Local Accident News

A Penn State student faces a vehicular homicide charge after he allegedly struck and killed another student with his car on Tuesday night. Ahmed M. Alqubaisi, 20, from the United Arab Emirates, was driving at a high speed on East Park Avenue when he lost control of his vehicle and hit Lovisa Arnesson-Cronhamre, 25, from Sweden, who was jogging on the sidewalk. Police said the road was wet from rain at the time of the crash. Arnesson-Cronhamre suffered severe injuries, including a brain bleed, a broken neck, a shattered right arm, and a left foot that was detached from her leg. She was taken to Mount Nittany Medical Center and then transferred to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Altoona, where she later died.