Pennsylvania residents gathered together to raise funds for victims of a devastating wildfire. However, police say that a driver crashed into them, killing one.
Ten people died in a fire that ripped through Berwick’s home. This was just the beginning of the disaster.
Around 70 Samaritans gathered in a parking lot for a restaurant when a man drove his car into the crowd. Roseanne Tortorella was among 17 injured. One woman was also killed.
“I felt the impact of the side of a car hit me and throw me, and I got thrown into the bars,” Tortorella said.
“Our hearts and prayers go out to those injured this evening. Certainly it was an event for a noble cause,”A spokesperson from the police stated that.
Sura Reyes was the suspected driver. Police say that Sura Reyes then drove off in his car and beat his mother to death with a stick.
Reyes told police that he went on a rampage because he was “tired of fighting with his mother.”
The mourning continued Monday as 6-year-old Aiden Daubert, one of the fire victims, was buried.
“There were so many people impacted by the accident, on top of all of the lives lost in the fire, the community is reeling,” Aiden’s cousin, Kasara Weinrich, said.
The suspect was charged with criminal homicide on two counts.