Charges over UK camp workers deaths

A man has been charged over the deaths of two British employees of a US summer camp
12 April 2012

Two Britons working in an American summer camp died when they were run over by an alleged drunk driver, police have said.

Dominic Hartley and Emily Lewis, both 21, were killed in Warrensburg, New York, on Thursday when a car veered off the road.

Mr Hartley was pronounced dead at the scene and Ms Lewis was taken to Glens Falls Hospital and then to Albany Medical Centre but later died of her injuries.

Their colleague, Christopher Jones, 18, another Briton, was also hurt and needed hospital treatment.

They were all working at Camp Echo Lake and had been standing on the side of the road in a group of seven people when they were hit, New York state police said.

The car driver, Peter Goldblatt, 39, was arraigned on charges of drink-driving and aggravated vehicular homicide.

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