Murder charges filed in fatal Tacony crash

A Rhawnhurst man was charged in a fatal accident that killed two people Thursday morning in Northeast Philadelphia, police said.

George Vidra, 26, of the 7800 block of Lorna Drive, was driving a red Chevrolet Camaro that ran a stop sign and crashed into a silver Kia at Ditman and Disston Streets in Tacony, police said. The Kia exploded in flames, and its two occupants, a 26-year-old woman and a 31-year-old man, were pronounced dead at the scene. Their names were not released Thursday night.

Vidra was charged with driving under the influence and two counts each of homicide by vehicle, homicide by vehicle while DUI, murder, and related crimes, police said. — Peter Mucha