Tragic end to search for food, items to repair.
Posted: February 27, 2012
By William Browning
MIDDLEBURG - He spent a handful of nights each week diving into garbage bins, looking for discarded items. Appliances he could repair and sell, food he could eat or pass around.
He left home Saturday evening to do just that but never made it back.
Authorities pronounced Harry Collins dead beside a supermarket trash bin about 6:30 p.m. The 68-year-old Vietnam veteran was behind the Winn-Dixie at 8560 Argyle Forest Blvd. when a car slammed into a Dumpster. That container bumped into a second one, which hit Collins, throwing him into the air, police said.
The car was being driven at a high rate of speed by 18-year-old Josh Caban. Police said he swerved to miss a store employee emptying trash moments before the collision.
Blake Sercu, a Winn-Dixie employee, was also struck but his injuries were not life-threatening, police said.
Harry Collins, a Kentucky native, had 16 brothers and sisters. He joined the Army and spent nearly two decades in the military, serving in Vietnam before marrying, settling in Germany and leaving the Armed Forces.
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Sometimes life is just not fair because this men faced so many dangers in Vietnam and he still came home safe....but a stupid speeding driver killed him.
ReplyDeleteSeems like the real danger is on our roads and we have to thank drunk and speeding drivers for that.
The number of speeding tickets Toronto is huge comparing to other regions and I think local authorities should do something about this...because I'm sure many people die because of careless drivers.
Great comment and you're right. Thanks
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