PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — The man accused of fatally striking a Temple University student along Kelly Drive over the summer, then fleeing the scene, had a preliminary hearing Monday morning.
Bryce Wolfe was riding his red motorcycle out of the city along Kelly Drive around 11 p.m. on June 24 when a white SUV hit him while making an illegal U-turn.
The 20-year-old’s body was pinned under the SUV as it drove for about a mile before his body dislodged around Fountain Green Drive. He was taken to the hospital and died hours later.
Derek Reid, 49, was arrested in late July and charged with third-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter, homicide by vehicle and related offenses. On Monday, a judge upheld all of those charges.
Wolfe’s mother, father and brother tearfully thanked prosecutors after sitting through about an hour-long hearing listening to the evidence against Reid.
Reid was wanted for a separate case involving more than a dozen rape and child sex assault charges. A judge upheld those offenses a few weeks ago.
Both cases will now move forward through the trial phase in Common Pleas Court.
