ATV carrying family submerges in water; woman killed

Jr., a federal judge who served on the U.S. District Court in New Hampshire for three decades, has died, the court said in a statement Sunday.

Diclerico died Saturday. He was 81. The cause of death was not disclosed.

“He was the consummate trial judge: patient, wise, fair, kind, and humble,” current Chief Judge Landya Mccafferty said in a statement. “He was also a judge’s judge, possessing attributes that many of his state and federal judicial colleagues sought to emulate over the past four decades.”

Diclerico will also be remembered for his “wit, friendship, thoughtfulness, and caring nature,” she said.

Diclerico was nominated to the federal bench by President George H.W. Bush in 1992, and served as the court’s chief judge from 1992 to 1997. He assumed senior status in 2007, a sort of semi-retirement in which a federal judge usually handles a reduced caseload.

ARCHBALD, Pa. – Authorities say an all-terrain vehicle a family was riding in northeastern Pennsylvania became submerged in water, killing a woman.

The 38-year-old Jermyn woman, her husband and her two children were riding a side-by-side Saturday afternoon on private property in Archbald that is frequented by ATV riders, The (Scranton) Times-tribune reported.

Chief Tim Trently of of the Archbald police department said what appeared to be a puddle was actually four to five feet deep, causing the vehicle to roll over in the water. Trently said the husband rescued the children but was unable to free his wife.

The man and his children then faced a long trek on difficult terrain to seek help, and Trently said it was about 45 minutes before crews began responding at about 4:30 p.m. Saturday. The man and children were taken by ambulance to a hospital, where their conditions weren’t immediately available.