Vehicle Accident - Coal Truck vs Wagon
Upper Paxton Twp, Dauphin Co, PA
December 4, 1934
On Tuesday morning, December 4, 1934, on Route 14, east of Millersburg, a coal truck heading for Baltimore with a load of coal, operated by William Otto of Shamokin, struck a horse drawn wagon owned by the Lykens Valley Sanitary Dairy of Millersburg and operated by W.A. Specht of Millersburg. The trucker claimed that the milk wagon had no lights on it and he struck the wagon before seeing it in the heavy fog. The wagon was demolished and a quantity of milk was lost. Specht was severely bruised and cut about the legs. The horse escaped injury. The accident was investigated by Patrolman E.A. Shoop of the Lykens sub-station and the damage was set at about $150. |
