U.S. Luge Team Sleds Found, Police Say
Sleds lost by the U.S. Luge Team turned up in someone's garage and will be returned, according to state police
Pennsylvania state police at the Bethlehem barracks have recovered sleds lost by the U.S. Luge Team after the equipment fell off a truck and was picked up by someone on Feb. 15. The person who found the sleds contacted police after seeing press reports about the incident, state police said Friday. The sleds were being stored in a garage. The luge team has been notified and will make arrangements to get their equipment back, police said. The team, based in Lake Placid, N.Y., was training on a Lehigh Valley ski slope last week and was on the way back to a hotel. The rear door of a truck carrying their sleds was not securely fastened and fell open. The sleds fell off the truck in the area of Airport Road and Old Carriage Road in East Allen …
Janet Persing
5:50 pm on Saturday, February 23, 2013
Perhaps the driver figured out he couldn't sell them for money, so returned them. The US Luge Team deserves to get its sleds back. more ›