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Police: PA Driver Involved In 2 NY Fatalities

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Authorities say a 72-year-old Pennsylvania motorist whose vehicle fatally struck a worker collecting garbage along an upstate New York road is the same man involved in a fatal accident nearby last year.

The Tioga County Sheriff's Office tells the Press & Sun-Bulletin of Binghamton that 27-year-old Sean Tilghman of Endicott died Monday after he was hit while collecting garbage in the village of Apalachin for a waste-hauling company.

Police say the vehicle was driven by Donald Ulmer, of Little Meadows, Pennsylvania. He was charged with a misdemeanor count of aggravated unlicensed operation.

The newspaper reports Ulmer was driving in the neighboring town of Tioga in August 2014 when his vehicle hit a motorcycle, killing a 43-year-old Pennsylvania man. Ulmer was ticketed for failure to yield right of way and paid a $150 fine.

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Dave Lucas is WAMC’s Capital Region Bureau Chief. Born and raised in Albany, he’s been involved in nearly every aspect of local radio since 1981. Before joining WAMC, Dave was a reporter and anchor at WGY in Schenectady. Prior to that he hosted talk shows on WYJB and WROW, including the 1999 series of overnight radio broadcasts tracking the JonBenet Ramsey murder case with a cast of callers and characters from all over the world via the internet. In 2012, Dave received a Communicator Award of Distinction for his WAMC news story "Fail: The NYS Flood Panel," which explores whether the damage from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee could have been prevented or at least curbed. Dave began his radio career as a “morning personality” at WABY in Albany.
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