A suspect arrested in the fatal hit-and-run of a Temple University student on Kelly Drive

A 48-year-old man suspected of being the hit-and-run driver on Kelly Drive that killed 20-year-old Temple University student Bryce Wolfe in June was arrested Thursday, the U.S. Marshals Service said.

Derek Antonio Reid was taken into custody on the 7200 block of Briar Road in the city’s West Oak Lane section, authorities confirmed.

The U.S. Marshals Service said Reid also was being sought by the Philadelphia Police Department’s Special Victims Unit on charges of rape and related offenses involving an underage boy in 2021.

Wolfe, who had just completed his sophomore year at Temple University, was riding his red 2004 Triumph motorcycle on Kelly Drive the night of June 24 when he was struck by a white SUV making an illegal turn onto Reservoir Drive, near the Strawberry Mansion Bridge, Philadelphia police said.

His body became lodged under the SUV and he was dragged for more than a mile, police said. He died at the hospital the next day.

Police later released surveillance images of the SUV suspected in Wolfe’s death. Investigators believe the SUV was a 2001-08 Chevrolet Trailblazer, possibly with damage on the driver’s side, with possible red paint transfer, a broken rear windshield, and a discolored passenger-side front wheel.

The suspected vehicle was located earlier this month, police said.

Lori Wolfe, Bryce’s mother, said the Philadelphia police called earlier on Thursday to let her family know that the suspected driver was in custody.

“We were happy they made an arrest,” she said. “I felt there would be an arrest because the accident investigation department of Philadelphia worked very hard to bring justice to Bryce.”

She added: “Although none of this gives our son back to us, the person responsible should be charged with murder. He drug our son for a mile and left him to die in the street.”

Bryce Wolfe, of Conyngham, a borough in Luzerne County, was an actuarial science major in the Fox School of Business and had just completed his sophomore year.

A GoFundMe was established to help Bryce’s family.

In an obituary written by his parents, Bryce was described as having lived his life “with a fearless spirit of adventure and a genuine love for the outdoors.”

He “found joy in seeking new challenges and embraced every opportunity to experience the world to its fullest. Whether carving down snow-covered slopes while skiing, exploring miles of trails on his bicycle, or riding motorcycles through rugged dirt tracks and open roads, he felt most alive when he was in motion,” Lori Wolfe and Clarence Wolfe III wrote.

Bryce had started a summer internship and acquired the Triumph to use for for riding around while he stayed in Philadelphia, his mother said in a recent interview.

Said Lori Wolfe, “It was the first motorcycle he bought and insured all by himself.”