Elderly Man Fatally Struck by Car

A 74-year-old man was struck and killed Monday by a vehicle while attempting to cross Montgomery Road, according to the Montgomery Police Department.

A witness told police he was standing with the man, identified as Thomas J. O’Malley, as they were attempting to cross the road at around 8:32 p.m. Nov. 16. A vehicle traveling westbound struck O’Malley, sending him over the vehicle and onto the pavement.

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The Aurora Township Fire Department took him to the hospital where he was pronounced dead

The driver of the vehicle has been cooperating with police and the incident is still under investigation.

Aurora Township Fire Department Chief Robert Watermann said that O’Malley had served for several years as a mentor to boy scouts within the ATFD and was much loved by the members.

“He was the guy in the room that was the magnet,” Watermann said. ”Everybody was just drawn to him.”

O’Malley instilled the scouts with lessons such as common sense and the pillars of manhood, according to Watermann.

“If they didn’t have a grandpa like him, that’s the grandpa they’d yearn to have,” Watermann said.