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Innocent Delaware college freshman killed on 1st day of classes after unlicensed motorcyclist flees police
A University of Delaware freshman, who had just finished her first day of classes on Tuesday, was killed by a speeding motorcyclist fleeing a traffic stop, police said.
Noelia Gomez, 18, from Clark, New Jersey, was struck in front of her friends and classmates just before midnight.
Police identified Brian Briddle, 27, as the motorcyclist.
He was arrested and charged with second-degree murder, possession of a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony, disregarding a police officer’s signal, driving a special vehicle without a special license, operating an unregistered motor vehicle, and three counts of failing to stop at a red light, Newark, Delaware, police said.
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Brian Briddle, 27, has been charged with second-degree murder. (Newark Delaware Police )
When a University of Delaware police officer attempted to stop him for a traffic offense, Briddle disregarded the officer’s emergency lights and fled at a “high rate of speed,” Newark police said. Within one minute of the attempt to stop him, Briddle struck Gomez, who was on a crosswalk near the college campus, they said.
The officer was not pursuing the motorcyclist at the time of the crash and had turned off his emergency lights when the rider sped off, police added.
Bystanders tried to save Gomez, but they were unsuccessful, and she was pronounced dead at the scene.
Briddle was thrown from the motorcycle as a result of the crash, but his motorcycle continued onto the sidewalk and struck four other pedestrians. Three of them suffered minor injuries, while the fourth was transported to a nearby hospital with injuries not believed to be life-threatening, police said.
Briddle also endured non-life-threatening injuries and was treated at a nearby hospital.
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Noelia Gomez was pronounced dead at the scene. (Google Street View)
Briddle was taken into custody on Thursday. He is being held at the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution in Wilmington on a $362,005 bail. Police are still investigating the crash.
Gomez recently graduated with honors from Union Catholic High School in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, and she enjoyed dancing and cheerleading, according to an obituary for her. She was interested in finance and business, according to her LinkedIn profile.
Exterior of the University of Delaware.
“Incidents such as this are unimaginably tragic,” University of Delaware President Dennis Assanis said in a statement. “We cannot express enough how sorry we are for the family, friends, and greater community as we are all so deeply shaken by the sudden loss of one of our own. Our hearts are very heavy today.”
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Treshaun Ward totaled 138 offensive yards, including a 13-yard touchdown reception, against his former team as Boston College stunned No. 10 Florida State 28-13 on Monday night.
Ward, a Tampa native who played at Florida State from 2019-22, had 77 yards rushing and 61 yards receiving as the Eagles (1-0, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) totaled 263 yards rushing.
It was a resounding debut for BC coach Bill O’Brien, who was introduced in mid-February after Jeff Hafley’s departure to become the Green Bay Packers’ defensive coordinator.
The Eagles’ offense produced touchdown drives of 71 yards, 68 yards and 60 yards, while also benefitting from a short field after intercepting DJ Uiagalelei iand quickly scoring a touchdown.
Uiagalelei completed 21 of 42 passes for 272 yards and a 29-yard touchdown pass to Kentron Poitier in the third quarter, cutting BC’s lead to 21-13.
Florida State, viewed as a contender for a spot in the 12-team College Football Playoff, dropped to 0-2 for the first time since 2021.
Takeaways
Boston College: Thomas Castellanos nearly pulled off an upset of Florida State in 2023, but he did it on Monday. The BC quarterback completed 10 of 16 passes for 106 yards and two touchdowns to go with 73 yards rushing.
Florida State: A strength going into the season has instead been a weakness. The Seminoles had just 21 yards rushing on 16 carries.
Up next
Boston College hosts Duquesne on Saturday.
Florida State has a bye week and next hosts Memphis on Sept. 14.
For seven innings, little went right for the Pittsburgh Pirates as they couldn’t muster any offense.
Then, the offensive outburst Pittsburgh had been yearning for came in the eighth inning in the form of home runs from Bryan Reynolds and Andrew McCutchen led the Pirates past the Chicago Cubs 5-3 on Monday at Wrigley Field.
With the win, Pittsburgh snapped the Cubs’ six-game winning streak. Chicago swept Pittsburgh in a three-game series from Aug. 26-28 at PNC Park.
A solo home run from shortstop Dansby Swanson in the bottom of the third inning and a two-run triple from Ian Happ in the bottom of the fifth inning got the Cubs out to a 3-0 lead. The Pirates had only mustered three hits through the first seven innings.
Pittsburgh opened the top of the eighth inning with back-to-back singles from Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Nick Gonzales, setting the table for Reynolds to tie the game with a three-run home run, which was his 22nd homer of the season. After Oneil Cruz struck out, McCutchen gave Pittsburgh the lead for good with a solo home run for his 18th of the season.
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A single from Gonzales plated an insurance run in the top of the ninth, and Dennis Santana retired the Cubs in order to earn his third save of the season.
Pirates left-hander Jalen Beeks earned the win in relief of Jared Jones, getting two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning. Jones turned in a quality start, pitching 6.1 innings and allowing three runs while striking out four batters.
Cubs reliever Jorge López took the loss, allowing four runs in his lone inning of work. His outing spoiled a superb start from Jameson Taillon after he pitched seven shutout innings, allowing just three hits, walking one batter and striking out three batters.
Happ and Swanson each had two-hit games for Chicago. Gonzales led the Pirates with two hits.
The Pirates will have a chance to seal a series victory on Tuesday with Paul Skenes on the mound. He’ll be opposed by left-hander Justin Steele. First pitch is at 7:40 p.m. ET at Wrigley Field.
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A search is underway for three people who were involved in a boating accident in Old Saybrook Monday night.
The Coast Guard says that a boat had struck a break wall, resulting in injuries to five people on board. The extent of those injuries weren’t immediately available.
Those five passengers needed to be rescued and were taken to an area hospital.
Investigators noted that the three missing individuals were not wearing life jackets at the time of the accident and that the boat was traveling at a high rate of speed.
Middletown’s Dive Team is assisting with the investigation and an additional helicopter from Cape Cod is aiding in the search.
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