Vietnam veteran dead days after house fire killed son

Vietnam vet, 64, killed in car crash by veering into oncoming traffic just five days after his son, 29, died in house fire
John Hover veered into oncoming traffic on narrow rural road on Thursday
He was pronounced dead at same hospital where he was treated for smoke inhalation just days earlier after blaze at his family home
Hover and his wife survived the blaze but their son, Devin, was killed
Both will be remembered at the same funeral service on Saturday
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
20 September 2013

A 64-year-old Marine Corps. veteran has died in a car crash - just five days after his 29-year-old son was killed in a fire at the house they shared.

John Hover, who fought in Vietnam, was driving on Route 43 in North Greenbush, New York on Thursday afternoon when his 2002 Ford truck veered into oncoming traffic for an unknown reason, police said.

He smashed into a 2006 Toyota driven by 66-year-old Jean Eldred, from West Sand Lake, and both became trapped in the wreckage and had to be cut out by firefighters.

They were rushed to Albany Medical Center Hospital and Hover was initially listed in critical condition.

Police announced his death on Friday morning.
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