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US Cruise Guest Dies After Falling Off Pier At Private Resort, Police Say
An elderly cruise guest from the US died after her mobility scooter drove off a pier at a resort in the Bahamas, authorities said. The 88-year-old woman was pronounced dead early in the afternoon on Saturday, May 9, the Royal Bahamas Police Force said in a news release. The incident happened at Celebration Key, a destination owned by Carnival Cruise Line on Grand Bahama Island near the city of Freeport. Investigators said the unidentified woman was driving a mobility scooter shortly after noon when she lost control and went off a pier. She then hit her head aga…
Harrisburg, PA
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Suicidal Driver Sentenced For Killing Wheelchair-Bound Man Outside Harrisburg Toy Store
A Harrisburg man will spend years behind bars after pleading guilty to killing 68-year-old Eusebio “Tio Cuco” Forestier, who was struck and killed in his wheelchair when a speeding car barreled into the Treasure Trove Toy Store, Dauphin County officials announced on Wednesday, Aug. 20. Ricardo Alfredo Contreras-Cordero, 57, entered a guilty plea before Judge Deborah E. Curcillo to Murder of the Third Degree, Homicide by Vehicle While DUI, and Homicide by Vehicle. He was sentenced to a minimum of 8 years and a maximum of 16 years in prison, followed by three years of probation, court records…
Harrisburg, PA
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Fatal Toy Shop Crash Launches 2 Fundraisers For The Central PA Community
The Central Pennsylvania community is rallying for two families after a crash into a toy shop. Eusebio Forestier fondly known as Tio Cuco, 68, of Harrisburg, was using a mobility scooter when he was struck by a vehicle, in the 300 block of North Second Street in Harrisburg around 3:15 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 6, as Daily Voice previously reported and as explained in a GoFundMe launched to help Tio Coco's family. The business that was struck was The Treasure Trove Toy Store, owned by Jennifer & Jason Crocenzi of Enola. It had only opened this second location in Dec. 2023. It was freshly pa…
Lakewood, NJ
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Mobility Scooter Rider, 81, Struck, Killed On Jersey Shore: Police
UPDATED: An 81-year-old man riding a four-wheel mobility scooter was struck and killed by a pickup truck in Ocean County, authorities said. The collision with a Ford F-150 pickup occurred at about 9:25 p.m. on Monday, April 11 at Jackson Mills and Harmony roads in Jackson Township, police said. EMS crews found an unresponsive person who had been struck by a car, reports said. EMS administered CPR before the rider was pronounced dead, according to an unconfirmed report. The victim's name has not been released. The 64-year-old pickup truck driver was not impaired…
