Ulster County firefighter dies in accident

The Daily Freeman reports that Frederick Schussler Jr., life member and former assistant chief of the Lomontville Fire Department, was killed on Wednesday when a car he was working on fell on him:

The man — identified by his sister as Frederick Schussler Jr., 59 — was working under the car on his property on Lapla Road in the Marbletown hamlet of Lomontville when the jack holding up the vehicle slipped and the car fell, according to Ulster County Undersheriff Frank Faluotico...

In a post on their Facebook wall, the Lomontville Fire Department writes that they will let the community know when Schussler's memorial service is scheduled:

We lost Life Member and Former Assistant Chief Fred Schussler today. He was a great friend. May he Rest in Peace. Arrangements will be posted as they become available.

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