A man reportedly died Tuesday morning as a result of an oil
field accident in Crosby.

According to officials with the McKean County 911 Dispatch
Center, the accident happened at 8:15 a.m. and a helicopter was
called to the scene.

Norwich Township Volunteer Fire Chief Roy Corbett said four
members of the department’s Quick Response Service and one utility
truck responded to Colegrove Brook off Route 46 along with Priority
Care Ambulance.

Reports indicate a landing zone was set up at Bradford Regional
Airport.

The Era printed a short obituary in today’s edition for a Junius
W. Himes, which read he died as a result of an oil field accident
near Crosby early Tuesday.

According to Elk County Coroner Lou Radkowski, Himes was being
flown out to an Altoona trauma center and died en-route. He was
then taken to Elk Regional Heath Center in St. Marys, where he was
pronounced dead at 10:15 a.m. by a doctor in the emergency
room.

Radkowski said Himes died of blunt force trauma to the
chest.

Radkowski had heard Himes was allegedly out in the oil field
doing his job, checking pressure valves, when a pipe came loose,
flew off and hit him in the chest.

Kane-based state police had no further information on the
incident Tuesday night.