Taxi driver killed in Monroe crash
COOLBAUGH TWP. - A taxi driver from Stroudsburg died after he lost control of a Pocono Cab Co. minivan on Sunday and it collided with a Coolbaugh Twp. Volunteer Fire Company vehicle, Monroe County Coroner Bob Allen said. The four fire police officers in the vehicle were injured.
Mr. Allen pronounced Michael West, 55, dead at the scene of the crash on Route 196 at about 12:15 p.m.
Mr. West lost control of the minivan taxi while on a curve in the northbound lane. The vehicle then entered the southbound lane and struck the fire company's vehicle. Mr. West, who had no passengers, was not wearing a seat belt, Mr. Allen said.
All four fire police officers were hospitalized. Mr. Allen did not know their names or the extent of their injuries.
Efforts to reach the Pocono Mountain Regional Police on Sunday for crash details were unsuccessful.