Tragedy on Campus: University of Delaware Mourns Student Killed on First Academic Day by Fleeing Motorcyclist
Newark, DE – A tragic accident at the University of Delaware claimed the life of an 18-year-old student on the first day of the academic year, casting a pall over the campus community. The student, Noelia Gomez of Clark, New Jersey, was fatally struck by a motorcycle whose driver was attempting to evade police following a traffic stop. The sequence of events unfolded rapidly when Brian Briddle, 27, of Newark, Delaware, accelerated away from a …