Posted on 10/18/2008 4:00:40 PM PDT by Hadean
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - October 18, 2008 -- Longtime state Sen. James J. Rhoades died Saturday from injuries he suffered a day after the car he was driving collided head-on with a truck.
Rhoades, 66, and his wife were headed to an official event Friday evening in Monroe County, an aide said.
"It is impossible to properly express how much we will miss him personally, and how much the Senate of Pennsylvania will miss his presence," Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati and Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi said in a joint statement.
The seven-term Republican senator from Schuylkill County represented northeastern Pennsylvania's coal country and was the longtime chairman of the Senate Education Committee. He helped craft every major education initiative in recent history, including the Pennsylvania Safe Schools Act and the Head Start Supplemental Assistance Program, Scarnati and Pileggi said.
"Jim's passing is a tremendous loss for Pennsylvania," Gov. Ed Rendell said in a statement. "He was a great person and a tremendous fighter for school children in the commonwealth."
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A Demoncrat?
No, it says a “seven-term Republican senator.”
OOOPS!
“The seven-term Republican senator from Schuylkill County represented northeastern Pennsylvania’s coal country and was the longtime chairman of the Senate Education Committee. He helped craft every major education initiative in recent history, including the Pennsylvania Safe Schools Act and the Head Start Supplemental Assistance Program, Scarnati and Pileggi said.”
Now I feel sad.
sad, my husband saw the rescue trucks heading to the scene when he was out on Route 209 last night, and then he’d read online about the accident just this morning. When I read that he had internal injuries and had to be cut out of the car, I was hoping and praying he’d make it.
Any word on his wife?
Condolences to his family.
Nothing specific yet, but his wife’s condition isn’t believed to be life threatening.
shouldnt this be in breaking news
“He helped craft every major education initiative in recent history”
How many state Republican representatives have been killed in the last 4 years?
National?
Retirements?
“Fair” newscasters?
What is 2 moves down the playing field?
You should have felt sad from the start dem or rep.
just read the article, his wife’s injuries are said not to be life threatening.
meanwhile, another Pennsylvanian, the evil and worthless John Murtha continues to breathe and work toward the destruction of this great nation.
RIP.
RIP - He always sent a plaque to our highest academic boy and girl at our Catholic elementary school.
WOW!!! A Senior Senator!
Rest in Peace....
Go figure!
Rhoades was a good guy and well-respected. May he rest in peace.
“You should have felt sad from the start dem or rep”.
...there are certain degrees of sadness.
BOY! When it rains it pours...Prayers lifted up for the family. Father only YOU know why things like this happen. Comfort the family and give them peace. In Jesus name ..AMEN!
The article says it was a head on collision between his vehicle and another, but it doesn’t say which vehicle was going the wrong way.
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