Crime & Safety
Former State Wrestling Champion Killed in Crash
Brian Alfred Statum won state wrestling titles for Liberty in 1975 and 1976.
A Bethlehem man was killed early this morning in a one-car accident along Conestoga Street, which city police say is still under investigation.
The deceased is Brian Alfred Statum, 54, of the 900 block of Broadway in Bethlehem, according to a police news release. The Express-Times is reporting that Statum was a two-time state wrestling champion, winning titles in 1975 and 1976 while he attended .
Police said they were called to the scene at about 1:20 a.m. and arrived to find Statum’s car had crashed into another parked vehicle on the 600 block of Conestoga Street.
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Statum needed to be extricated from the car by emergency personnel, but he was pronounced dead at in Fountain Hill at 1:50 a.m.
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