Thursday's story at the website of WPVI-TV.
POTTSTOWN PA -The 18-year-old Pottsgrove High School male who was driving a sports utility vehicle involved in a Route 100 accident Saturday (Dec. 12, 2009), which resulted in the deaths of two Pottstown High School students, was said to be an uninsured motorist, Philadelphia television station WPVI Channel 6 reported today (Thursday, Dec. 17) at mid-day.
“The spokesman for the Pottstown School District tells Action News that the driver in a deadly crash that killed two students did not have insurance,” a WPVI story updated at 12:49 p.m. today claimed. Although the story did not cite the spokesman by name, all comments made on behalf of the school district so far have come from John Armato, its director of community relations.
Because “the driver did not have insurance, the families will have to pay funeral expenses out-of-pocket,” WPVI added. “To help them, memorial funds have been established,” it said. Donations were being sought for the funds, set up separately in the names of victims Breanne Brothers and Andrea Antonio-Harris at the Harleysville National Bank branch at 1500 E. High St., Pottstown PA, just west of Sanatoga village.
The television station, which relies heavily on social media to promote its upcoming stories, simultaneously issued a Twitter.com Tweet on the development.
The office of Montgomery County (PA) District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman said Monday (Dec. 14) it was continuing to investigate the one-car accident in which the two girls, the driver, and three other passengers – one of them also a Pottsgrove student – were traveling. A statement, approved by Vetri and released on the DA’s website, makes no reference to the driver’s alleged lack of insurance.
Neither the driver or the other injured passengers have been identified by Vetri’s office by name, only by the schools they attended.
Allentown PA television station WFMZ confirmed the establishment of the separate funds in a story it posted today at 12:52 p.m. It did not mention the driver.
Screen shot from the website of WPVI-TV
Related:
- Services Set For Pottstown Accident Victim
- Candles Flicker In Students’ Memorial
- Dealing With Grief In Accident Aftermath
- Two Killed, Others Injured in Route 100 Accident
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