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NJ Business Owner Dies A Week After I-80 Motorcycle Crash In PA
A New Jersey business owner has died a week after his motorcycle collided with another vehicle on Interstate 80 in the Poconos, officials said.
Albert R. VanRiper III, 71, of Montville, was pronounced dead at 12:32 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1, at Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest, according to the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office.
VanRiper was riding a motorcycle when it crashed around 8:16 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25, on I-80 near mile marker 305 in Stroudsburg, Monroe County, the coroner said.
The Montville resident was the president and owner-operator of A. R. Van Riper Jr. Inc., according to h…
UPenn Grad Killed In Times Square Stabbing, Suspect Fatally Shot By Police
A 32-year-old New Jersey woman was killed after she was stabbed in Times Square Monday, Aug. 31, authorities said.
At 4:24 p.m., police responded to Times Square after Pamela Cisneros, a 49-year-old Queens woman, had stabbed Erin Piacenti, a Chester resident, and a 68-year-old man, the New York City Police Department said. The victims were transported to a nearby hospital where Piacenti was pronounced dead, the NYPD said. The other victim was in stable condition, police said.
Cisneros, seen in a video shared to Instagram by bboypop97, displayed two large knives and advanced toward police, w…
Driver Tosses Bag With Altered Gun, Drugs During Chase Before Crashing Into Porch: PSP
A man tossed a bag from his SUV during a police chase before crashing into a residential porch and taking off on foot, Pennsylvania State Police said.
The chase began around 7:09 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 31, when members of the Pennsylvania State Police Troop H Incident Reaction Team attempted to stop a black Jeep SUV for several vehicle code violations at Radnor and Jefferson streets in Harrisburg, according to a release issued Tuesday, Sept. 1.
The driver, later identified as Romell Devine McMillan of Harrisburg, refused to stop and fled, prompting a pursuit, police said.
During the chase, t…
PNC Bank VP Killed After Speeding Acura Veers Off PA Turnpike, Hits Tree: State Police
A PNC vice president was killed when his SUV veered off the Pennsylvania Turnpike, went down an embankment, and struck a tree early Tuesday, Sept. 1, state police said and public records show.
Christopher M. Ruane, 55, of Canonsburg, was driving a 2020 Acura MDX west on Interstate 76 in Fannett Township, Franklin County, around 5:20 a.m. when the crash happened near mile marker 195.9, according to an updated Pennsylvania State Police release.
Ruane was traveling "at a high rate of speed" when the Acura veered off the roadway, traveled down an embankment, and struck a tree, police said. He …
