{"id":159226,"date":"2026-04-07T07:35:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T07:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/159226\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T07:35:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T07:35:26","slug":"2-firefighters-killed-in-pennsylvania-road-crash-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/159226\/","title":{"rendered":"2 firefighters killed in Pennsylvania road crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

RICHMOND TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP) \u2014 Two firefighters traveling in a utility vehicle along a Pennsylvania road during a search for a missing woman were killed in a head-on crash with a car, officials said.<\/p>\n

The two members of the Walnuttown Fire Company died after the crash with a Toyota Camry at about 6 p.m. Saturday, roughly 45 miles (72 kilometers) northwest of Philadelphia. Fire Chief Jeff Buck and Assistant Fire Chief Robert Shick Jr. were heading north when they were struck by a sedan heading south on Route 222, according to the Berks County Coroner. <\/p>\n

NBC Philadelphia reported<\/a> that the utility vehicle was riding on the shoulder of Route 222 when the Camry swerved off of the road. Police told the station that a male and a female who were in the Camry when it crashed fled and were later arrested.<\/p>\n

Video from the crash scene shows the utility vehicle on its side.<\/p>\n

No further details about the arrest or the search for the missing woman were immediately available Sunday.<\/p>\n

A call and an email seeking information were made to the Fleetwood Police Department.<\/p>\n

Autopsies on the firefighters, both residents of Fleetwood, were scheduled for Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt this time we would like to send our thoughts and prayers\u201d to the Shick and Buck families, the Walnuttown Fire Company said in a Facebook post. \u201cRest easy chiefs, we got it from here.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RICHMOND TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP) \u2014 Two firefighters traveling in a utility vehicle along a Pennsylvania road during a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159227,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[30848,25705,38,71718,1856,1869,40,28,30,29,69,71697,44],"class_list":["post-159226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-accidents","tag-automotive-accidents","tag-general-news","tag-jeff-buck","tag-law-enforcement","tag-missing-persons","tag-pa-state-wire","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-philadelphia","tag-robert-shick-jr","tag-u-s-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}