Car hits crowd outside Pennsylvania bar, killing 1 and injuring 17

Emergency personnel attend the scene where a car was driven into a crowd during a benefit for families of the Nescopeck fire victims at the Intoxicology Department bar in Berwick, Pennsylvania, U.S. August 13, 2022 in a still image from video. ABC Affiliate WNEP/ via REUTERS

At least one person was killed and 17 injured on Saturday when a car struck a crowd outside a bar in Berwick, Pennsylvania, where a group was raising money to benefit the victims of a recent fire, according to police and local media.

A 24-year-old man was charged Sunday with two counts of criminal homicide in connection with the death at the bar and a separate fatality. Police say that after striking the crowd around 6 p.m. (2200 GMT), Adrian Oswaldo Sura Reyes traveled to nearby Nescopeck, where police said he killed a woman.

Adrian Oswaldo Sura Reyes, 24, who is a suspect in both a fatal crash and a homicide, is escorted by Pennsylvania State Police troopers from their Shickshinny station after his arrest in Berwick, Pennsylvania, U.S. August 14, 2022. ABC Affiliate WNEP/ via REUTERS

Police did not identify the woman or give a motive. The Times Leader newspaper quoted the Luzerne County coroner’s office as saying the 56-year-old woman was the suspect’s mother.

A judge ordered Reyes held without bail after a hearing on Sunday, Pennsylvania State Police said.

A lawyer for Reyes could not immediately be located Sunday.

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