Mount Carmel’s Engine 2 once again self-dispatched to this call and ended up in a hitting a pair of legally parked vehicles. While the Shamokin Police Department concluded that the chauffer was at fault. No charges will be filed against the Ronald Coroniti.


Anthracite Fire Engine hit 2 parked vehicles and failed to stop to notify the owners.

Police Chief Darwin Tobias III has confirmed that Engine 2 struck two parked vehicles while responding to Saturday’s fire on North Market Street won’t be cited for the accident.

Tobias said Ronald Coroniti was driving Engine 2 for Anthracite Steam Fire Co. along Bear Valley Avenue when he accidentally side-swiped a 2011 Dodge Durango owned by Stephanie Eckbold and a 1973 Chevrolet Nova owned by Richard Eckbold Jr.

Bear Valley Avenue is located west and downhill of the fire scene at 634 S. Market St. Tobias said firefighters had connected the engine to a hydrant and Coroniti was driving the engine to lay a supply line.

“He’s at fault but it’s the middle of an emergency,” Tobias said. “It happens.”


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The Police Chief failed to clarify why the driver stated that the Engine was sideswiped by a car then changed his story to he did not see either vehicle because it was night time. To the current he did it.