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BERWICK, Pennsylvania -- Pennsylvania state police say a man
upset about an argument with his mother drove into a crowd of
people at a fundraiser for victims of a recent deadly house
fire, killing one person at the event and injuring 17 others,
then returned home and beat his mother to death.
Police identified the driver as 24-year-old Adrian Oswaldo Sura
Reyes of Nescopeck, who was arraigned early Sunday on two counts
of criminal homicide.
Police allege in a criminal complaint that Sura Reyes said he
argued with his mother at their Nescopeck home Saturday evening
and while driving through nearby Berwick was "extremely
frustrated" and was "tired of fighting with his mother,
including about money, and wanted to be done with it."
At the time, police said, a crowd of about 75 people, including
adults and small children, had gathered in a blocked-off parking
lot in Berwick outside the Intoxicology Department bar, which
was holding an all-day fundraising event to benefit victims of
the Aug. 5 blaze in Nescopeck that killed seven adults and three
children.
Police say Sura Reyes told them he drove past the gathering,
then turned around and headed back to the bar "to drive through
the crowd of people." Investigators asked how fast he drove into
the crowd and Sura Reyes replied "speeding up."
"Video surveillance gathered by the Pennsylvania State Police
corroborates Sura Reyes's statement that he sped up into the
crowd purposefully," according to the criminal complaint.
Geisinger Medical Center said it received 15 patients after the
crash, and five remained in critical condition while three were
listed in fair condition, a hospital spokesperson said Sunday
morning. Seven patients had been treated at hospitals and
released.
Trooper Anthony Petroski III told reporters late Saturday that
Sura Reyes was not currently a suspect in the fire - the cause
of which remains under investigation.
"This is a complete tragedy in a community where there's already
been tragedy," Petroski said.
Shortly after the crash was reported, troopers were called about
a man "physically assaulting" a woman less than two miles away
in Nescopeck. Troopers arrived to find local police had arrested
Sura Reyes and that a woman was dead.
Luzerne County Coroner Francis Hacken confirmed Sunday that the
victim, Rosa D. Reyes, 56, of Nescopeck, was the mother of Sura
Reyes and had died of multiple traumatic injuries after being
hit by a vehicle and assaulted with a hammer.
In the criminal complaint, police say Sura Reyes told
investigators he saw his mother in the street upon returning
home and hit her with his vehicle, then struck her with a hammer
several times.
Sura Reyes was denied bail and remained in Columbia County
prison pending an Aug. 29 preliminary hearing. News outlets
reported he said "Sorry" in response to reporters' questions as
he was taken from the Shickshinny police station. It wasn't
immediately clear whether he had a lawyer to comment on his
behalf.
The first funerals for victims of the fire were held Friday, and
more were scheduled for Sunday and Monday.
The bar called the events an "absolute tragedy" and said on its
Facebook page that they will be closed until further notice and
would like privacy "while we grieve and try to process the
events that occurred."
https://6abc.com/berwick-pa-crash-car-at-fire-benefit-2nd-street- nescopeck/12123263/
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