Children
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Sibling(s):
June
G. Osterstock
Lloyd Osterstock
Robert Osterstock
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Easton Express, Wednesday, March 17, 1948, Page 1
Nazareth Man Killed 3 Hurt As Auto Crashes Into Pole
Lloyd Osterstock, 26, Truck Driver, Victim of Accident at 1:30
a.m. On Road From Tatamy To Nazareth
One Nazareth man was killed and three other Nazareth Residents
were injured seriously when the car in which they were riding
left the road on the Nazareth-Tatamy highway, about half-a-mile
east of Nazareth, and crashed into a telephone pole today at
1:30 a.m.
Lloyd Osterstock, 26, of 26 Easton Walmut Street, Nazareeth,
was killed instantly.
Taken to St. Luke's Hospital in Nazareth ambulance were Kenneth
Kulp, 20, who surrfered a possible fracture of the skull and
abrasions of the right leg and forehead;
Rayond Schisller, 44, who suffered a fractured of the right
leg and bruises of the face and knees, and James A. Starner,
26, whose skull was fractured and scalp lacerated.
Paul W. Kulp, 24, of 202 South Main Street, Nazareth, brother
of Kenneth, who state police of Easton station said was the
driver of the car and Ivan Detweiller, also of Nazareth,
another passenger, escaped with minor bruises and did not require
hospitalization.
The part of six was returning to Nazareth from Belvidere where
they had wittnessed a shuffleboard tournament, Pvt. Thomas
Jenkins, who is investigating, said.
Jenkins quoted Paul Kulp as saying that the car go out of
control went off the right side of the road and struck the
pole, full force, smashing it. The car overturned and stopped
with it's wheels in the air.
Paul Kulp and Detweiler were able to make their way out of
the wreckage and summoned aid. The four others who were in
the car were extricated from the wrecked automobile, but Osterstock
showed no signs of life. The Nazareth ambulance arrived shortly
after the accident, and took the injured to the hospital.
Dr. D. Bachman, Northampton County coroner, joined state police
in the investigation later in the day. Clarence Snyder, of
Easton, was called by the police to take photographs of the
crash. Paul Kulp was released in his own recogizance pending
completion of the investigation.
Osterstock was the second mumber of his family to have been
the victim of a motor accident. His father Lloyd E. Osterstock,
died in Easton Hospital in April form injuries he suffered
when he was struck by a car in Nazareth.
Osterstock was born in Easton on March 20, 1921, and was employed
as a truck driver by Victor Edelman, of Nazareth. He had been
a resident of Nazareth for 15 years, and was a member of St.
John's Evangelical Reformed Church of Nazareth.
He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Eleanor M. Osterstock,
of Nazareth; a brother, Robert, also of Nazareth; a sister,
Mrs. John J. Cunningham, of Bethlehem, and his paternal grandmother's
Mrs. Emma Osterstock, of Miller Heights, Bethlehem. R.D.
Funeral services will be held at F.W. Schmidt Mortuary, Nazareth,
Saturday, at 2:30 p.m. The Rev. Walter H. Diehl, pastor of
Nazareth Evangelical Reformed Church, will officiate. Interment
will be in Northampton Memorial Shrine.
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