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Cops ID U. of Delaware student from N.J. struck, killed by motorcycle
Authorities in Newark, Delaware have identified the 18-year-old college student from New Jersey struck and killed by a fleeing motorcycle earlier this week as a Clark resident.
Noelia Gomez was struck just before midnight Tuesday in a crosswalk on East Main Street near North College Avenue, according to Newark police.
Gomez, of Clark, was a freshman at the University of Delaware who graduated from Union Catholic High School in Scotch Plains.
A University of Delaware police officer attempted to stop the motorcycle for a traffic offense about three blocks away from the crash scene at 11:53 p.m. The patrol officer stopped pursuing the motorcycle because of the danger to the public after the rider fled at a high speed speed, Newark police said.
Gomez was struck within the next minute, officials said.
Following the crash, the driver came off of the motorcycle and it continued onto the sidewalk, striking four more people and a light pole, authorities said.
Three other pedestrians declined to be treated, while one was taken to a hospital with minor injuries.
The motorcyclist, who has not identified, was hospitalized with injuries. No charges have been filed as of early Tuesday afternoon, though the crash remains under investigation.
Fall classes at Delaware began on Tuesday.
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Delaware Sen. Chris Coons is leading a Congressional bipartisan delegation to Denmark later this week. Delaware Congresswoman Sarah McBride will join Coons alongside Democratic Reps. Madeleine Dean of Pennsylvania, Gregory Meeks of New York and Republican Sen. Thom Tillis from North Carolina.
The visit comes as President Donald Trump has threatened the country’s capital Copenhagen over his desire to annex Greenland into the United States. In recent statements, Trump has not ruled out purchasing or using military action against Greenland, which is a self-governing territory of Denmark.
“I would like to make a deal the easy way, but if we don’t do it the easy way, we’re going to do it the hard way,” Trump said last week.
In a news release, Coons said the trip is meant to highlight more than 200 years of friendship between the two countries. The delegation will meet with Danish and Greenlandic government and business leaders to discuss issues including Arctic security and strengthening trade relations.
“Denmark has always been a strong diplomatic, economic, and security partner who sacrificed more lives than any other country relative to its population when the United States invoked Article 5 following the September 11 attacks,” Coons said in a statement. “At a time of increasing international instability, we need to draw closer to our allies, not drive them away, and this delegation will send a clear message that Congress is committed to NATO and our network of alliances.”
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