3 Victims Killed In Montco During Ida Identified

NORRISTOWN, PA — The three individuals who were killed in Montgomery County during the storm this week have been identified by authorities.

Maxine Weinstein, 68, of Fort Washington, died on Wednesday evening due to "traumatic asphyxia," the Montgomery County Coroner's Office said.

Craig Messinger, 70, of Schwenksville, was found dead in Skippack Township after midnight, in the early morning hours of Thursday. His cause of death was listed as drowning; officials had previously indicated an individual had died in the county while driving in floodwaters.

Jack Caroluzzi, 65, of Bridgeport, died at home early Thursday. The cause and manner of his death are pending further investigation, officials said Friday.

A fourth Montgomery County resident died while driving in Bucks County Wednesday.

The Fort Washington area was dead center in the line of an EF-2 tornado that touched down in the county Wednesday night. That tornado's wind gusts of up to 130 miles per hour moved from Upper Dublin up through Horsham, leaving massive destruction in its wake.

Both Skippack and Bridgeport are within the heavily flooded areas of the Perkiomen and Skippack creeks, and Schuylkill River, respectively. The Perkiomen and Schuylkill flooded to all-time historic heights this week after the remnants of Hurricane Ida had passed through.

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