Authorities Release Names in Fatal Crashes

Newark police identified 93-year-old Mohammed Aljadir as the pedestrian who died after being struck by a vehicle at Library and East Delaware avenues; the crash remains under investigation. In a separate crash near the Cheat Lake exit on I-68, Pennsylvania resident Shirish Desai was ejected from a vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene, while the driver and two other passengers were injured; investigators say the driver lost control and the cause is still being investigated. Near Watertown, South Dakota, Chad Michael Twiss died after his vehicle left 173rd Street and rolled into a ditch, ejecting him; the South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating.