A traffic
fatality along Plum Creek Road near Sunbury today
SUNBURY – One person was killed early this morning
in a crash in Rockefeller Township, Northumberland County. State
troopers at Stonington tell us, 20-year-old David Rouse of 872 Plum
Creek Road died that crash around 3:40a.m.
Northumberland County 9-1-1 told us, the crash
happened near the intersection of Plum Creek and Carroll Roads.
Troopers say the driver was traveling at an apparent high rate of
speed, went off the road on a curve, hit a pole and ended up in a
field.
David Rouse of rural Sunbury was pronounced dead
on the scene by the Northumberland County coroner. State police
investigated and had assistance from Sunbury police, Stonington Fire
Company and Sunbury’s Friendship Fire Company. PPL and Verizon were
also called in to repair the pole. (Ali Stevens)
Sunbury’s river
front project discussed at NorCo comm’s meeting
SUNBURY—Northumberland County commissioner Vinni
Clausi would like the county to get a slice of Sunbury’s $1 million
Growing Greener grant. The grant is earmarked for the rip-rap (or
large stones), which will be used to help stabilize Sunbury’s
riverbank.
Clausi complained at the commissioners meeting
Tuesday that the county should dip into Sunbury’s grant and give
some money to Milton and other riverside communities. Clausi argued,
the project is controversial said the money could have been better
spent in other communities.
But Commissioner Chair Frank Sawicki said the
county is just a ‘pass-through’ agency and the county can’t stake a
claim in the money. He also said Sunbury qualifies as a
Northumberland County community, and the riverbank which will be
preserved is also in Northumberland County. The decision to
regarding the grant was made by a previous commissioners board—that
Clausi was not part of.
