The driver was driving vintage Dodge and was killed in a collision with a truck on Route 209 in Schuylkill County Tuesday morning. It appears that it is NOT his fault a truck coming towards him on opposite side came over the line. However if the pups were secured the Poodle may have survived and the three others may not have been injured. Something to think about.
RIP Charles D. Strouse Jr., 37, of Brockton
Story below: (photo online with full article http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-schuylkill-county-fatal-20100921,0,7997837.story)
Larry Neff, The Morning Call / September 20, 2010)
A man driving a classic car in Schuylkill County was killed Tuesday morning when a box truck apparently crossed the center line and struck his car head-on.
Charles D. Strouse Jr., 37, of Brockton, died in his 1964 Dodge 880 sedan on Route 209, about a half-mile west of Tamaqua in Walker Township, state police at Frackville said. One of three puppies in the car also was killed.
The accident happened at 9:05 a.m., Trooper Michael D. Marinchak reported. Strouse was pronounced dead on the scene by county Deputy Coroner Franklin Griffiths.
The truck, apparently heading east on Route 209, crossed into the westbound lane, where it collided with the car. Ruben A. Rodriguez, 40, of Pennsauken, N.J., was driving the truck, police said.
Firefighters administered oxygen to the three puppies, two of which were taken by Tamaqua Area Animal Rescue to Companion Animal Hospital in Tamaqua. One poodle could not be revived.
Rodriguez suffered minor injuries and was taken by ambulance to St. Catherine's Hospital in Coaldale for evaluation.
The highway was closed seven hours for the cleanup and investigation.
Tamaqua Fire Department, New England Fire Company, Tuscarora Fire Company, Rush Township fire police, Hometown Fire Company fire police, Lehighton EMS, Tamaqua EMS, Tamaqua Rescue Squad and Schuylkill County Animal Rescue also assisted at the scene.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
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