NON-LODD Past Assistant Chief Frederick Schussler Jr, Lomontville FD

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Lomontville firefighter dies when car falls on him

A former assistant chief of the Lomontville Fire Department was killed Wednesday by a car that fell on him as he worked underneath it.

Frederick Schussler Jr., 59, was working under the car on his property at 636 Lapla Road in the Marbletown hamlet of Lomontville when the jack holding up the vehicle slipped and the car fell about 11:20 a.m., according to Ulster County Undersheriff Frank Faluotico.

Schussler was pronounced dead at the scene by Mobile Life paramedics, Faluotico said.

Fred was a former assistant chief and life member of the Lomontville Fire Department and served on the department’s Board of Commissioners.

http://www.dailyfreeman.com/articles/2013/04/10/blotter/doc5165b1b156760075699854.txt

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We lost member Robert Scott Mahana the same way in 2006. Our deepest sympathies to the Lomontville Fire Department. You are all in our thoughts and prayers.