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Trucker Crushed in Trailer Mishap

Trucker Crushed in Trailer Mishap - Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at 4:58PM EST

Reported by: WBRE News
Tuesday, Apr 1, 2008 @04:58pm EST
COAL TWP., NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY- A Northumberland County man was crushed to deathafter getting trapped between two truck trailers.

The Northumberland County Coroner says 67-year-old Robert Kratzer of Sunbury was killed at the Reinhard Food Service Distribution Center in Coal Township Tuesday morning.

Officials say Kratzer hooked up the tandem trailers but when he got out to check for a problem, one rolled back and crushed him.

The death has been ruled accidental.