street Biker Smash Car Windshield With Kids Inside In Philadelphia: Report Video Shows Armed Street Biker Smash Car Windshield With Kids Inside In Philadelphia: Report
Video Shows Armed Street Biker Smash Car Windshield With Kids Inside In Philadelphia: Report The top of a tourism bus turned out to be an excellent vantage point for a man who captured the stunning footage of a biker smashing the back windshield of a car with his feet in Philadelphia. The video from the Sunday, Oct. 1 incident in 1400 S. Penn Square was shared to Instagram by George Coloney, where the video garnered more than 42K likes as of Tuesday, Oct. 3. The footage shows the armed street racer jumping on the back windshield of the vehicle, which according to 6abc was carrying a 5-year-old girl in the back seat. The driver tells the outlet she was with her girlfriend and two c…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Pair Sentenced In 100 MPH Edison Street Race Crash That Killed US Army Hopeful Pair Sentenced In 100 MPH Edison Street Race Crash That Killed US Army Hopeful
Pair Sentenced In 100 MPH Edison Street Race Crash That Killed US Army Hopeful A pair of men from Central New Jersey were sentenced in connection with a fatal street race, authorities said. Daniel Girgis, 18, of Dayton was sentenced to three years in New Jersey State Prison and Tyler Dickerson, 19, of Monmouth Junction, was sentenced to one year in the Middlesex County Adult Correctional Center for the crime, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone. Diana Somarriba, 18, of South Brunswick, was a passenger in Girgis' vehicle at the time of the Route 1 and Fox Road crash on Jan. 20, 2022. When police arrived at the scene, they found two v…

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by Jon Craig
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Speeding Dodge Charger Kills Pedestrian In Philadelphia; Car, 2 Suspects Found In NJ Speeding Dodge Charger Kills Pedestrian In Philadelphia; Car, 2 Suspects Found In NJ
Speeding Dodge Charger Kills Pedestrian In Philadelphia; Car, 2 Suspects Found In NJ A man in his 40s was struck and killed by a speeding Dodge Charger involved in a street race in Philadelphia, authorities said. Two suspects in the hit-and-run crash were later arrested in Pennsauken, NJ, police in Philadelphia said. The pedestrian, who was not identified, was pronounced dead at 12:25 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 22 by a medic. The name of the Dodge's driver was not released, The second driver fled and was not found by police. Both suspects were expected to be extradited to Pennsylvania.

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by Jon Craig
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Young Driver Shot Dead By Police During Illegal Street Racing Event On I-95 In Philadelphia Young Driver Shot Dead By Police During Illegal Street Racing Event On I-95 In Philadelphia
Young Driver Shot Dead By Police During Illegal Street Racing Event On I-95 In Philadelphia An 18-year-old driver from Delaware County was shot and killed by police trying to control an illegal and dangerous street racing meet-up overnight on I-95 in Philadelphia. Troopers were trying to contact Anthony Allegrini Jr. in a vehicle near mile marker 21 near Penn's Landing around 3:25 a.m. Sunday, June 4, State Police said. ALSO SEE: 'Act Of Racial Profiling:' GF Mourns Loss Of BF Killed By Police During Car Meet On I-95 Allegrini, however, struck two troopers in failing to yield, authorities said. That's when one of the troopers fired his service weapon and struck Allegrin…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Philadelphia Drivers Charged In Fatal 100 MPH Race Across Tacony-Palmyra Bridge Philadelphia Drivers Charged In Fatal 100 MPH Race Across Tacony-Palmyra Bridge
Philadelphia Drivers Charged In Fatal 100 MPH Race Across Tacony-Palmyra Bridge Two men from Philadelphia have been charged with multiple offenses in connection with a fatal high speed hit-and-run crash on the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge, authorities said. The men were racing each other at more than 100 mph, causing a five-car collision in late December, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Burlington County Bridge Commission Public Safety Director Patrick J. Reilly. Jonathan Ramos, 28, of East Louden Street, was charged with vehicular homicide, leaving the scene of a fatal accident causing Death while driving with a suspended license and endangering a…

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by Jon Craig