7th Police District Advisory Council

NOMINATE A HERO 

 
The 7th Police District Advisory Council would like to recognize individuals who go the extra mile to improve quality of life in our community. Such persons may provide an ongoing service or address a community need, or have performed a specific task deserving of recognition. The 7th Police District extends from Rhawn Street North to County Line Road and Roosevelt Blvd. West to Pine Road. Any nominee must live within, or the event must have occurred within the confines of the 7th Police District.

If you wish to nominate someone for recognition, please submit your nomination by clicking the link below.

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Michael Kogan

On Friday, May 29 the 7th Police District Advisory  Council presented a Good Samaritan award to Mike Kogan at a fundraiser held on his behalf. Read Mike's story to the right.--->>

For more detailed information about Mike Kogan, visit www.help4mike.com.

WOMAN KILLED, MAN MAIMED ON ROUTE 1

BY: GEORGE MATTAR

BUCKS COUNTY COURIER TIMES

THE TWO WERE FROM DIFFERENT WORLDS, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MILES APART. THEY CAME TO AMERICA FOR A BETTER LIFE. BUT THEIR COINCIDENTAL MEETING ON ROUTE 1 IN MIDDLETOWN ENDED IN TRAGEDY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. A RUSSIAN MAN'S LEGS WERE SEVERED AND A GUATEMALAN WOMAN HE WAS HELPING CHANGE A FLAT TIRE WAS KILLED AFTER A CAR SLAMMED INTO THE WOMAN'S DISABLED VEHICLE AT 2:37 A.M.

REYNA CASTRO, 27, OF TRENTON WAS DRIVING SOUTHBOUND ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE SUDDENLY WENT FLAT ON HER 1997 NISSAN ALTIMA. SHE HAD NOWHERE TO PULL OVER BECAUSE THERE IS NO SHOULDER THERE, SAID MIDDLETOWN POLICE OFFICER MICHAEL LUBOLD, WHO IS INVESTIGATING THE ACCIDENT.

MICHAEL KOGAN, 27, ALSO WAS TRAVELING SOUTH WITH A PASSENGER, ALEKSEI BRODSKY, 51, WHEN THE BENSALEM MEN SPOTTED THE WOMAN STANDING OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE, POLICE SAID. "INSTEAD OF PULLING HIS CAR BEHIND HERS, [KOGAN] PULLED HIS CAR IN FRONT OF HERS AND GOT OUT. SHE WAS STANDING BEHIND HER CAR WITH THE TRUNK OPEN TRYING TO GET HER SPARE TIRE OUT. KOGAN WAS STANDING BEHIND HIS CAR, ALSO TRYING TO RETRIEVE THINGS FROM THE TRUNK TO HELP CASTRO," LUBOLD SAID. THAT'S WHEN A 2006 HYUNDAI SONATA, WITH DENIS M. HOSTLER BEHIND THE WHEEL, SLAMMED INTO CASTRO WHILE TRAVELING AT LEAST 70 MPH IN THE 55 MPH ZONE, LUBOLD SAID. THE FORCE WAS SO GREAT THAT CASTRO'S CAR WAS PUSHED INTO KOGAN'S, PINNING THE GOOD SAMARITAN'S ENTIRE LOWER BODY BETWEEN THE TWO VEHICLES, LUBOLD SAID. LUBOLD SAID THERE WERE NO SKID MARKS PRIOR TO IMPACT, MEANING HOSTLER NEVER HIT THE BRAKE PEDAL. LUBOLD SAID AN AUTOPSY SHOWS CASTRO DIED INSTANTLY OF MASSIVE INJURIES. KOGAN WAS RUSHED BY THE BENSALEM RESCUE SQUAD TO ST. MARY MEDICAL CENTER IN VERY CRITICAL CONDITION. LUBOLD SAID KOGAN HAS LOST BOTH HIS LEGS. BRODSKY, WHO ALSO WAS STANDING OUTSIDE, ALSO WAS INJURED WHEN STRUCK BY CASTRO'S CAR. HIS INJURIES ARE NOT AS SERIOUS AS KOGAN'S, LUBOLD SAID. WERT SAID THE INCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION. HE COULD NOT SAY IF CHARGES WOULD BE FILED AGAINST HOSTLER OF LINCOLN DRIVE IN AMBLER, WHOSE AGE WAS UNKNOWN. LUBOLD SAID THE ACCIDENT WAS ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT TO INVESTIGATE DUE TO A LANGUAGE BARRIER. HE SAID CASTRO IS IN THE COUNTRY LEGALLY AND WORKS IN PRINCETON. HE SAID SHE WAS TRAVELING POSSIBLY TO PHILADELPHIA TO VISIT HER BOYFRIEND. LUBOLD SAID SHE HAD SEVERAL CHILDREN WITH ANOTHER MAN.