By Christine Tatu
Pocono Record
COOLBAUGH TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A Pocono Cab Company driver was killed Sunday afternoon on Route 196 in Coolbaugh Township after losing control of his taxi and drifting into the path of an oncoming Coolbaugh Township fire police van.
Four Coolbaugh Township volunteer firefighters in the van were taken to area hospitals. As of Sunday evening, two of the firefighters had been released from the hospital, but two were still in the intensive care unit of Geisinger-Community Medical Center, said Coolbaugh Township Chief Bill Weimer.
The taxi cab driver, Michael West, 55, of Stroudsburg, was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:12 p.m., said Monroe County Coroner Bob Allen.
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