Crime & Safety
'Rambling' Note Found At Scene Of Deadly Mummers Crash: Reports
Authorities said they found a note in the vehicle that Keith Campbell was driving after he crashed into an SUV, killing three people.

PHILADELPHIA – After searching the vehicle that crashed head on into an SUV killing three people in South Philadelphia, police found a note that was described as rambling and paranoid, according to reports.
NBC10 said Philadelphia Police found the note in the Audi driven by Keith Campbell, 29, of Bear, Delaware, after he crashed it head-on into an Acura SUV, killing Joseph Ferry, 36, of Philadelphia, Kelly Wiseley, 35, of Glenolden, and Dennis Palandro, 31, of Morton.
Campbell was stabbed more than 10 times and police found a 10-inch blade in his car, police said. It is believed that he may have stabbed himself and police are working to confirm if those wounds were self-inflicted.
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Action News reports police later found the note, but did not call it a suicide note and did not release the contents of the note.
Police said Campbell has been charged with four counts of accidents involving death or serious injury due to the way he was driving before the crash.
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The crash occurred at about 1:45 a.m. at 7th Street and Packer Avenue when an Audi sedan and an Acura SUV traveling in opposite directions collided head on when the Audi crossed into oncoming traffic, police said.
Ferry and Palandro were members of the South Philly String Band mummers group.
Ferry and Wiseley had just gotten engaged on Christmas Day, according to 6ABC.
Nicole Palandro, Dennis Palandro's 30-year-old wife, was seriously injured in the crash, police said.
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