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Grandson Of NJ Author Dies In PA Wreck
Jerome "Jerry" Derenzo of Saddle River, New Jersey died in a car crash in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania early on Friday, Nov. 17, authorities say. He was 31.
Derenzo, the grandson of the late best-selling novelist Mary Higgins Clark, was headed west on Sunbury Road in Barry Township when he lost control of his truck before 1 a.m., Pennsylvania State Police said.
Posted by Jerry Derenzo on Friday, January 31, 2020
His Chevrolet C/K 3500 hit an embankment after leaving the road and he was pronounced dead at the scene, troopers said.
Derenzo attended St. Joseph’s Re…
Schuylkill County Driver, 83, Dies Months After Accident
A Schuylkill County man has died from injuries sustained in a crash that happened over three months ago, authorities say.
Leroy K. Smith, 83, was the driver of a car that veered off the road and hit several parked vehicles in Hegins Township on March 6, the Lehigh County Coroner's Office said in a release.
Smith, of Barry Township, died from multiple traumatic injuries on Tuesday, June 27, the coroner said. The manner of death was ruled accidental.
The Hegins Township Police Department also investigated Smith's death, the Coroner's Office noted.
