Blount Reporter, Wife, Child Killed In Crash on Highway

The site of the car crash that killed a local family of three.

      Yesterday a fatal car crash shook the small town of Blount, Pennsylvania. A head journalist at the Blount Telegrapher, his wife, and their only child were killed while driving on Route 22. The family was said to have been going on vacation, as luggage was discovered in the wreck.
      Investigators say that the victims did not suffer, that instead they were killed instantly on impact when their car collided head on with a segment of the guardrail that runs alongside the road. All three family members were dead when ambulance personnel arrived at the scene. It is not known how this tragic event occurred, but investigators assume that the driver was momentarily distracted. Investigators do not believe that another car was involved in any way.
      The crash occurred at roughly 3:15 yesterday afternoon. Several witnesses called the police immediately following the accident. One of the witnesses, a Mr. Donald Grey, reported to police, “As I was driving up Route 22, I saw the car lose control to the right of me and veer into the woods. The car appeared to be attempting to pull back onto the highway, but it crashed into the guardrail before it could do so.”
      The witness also reported that when he saw this happen he stopped his car and called the police, hoping to be of assistance to the strangers.
      Anthony Delmonte, his wife Martha, and their child, Paul, lived in Blount their entire lives.
      The police have not identified any living relatives of the family, however, colleagues and neighbors throughout Blount will miss the Delmontes.