Scranton Tribune (Scranton, Pennsylvania), Sunday, 17 November 1963, p4
Avoca Driver Fatally Hurt, Tractor-Trailer Hits Vehicle on Bypass
Albert McCracken, 54, 500 Grove St., Avoca, died Saturday at 8:05 a.m. in Pittston Hospital where he was removed after being injured when his car was struck by a tractor-trailer on the Avoca Bypass at Plane Street, Avoca, about four hours earlier.
Hospital attaches listed his injuries as cerebral concussion, shock, cut and abrasions of the scalp. His wife, Hattie, 51, who was in the car at the time of the accident, is in fair condition at the hospital. She suffered multiple brush burn of the legs, a scalp cut and possible back injuries.
The truck driver, Gordon Bennott, 55, Buffalo, N.Y., was unhurt. According to Avoca police, Mr. McCracken was driving across the bypass from east to west after entering the highway from Plane Street when the tractor-trailer, traveling north, hit the car broadside almost at the point where Mr. McCracken was sitting. The impact carried both vehicles, locked together, into the southbound lanes. Mr. McCracken was knocked unconscious and his feet were pinned beneath the dashboard. He was extricated by the Duryea community ambulance crew, who removed both victims to the hospital after they received emergency treatment from Dr. L. C. Druffner Jr. of Avoca. The truck driver, en route to this city from Bloomsburg, told Patrolman David Boone he saw the car stop at the intersection which is posted with a stop sign, and then move unexpectedly into the path of the trailer. Bennett said he swerved his vehicle to the left, but was unable to avoid the crash.
Mr. McCracken, son of the late Wilson and Cory Jumper McCracken, was born In Moosic and resided most of his life in Avoca. He was employed as a mason by the Lehigh Valley Railroad. An overseas veteran of World War II, he served 14 years with the 28th Division of the National Guard. He was a member of Bethel Methodist Church, Avoca.
Surviving in addition to his widow, the former Hattie Luvender, are two sons, Delbert and Lanole James, both at home; a daughter, Mrs. Raymond Callahan, Exeter; two grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Elmira Helper, White Haven; a brother, Alfred Jumper, Wilkes-Barre; several nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be from funeral home, 728 Main St., Avoca, at a time to be announced. Friends may call today 7 to 10 p.m., thereafter 2 to 4, to 10 p.m.
Avoca Driver Fatally Hurt, Tractor-Trailer Hits Vehicle on Bypass
Albert McCracken, 54, 500 Grove St., Avoca, died Saturday at 8:05 a.m. in Pittston Hospital where he was removed after being injured when his car was struck by a tractor-trailer on the Avoca Bypass at Plane Street, Avoca, about four hours earlier.
Hospital attaches listed his injuries as cerebral concussion, shock, cut and abrasions of the scalp. His wife, Hattie, 51, who was in the car at the time of the accident, is in fair condition at the hospital. She suffered multiple brush burn of the legs, a scalp cut and possible back injuries.
The truck driver, Gordon Bennott, 55, Buffalo, N.Y., was unhurt. According to Avoca police, Mr. McCracken was driving across the bypass from east to west after entering the highway from Plane Street when the tractor-trailer, traveling north, hit the car broadside almost at the point where Mr. McCracken was sitting. The impact carried both vehicles, locked together, into the southbound lanes. Mr. McCracken was knocked unconscious and his feet were pinned beneath the dashboard. He was extricated by the Duryea community ambulance crew, who removed both victims to the hospital after they received emergency treatment from Dr. L. C. Druffner Jr. of Avoca. The truck driver, en route to this city from Bloomsburg, told Patrolman David Boone he saw the car stop at the intersection which is posted with a stop sign, and then move unexpectedly into the path of the trailer. Bennett said he swerved his vehicle to the left, but was unable to avoid the crash.
Mr. McCracken, son of the late Wilson and Cory Jumper McCracken, was born In Moosic and resided most of his life in Avoca. He was employed as a mason by the Lehigh Valley Railroad. An overseas veteran of World War II, he served 14 years with the 28th Division of the National Guard. He was a member of Bethel Methodist Church, Avoca.
Surviving in addition to his widow, the former Hattie Luvender, are two sons, Delbert and Lanole James, both at home; a daughter, Mrs. Raymond Callahan, Exeter; two grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Elmira Helper, White Haven; a brother, Alfred Jumper, Wilkes-Barre; several nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be from funeral home, 728 Main St., Avoca, at a time to be announced. Friends may call today 7 to 10 p.m., thereafter 2 to 4, to 10 p.m.
