Philadelphia Residents Mourn Tragic Weekend
Last weekend was unfortunately one of grieving for the families of many Philadelphia area residents. Several teens who ranged from the young ages of 16 through 19 in age were killed after their vehicle was hit by a Buick that police say was traveling north on American street at around 11 p.m. Saturday evening while they were headed south on American Street near Cecil B. Moore. The accident proved fatal for all but three passengers in the teens’ vehicle. The victims, who have been identified as Louis Figueroa, 17, of the Community Academy Charter School on Erie Avenue near J Street, Esteban Santiago, 19, or Hartville Street near Indiana Avenue, and Wilfredo Trevina, were well loved young people who were active in the community and in their schools. The three other passengers who were in the teens’ vehicle at the time of the accident were taken to the hospital and remain with injuries but remain in stable condition.
Another tragic car crash claimed the lives of two Philadelphia women late Sunday evening and caused serious injury to a third woman. The victims have not yet been identified but police say the three women were driving on Kelly Drive which runs along the Schuylkill River near the Strawberry Mansion Bridge when the collision occurred.
According to reports, the car crossed the center line of the road and collided head-on with an oncoming minivan as it was heading north along the scenic Schuylkill around 3 p.m. Sadly, two of the women in the vehicle are thought to have died on impact and were pronounced dead at the scene, the extent of the third woman’s injury is not yet known. Police say the driver of the minivan was taken a Philadelphia area hospital with injuries and is in critical but stable condition. Kelly Drive remained closed for some time following the crash.
