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Walnuttown Fire Company Firefighter's Honored with Procession

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This procession is leaving the Lehigh County Coroner's Office and Forensic Center on April 6th for Walnuttown Fire Chief Jeff Buck and Assistant Fire Chief Robert Shick. Both were killed in the line of duty While searching for a missing woman which was later located. The incident occurred on April 4th at 5:57 pm while the men were operating a UTV near the north bound shoulder of route 222 in Richmond Township in Berks County when they were struck head-on by a south bound Toyota Camry which swerved off the road. The crash remains under investigation by the Fleetwood police , the Berks County Coroners Office and other agences. Mulitiple Fire and Emergeny personnel and equipment were at various spots along the procession route to pay their respects to the fallen Firefighters.

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ALAN HOFFMANCorrespondent

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