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Road Rage Driver Who Ran Down Victim In PA McDonald's ID'd As NJ Man: Authorities
Over a month after 47-year-old Jason Smith of Levittown was run over and killed in the parking lot of a Bristol McDonald's, authorities say they found the driver responsible.
Daniel S. Dietrich, 45, of Palmyra, New Jersey, was arrested Friday, March 10, and charged with homicide, driving on a suspended license, and related counts, said Bucks District Attorney Matthew Weintraub.
Prosecutors say Smith and Dietrich had already been involved in a "driving incident" about a mile away before they both arrived at the 7700 Bristol Pike McDonald's at 4 p.m. on Feb. 5.
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Man Crushed By Car In His Own NJ Driveway By Driver With Cocaine, Prosecutor Says
Authorities have identified the 65-year-old man crushed to death by a car in an Essex County driveway early Thursday morning.
Donald Banks was standing in his Pierson Street driveway in Orange when he was hit by Chadane Bailey, 26, sometime around 12:45 a.m., Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, said.
Bailey was pulling in when she hit banks, who was rushed to University Hospital, Stephens said alongside Orange Police Director Todd Warren.
Bailey, the driver, remained at the scene and was charged with causing death while on a suspended license and p…