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Pa. fire chief slammed for son’s use of fire truck at prom

Councilmen said having a girl dressed for the prom and riding in a fire truck could have posed a safety issue if the fire department had to respond to an emergency

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WEST NEWTON, Pa. — The West Newton fire chief came under fire on Monday for permitting his son to be driven to the Yough High School prom last month in a borough fire truck.

Borough council unanimously approved a resolution it will send to the fire department expressing its “displeasure” that the fire department permitted one of its trucks on April 26 “to be used as a prom limousine” to drive Chief Craig Sanner’s son, Dustin, and his date to the high school in Sewickley Township.

“If true, we feel this is an inappropriate use of public monies,” council stated in the resolution. The borough provides money for insurance coverage for the fire department, said Charles Wade, borough solicitor.

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