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Monday, October 12, 1992 Page: 2A QUICK WORDS: SHICKSHINNY FATAL
DUANE LONG
STILLWATER — A Shickshinny-area man was killed Saturday night when he
swerved into an oncoming car, police said.
Duane Robert Long, 37, of RD 3, Shickshinny, was driving his 1986 Ford
sedan south on State Route 487 in Columbia County when he drifted into the
northbound lane and struck head-on a 1991 Eagle driven by Sandra Shone, 25, of
Shavertown, Kingston Township.
Police said there’s evidence Long was drunk. His blood-alcohol level is
being tested.
Shone and her sister Andra, 18, who was a passenger, were taken to
Bloomsburg Hospital. Sandra was in satisfactory condition there Sunday night
and Andra was in serious condition .
The Benton Fire Department was called to extricate the two women from their
car.
Long was pronounced dead at the scene by Columbia County Deputy Coroner
John Dinelli. Longwas not wearing a seatbelt. The women were, according to
police.
Benton Area Police Chief Michael Ruane said there was an odor of alcohol
about Long’s body and people reported seeing him at a bar in Benton and two
bars in Sugarloaf Township before the accident.
“At the last place he was reportedly seen … the bartender did not serve
him because he appeared visibly intoxicated,” Ruane said.