Scranton Tribune (Scranton, Pennsylvania), Sunday, 17 November 1963, p4
Avoca Driver Fatally Hurt, Tractor-Trailer Hits Vehicle on Bypass
Albert McCracken, 54, 500 Grove St., Avoca, died Saturday at 8:05 a.m. in Pittston Hospital where he was removed after being injured when his car was struck by a tractor-trailer on the Avoca Bypass at Plane Street, Avoca, about four hours earlier.
Hospital attaches listed his injuries as cerebral concussion, shock, cut and abrasions of the scalp. His wife, Hattie, 51, who was in the car at the time of the accident, is in fair condition at the hospital. She suffered multiple brush burn of the legs, a scalp cut and possible back injuries.
The truck driver, Gordon Bennott, 55, Buffalo, N.Y., was unhurt. According to Avoca police, Mr. McCracken was driving across the bypass from east to west after entering the highway from Plane Street when the tractor-trailer, traveling north, hit the car broadside almost at the point where Mr. McCracken was sitting. The impact carried both vehicles, locked together, into the southbound lanes. Mr. McCracken was knocked unconscious and his feet were pinned beneath the dashboard. He was extricated by the Duryea community ambulance crew, who removed both victims to the hospital after they received emergency treatment from Dr. L. C. Druffner Jr. of Avoca. The truck driver, en route to this city from Bloomsburg, told Patrolman David Boone he saw the car stop at the intersection which is posted with a stop sign, and then move unexpectedly into the path of the trailer. Bennett said he swerved his vehicle to the left, but was unable to avoid the crash.
Mr. McCracken, son of the late Wilson and Cory Jumper McCracken, was born In Moosic and resided most of his life in Avoca. He was employed as a mason by the Lehigh Valley Railroad. An overseas veteran of World War II, he served 14 years with the 28th Division of the National Guard. He was a member of Bethel Methodist Church, Avoca.
Surviving in addition to his widow, the former Hattie Luvender, are two sons, Delbert and Lanole James, both at home; a daughter, Mrs. Raymond Callahan, Exeter; two grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Elmira Helper, White Haven; a brother, Alfred Jumper, Wilkes-Barre; several nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be from funeral home, 728 Main St., Avoca, at a time to be announced. Friends may call today 7 to 10 p.m., thereafter 2 to 4, to 10 p.m.
Avoca Driver Fatally Hurt, Tractor-Trailer Hits Vehicle on Bypass
Albert McCracken, 54, 500 Grove St., Avoca, died Saturday at 8:05 a.m. in Pittston Hospital where he was removed after being injured when his car was struck by a tractor-trailer on the Avoca Bypass at Plane Street, Avoca, about four hours earlier.
Hospital attaches listed his injuries as cerebral concussion, shock, cut and abrasions of the scalp. His wife, Hattie, 51, who was in the car at the time of the accident, is in fair condition at the hospital. She suffered multiple brush burn of the legs, a scalp cut and possible back injuries.
The truck driver, Gordon Bennott, 55, Buffalo, N.Y., was unhurt. According to Avoca police, Mr. McCracken was driving across the bypass from east to west after entering the highway from Plane Street when the tractor-trailer, traveling north, hit the car broadside almost at the point where Mr. McCracken was sitting. The impact carried both vehicles, locked together, into the southbound lanes. Mr. McCracken was knocked unconscious and his feet were pinned beneath the dashboard. He was extricated by the Duryea community ambulance crew, who removed both victims to the hospital after they received emergency treatment from Dr. L. C. Druffner Jr. of Avoca. The truck driver, en route to this city from Bloomsburg, told Patrolman David Boone he saw the car stop at the intersection which is posted with a stop sign, and then move unexpectedly into the path of the trailer. Bennett said he swerved his vehicle to the left, but was unable to avoid the crash.
Mr. McCracken, son of the late Wilson and Cory Jumper McCracken, was born In Moosic and resided most of his life in Avoca. He was employed as a mason by the Lehigh Valley Railroad. An overseas veteran of World War II, he served 14 years with the 28th Division of the National Guard. He was a member of Bethel Methodist Church, Avoca.
Surviving in addition to his widow, the former Hattie Luvender, are two sons, Delbert and Lanole James, both at home; a daughter, Mrs. Raymond Callahan, Exeter; two grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Elmira Helper, White Haven; a brother, Alfred Jumper, Wilkes-Barre; several nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be from funeral home, 728 Main St., Avoca, at a time to be announced. Friends may call today 7 to 10 p.m., thereafter 2 to 4, to 10 p.m.
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