Man dies in crash while taking pregnant wife to hospital


Save Story

Estimated read time: Less than a minute

This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado man driving his pregnant wife to the hospital to deliver their third child crashed and died after apparently suffering some kind of medical problem.

The Colorado State Patrol says 37-year-old Tony Schmucker died after his Nissan Pathfinder went off the road and down an embankment west of Fort Collins early Wednesday. The wife and the couple's two sons, who were also in the SUV, all survived.

According to a family fundraising website, Jill Schmucker suffered a broken back but delivered a baby boy by cesarean section at the hospital.

Coroner's investigator James MacNaughton told the Coloradoan (http://noconow.co/1ZwSZm9 ) that initial findings suggest a medical event, and not injuries from the crash, caused his death.

Over $45,000 has been raised for the family as of Monday.

___

Information from: Fort Collins Coloradoan, http://www.coloradoan.com

Copyright © The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Most recent U.S. stories

Related topics

The Associated Press
    KSL.com Beyond Business
    KSL.com Beyond Series

    KSL Weather Forecast

    KSL Weather Forecast
    Play button