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Arrest made in deadly hit-run at bus stop in N.E. Philadelphia

Joseph Thompson, of the 3100 block of Draper Street in the city's Holme Circle section, is charged with involuntary manslaughter, homicide by vehicle, accident involving death, and related offenses, police said.

Joseph Thompson, 52, of the 3100 block of Draper Street in the Holme Circle section, is charged with involuntary manslaughter, homicide by vehicle, accident involving death, and related offenses, police said.
Joseph Thompson, 52, of the 3100 block of Draper Street in the Holme Circle section, is charged with involuntary manslaughter, homicide by vehicle, accident involving death, and related offenses, police said.Read morePhiladelphia Police Department

A 52-year-old man has been arrested in the hit-and-run death of a 67-year-old woman at a Northeast Philadelphia bus stop over the weekend, police said.

Joseph Thompson, of the 3100 block of Draper Street in the city's Holme Circle section, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter, homicide by vehicle, accident involving death, and related offenses, police said.

Thompson was arrested Monday, a day after Yvonne Cantz of Northeast Philadelphia was hit by a pickup truck and killed at a bus stop on the 10900 block of Academy Road.

Police said Thompson was driving a white 2003 Ford F-150 on Academy Road about 3:55 p.m. Sunday when he swerved off the road and struck Cantz before fleeing southbound in the vehicle.

Cantz was taken to Jefferson Torresdale Hospital, where she died at 4:29 p.m., police said.