PERRYOPOLIS, Pa. (AP) — The owner of 84 Lumber Co. is buying and renovating a home for the widow and 16-month-old son of a Perryopolis police officer killed in a crash in December.
Maggie Hardy Magerko sais she felt moved to buy the home for Dawn Champion because she and her husband, Richard, were military veterans before he died Dec. 14.
Champion was just 35 when he began driving after a suspected speeder and collided with another vehicle that turned left in front of him. That driver died of his injuries 12 days later.
Magerko said after seeing accounts of Champion's "service to our country and community, I felt it was very appropriate to do what I could do to ensure that Dawn and her son have a safe and secure home ... ."
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