Judge Looks into Drinking \’Culture\’ After Pa. Apparatus Wreck

PETER HALL

THE MORNING CALL (ALLENTOWN, PA.)
CREATED: JUNE 21, 2013

During the court case, a federal judge said he needs to know more about the fire company\’s custom of firefighters drinking on duty that a member claimed.

June 21–A federal judge said he wants to know more about the culture that led a North Bangor Fire Company assistant chief to allegedly be drunk at the wheel of a firetruck when it overturned returning from a parade in July 2010.

In a decision Thursday, U.S. District Judge Lawrence Stengel refused to dismiss a lawsuit by firefighter Stuart Mintz over injuries he suffered in the crash.

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