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Philadelphia Police have identified the South Philadelphia man who died after his SUV careened off a pier on Penn's Landing last evening.
Marc Oliverio, 25, was speeding his black 2011 Volkswagen Tiguan down an off-ramp on Chestnut Street around 6 p.m. on Monday when the car left the road, crossed a small grass patch, crashed through a metal fence and plunged into the Delaware River, police said.
Police have not yet identified the man killed in a one-car crash in Kensington early Tuesday morning.
It happened at the intersection of Boudinot and Westmoreland Streets.
A Nissan Altima crashed into a wall at the intersection.
One man inside the car was pronounced dead at 1:30 a.m.
Police are also looking into whether the car may be connected to an alleged assault that occurred a short time before the crash, not far from the scene.
The Special Victims Unit is looking into that incident.
One person is dead after a driver ran a red light, leading to a serious crash in West Philadelphia Saturday night.
A gray Camaro and blue Buick were travelling eastbound on Chestnut Street near 58th Street around 6:30 p.m. when the two vehicles struck a silver Nissan Altima that ran a red light, according to reports.
Officials confirm the Nisan's driver, a 53-year-old female, was pronounced dead at 7:30 p.m. at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
A 75-YEAR-OLD man was mere steps from a Rhawnhurst senior center on his way to watch his wife's dance recital Saturday night when he tried to cross a busy stretch of Bustleton Avenue - but police say he never made it.
The man tried to cross Bustleton midblock between Solly Avenue and Stanwood Street - about 100 feet from the Northeast Older Adult Center - just before 9 p.m., police said, and was nearly halfway across when a southbound Ford F-250 pickup truck plowed into him, gravely injuring him. He later died.
Police say a man was struck by a pickup truck and killed in the Rhawhurst section of the city.
It happened around 9:00 Saturday night on the 8100 block of Bustleton Avenue at Stanwood Street.
The male victim was taken to Aria-Torresdale Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
There was no immediate word on his identity.
Police say the driver of a silver Ford pickup truck did stop at the scene.
There was no word on if any charges would be filed.
A motorist is dead following a collision involving a taxi cab in the Philadelphia's Olney section early Friday morning.
The accident happened around 1:40 a.m. on the 7100 block of Old York Road.
A witness stated that a vehicle was attempting to make a turn when it was struck broadside by a taxi cab.
Police say both drivers were taken to Einstein Medical Center.
The cab driver, believed to be in his 40s, suffered head, back and chest injuries.