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Richard Threlkeld, former CBS newsman, killed in crash

Originally published: January 13, 2012 12:44 PM
Updated: January 13, 2012 9:18 PM
By JOHN VALENTI AND WILLIAM MURPHY. john.valenti@newsday.com,, william.murphy@newsday.com

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Former CBS News correspondent Richard Threlkeld, who covered both the Vietnam and Persian Gulf wars, was killed in a Friday-morning crash in Amagansett, East Hampton Town police said.

The 74-year-old Threlkeld, who lived in East Hampton, was killed when his 2008 Mini Cooper collided with a propane tanker at the intersection of Cross Highway and Route 27 at 8:18 a.m., police said.

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