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Ugandan Boy Drowns In Reading Just Over 1 Year After Coming To America Ugandan Boy Drowns In Reading Just Over 1 Year After Coming To America
Ugandan Boy Drowns In Reading Just Over 1 Year After Coming To America Less than a year after moving to the United States of America a 12-year-old Ugandan boy has drowned in a Pennsylvania lake, his family announced on Monday, Aug. 21.  Shaakir Kisubi has been identified as the 12-year-old who drowned at Blue Marsh Lake in Reading on Aug. 19, according to his father Hakim. They had been on a family outing enjoying the end of summer before school starts when the deadly incident happened.  He drowned 40 to 60 feet out into the water near the Dry Brooks Day Use Area beach around 2 p.m. on Saturday. After about an hour of searching water rescue drivers found Shaa…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
74-Year-Old Man Dead In Reading Fire (PHOTOS, VIDEOS) 74-Year-Old Man Dead In Reading Fire (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)
74-Year-Old Man Dead In Reading Fire (Photos, Videos) A 74-year-old man died in a Reading fire overnight, the Berks County Coroner announced. Eustaquio Torres Cruz was rescued from the building at 327 Linden St., after the blaze broke out around 12:30 a.m., Acting Berks County Coroner Jonn Hollenbach said. He was and rushed to a local hospital, where he died about an hour later of smoke inhalation, the coroner said. One of Cruz's family members was being treated at Lehigh Valley Cedar Crest for unknown injuries, Hollenbach said. Local resident Keith Talarigo posted photos and videos from the scene to Facebook. Let's Go check it out. Ci…

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by Cecilia Levine