Luzerne County PA Archives Obituaries.....KATSOCK, Michael 1930 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nancy Knizer knizer@aol.com October 24, 2008, 2:38 pm Times-Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PA, Friday Evening, December 5, 1930 2 Men Killed, Boy Hurt In Many Accidents Here Two men were killed, a small boy perhaps fatally injured and a number of other persons hurt in accidents in and near Wilkes-Barre within the last 24 hours. The dead: Ralph ZAMPETTI, 45 years old, of 113 Prospect street. Thomas BURDOCK, 28 years old, of 18 Liddon street, Parsons. Critically injured: Michael KATSOCK, 8 years old, of 268 Maffett street, Plains. ZAMPETTI, a foreman for the Wilkes-Barre Railway Corporation, was killed when struck by a truck while he was directing work on a railway track on River street, Plains, late yesterday afternoon. The driver of the truck, Frank Regan, 29 years old, of 523 Market street, Kingston, was turned over to the State Highway Patrol for questioning. Zampetti was working with three other employes [sic] of the company when Regan aproached[sic] the group going south on River street. Zampetti was struck down. He was taken to General Hospital in the truck of Morris Mittleman of 1009 Monroe avenue, Scranton. He was dead when the truck arrived at the hospital. BURDOCK was fatally injured when he fell between two cars being pulled up the slope of Prospect mine, Lehigh Valley Coal Company. He was dead when admitted to General Hospital. Victim of Hit-and-Run Believed a victim of a hit and run driver, Michael KATSOCK is unconscious and in critical condition today in General Hospital. He was found unconscious in the center of Maffett street, Plains, late yesterday afternoon by passing motorists, Joseph JONES, of 96 Abbott street, and Evan J. ROBERTS of Maffett street, both of Plains. The boy is suffering from skull fracture and severe injuries to his body. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb