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Slain Firefighter Was Passenger In Unregistered UTV That Crash During Pursuit In PA Slain Firefighter Was Passenger In Unregistered UTV That Crash During Pursuit In PA
Slain Firefighter Was Passenger In Unregistered UTV That Crash During Pursuit In PA Details have been released in the crash that killed a volunteer Bucks County firefighter over the weekend. Kay, 35, was the passenger in an unregistered Polaris side-by-side UTV that crashed in Hilltown early Sunday morning, June 2, the Bucks County Prosecutor's Office said. According to investigators, a Hilltown police officer tried to stop the Polaris after it veered partially off the road around 1 a.m. The DA's office said the vehicle "should not have been operating on the road" due to its lack of registration. Police said the driver fled on Green Street from Mill Road but lost co…

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by Mac Bullock
Obituaries
PA Firefighter Dies On Wife's 30th Birthday: 'I Will Never Recover From This' PA Firefighter Dies On Wife's 30th Birthday: 'I Will Never Recover From This'
PA Firefighter Dies On Wife's 30th Birthday: 'I Will Never Recover From This' This next decade was supposed to be the best one yet for Rachel Kay. The Bucks County resident had married the love of her life, Joe Kay, who honored her in part with a Facebook post on her birthday, June 1. UPDATE: Slain Firefighter Was Passenger In Unregistered UTV That Crash During Pursuit, Bucks DA Says Bu t Joe Kay, a member of the Plumstead Fire Department and sprint racer, died later that day. Not much is known about Kay's death, only that it came as a total shock to all who knew him, especially his wife. "My sweet, full of life, perfect husband passed away in an accident…

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by Mac Bullock and Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
PA Firefighter Who Died In Line Of Duty Was Beloved Hockey Coach With Big Plans PA Firefighter Who Died In Line Of Duty Was Beloved Hockey Coach With Big Plans
PA Firefighter Who Died In Line Of Duty Was Beloved Hockey Coach With Big Plans A Pennsylvania volunteer firefighter died in the line of duty Sunday night. Sean W. DeMuynck was found unresponsive on the third floor of the Rosedale Avenue home in Wynnewood, Montgomery County. DeMuynck was rushed to Lankenau Medical Center at 11:30 p.m., where he was pronounced dead at 12:22 a.m. DeMuynck previously worked as a video coach for the Canada-based Windsor Spitfires hockey team from 2013 to 2017, and won a championship with the team in 2017, the organization said. He started as a volunteer firefighter in August 2019, and had been working with the Penn Wynne F…

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by Cecilia Levine