Man Hurt in Route 219 Crash

A Brockway man suffered minor injuries after he swerved his box truck on Route 219 to avoid hitting a deer.

Police say 84-year-old Wilbur Schaffer was in Horton Township at about 4:45 p.m. Thursday when the deer entered the road. Schaffer veered off the road, hit a mailbox and an embankment and came to rest on its left side in a ditch.

Schaffer was taken to DuBois Regional Medical Center for treatment. NO charges have been filed.

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