Police believe same man is responsible for both crimes. He has not yet been identified.
Items left in memory of 10 people who died have been left scattered around the scene of a fatal fire on First Street in Nescopeck, Luzerne County. That Aug. 5 tragedy was compounded Saturday when a man drove a car into a benefit fundraiser for the fire victims, killing one and injuring 17.
The chain of events started when police were called to the scene of a community benefit for the Nescopeck fire victims at the Intoxicology Department bar in Berwick, Columbia County, where a vehicle had driven into the crowd about 6:15 p.m., and then was driven away. Petroski said first responders found a total of 17 people injured, and one dead at the Berwick scene.
Petroski also declined to speak to specifics of the Nescopeck killing. Other sources released a timeline emergency dispatch calls that suggested the second scene was initially dispatched as a crash, though witnesses in short order reported seeing a male beating a female with a hammer at the Nescopeck scene.
“This is a complete tragedy in a community where there’s already been tragedy,” Petroski said. “We are going to do our job to the best of our abilities to conduct a thorough investigation - not only for the families, but the community members. They’re already hurting.”the families of the 10 victims of the fire in Nescopeck“This is crazy.
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