Newsman Richard Threlkeld dies in car accident

Yahoo/AP ^

[nuconvert]

Didn’t know he was married to Betsy Aaron

[oh8eleven]

Back in the day when I watched CBS News, I thought Threlkeld was far above most of his peers.
RIP, sir.

[Migraine]

He was good. He was from the Dragnet school of reporting: “Just the facts, ma’am...”

[digger48]

AP used this line...."....when his car collided with a propane tanker."

They conveniently let out a little fact...."...when his 2008 Mini-Cooper collided with a propane tanker"

Newsday has a picture of the car, but I am unsure about posting rules for Newsday photos

[Keith in Iowa]

>>>Didn’t know he was married to Betsy Aaron

I most remember her from the news inserts she did during Saturday morning cartoons on SeeBS.

[Responsibility2nd]

Wiki has already been updated.

Threlkeld was killed in an accident on January 13, 2012 in Amagansett, New York. His car collided head on with a propane truck.[2] He was 74.

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[Blennos]

Link to the Newsday report with photo of the death-trap automobile.
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/richard-threlkeld-former-cbs-newsman-killed-in-crash-1.3450216

[digger48]

His car collided head on ....

Perhaps a head-on t-bone....

[Go_Raiders]

Note the Franken bumper sticker. Apparently a fan of intellectually challenged politicians.

[BfloGuy]

It's been so long since I watched MSM that I'd forgotten about Threlkeld. I do recall I used to like his reporting. Very sad.

I drove a Mini once over in England. Really liked it -- fun. Will take my chances in my F250 over here, though.

[org.whodat]

News media never gets anything correct, car looks like it slide sideways into the front of the truck, little car stood up pretty well unless the truck was parked.

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[EDINVA]

I don’t see any airbags? Thought they were mandatory post ‘99 or thereabouts. Not sure how effective they’d be in any case.

[newnhdad]

Franken? Really..

[elkfersupper]

"when his 2008 Mini-Cooper collided with a propane tanker"

I'm only 59, but I've already gone for bulk over nimble (although nothing would help me one-on-one against a propane truck).

[Uncle Ike]

” correspondent who worked for both CBS and ABC News “

May be my creaky ol’ memory playing tricks, but I vaguely remember him as a local reporter for one of the Chicago TV stations back in the early 60s....

Either way, he was one of the ‘old school’ good reporters...

RIP

[mewzilla]

Just looked at a satellite pic of the area. Looks like a controlled intersection with decent visibility. Any word on how Threlkeld came to be t-boned?

[CSM]

Hank Hill was the driver and he was a GWB fan. Therefore it is Bush’s fault!

[newfreep]

For some reason I have Rush’s parody song “In A Yugo” in my head....