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New Holland man killed in crash
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Jul 03, 2009 00:11 EST
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A New Holland man was killed when two pickup trucks collided Tuesday morning on Route 23 near Morgantown in Berks County, according to the Reading Eagle newspaper's Web site.

Denton E. Conklin Jr., 52, 90 Ashlea Gardens, was pronounced dead at the scene at 7 a.m. by Berks County Deputy Coroner Ellis J. Edmonds.

Caernarvon Township police in Berks County said Conklin was driving a pickup truck that collided head-on with another pickup truck about 5:45 a.m. near Heritage Drive.

A section of Route 23 was closed for about 3½ hours while police investigated.

Police gave this account, according to the Reading Eagle Web site:

The driver of the other pickup, Darrall Prutzman, 52, of Stowe in Montgomery County, was traveling westbound when, for an unknown reason, he veered across the center turn lane into the opposite travel lane and collided with Denton's work truck.

Prutzman was flown to Reading Hospital with unspecified injuries. He was in fair condition Thursday, a hospital spokeswoman said.

Police didn't know if Prutzman was wearing a seat belt.

Denton, who was wearing a seat belt, died of chest injuries, Edmonds said. His death was ruled an accident.

Police are being assisted by the Berks County district attorney's forensic services unit in the investigation. They were assisted at the scene by personnel from the Twin Valley Fire Department and Elverson and Honeybrook ambulance units.


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it's called stating their source. otherwise it's plagiarism.
and it is a very sad story for that family. not even his fault
oh geez
Tragic story. Truly a case of being in the "wrong place at the wrong time". The guy is doing everything right (wearing his seatbelt, etc.) and out of nowhere he is tragically killed...
WGM1171
Shouldn't their source be the police station and not another newspaper's website or should we expect to see the following kind of reporting from LNP?

"According to my niece, an accident occured on the 200 block of King Street today. My niece's Myspace page goes on to say that the passenger looked like Lady Gaga."
Scubabike420
LOL lady gaga hilarious... According to my cousin tim's friend stanley's girl friend brenda, the roads were wet...
But is all seriousness, such a horrible tragedy. Thoughts and prayers to this family..
ltotheizzong
QUOTE (Scubabike420 @ Jul 2 2009, 12:42 PM)
"according to the Reading Eagle newspaper's Web site"

Is the Lancaster paper even trying anymore?


Hello? the accident happened in Berks County. There is also a Caernarvon Township in Berks Co. near Morgantown. The Berks Co. District Attorney is assisting. The emergency services which responded to the wreck were all Berks Co. services.

The only reason the Lancaster paper even picked this up is because it was a Lancaster County man who was killed. Is the Lancaster paper supposed to go all over the country when it wants to report a happening about a county resident? If a county resident is killed in Los Angeles, must LNP send a report to L.A. to get the story, or may it depend on the LA Times?

They got word of the story in the Reading Eagle, thought Lancaster County residents would be interested in the story, and therefore used it and gave proper credit to the Reading Eagle. LNP did this exactly right, and they don't deserve your scorn.
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