Crime & Safety
Ross Tax Collector Hospitalized After House Fire
Jerry O'Brien, Ross tax collector since 2013, was in his basement office when the fire began.
ROSS TOWNSHIP PA - Ross tax collector and former township commissioner Jerry O’Brien was hospitalized after a fire Wednesday at his home on Sally Ann Drive.
O’Brien was working in a basement office when the fire broke out. He opened the garage door and was helped out of the home by neighbors who noticed the smoke.
O’Brien was taken to a hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation. WTAE-TV reported his dog perished in the fire, the cause of which has yet to be determined.
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DEVELOPING: Ross Township's tax collector in hospital after fire at home; family's dog killed. #WTAE pic.twitter.com/WPGc8u7PS9
— Bob Hazen WTAE (@HazenWTAE) August 16, 2017
O’Brien was a township commissioner from 2000 to 2013, when he was elected tax collector.
Photo by Derek Key via Creative Commons.
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