PRINTER'S NO. 1179
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
956
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY WARD, TEPLITZ, GREENLEAF, WHITE, TARTAGLIONE,
COSTA, HUTCHINSON, YUDICHAK, BARTOLOTTA, RAFFERTY, BREWSTER,
AUMENT, DINNIMAN AND MENSCH, JULY 15, 2015
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION, JULY 15, 2015
AN ACT
Designating a bridge on that portion of State Route 711 over the
Loyalhanna Creek in Ligonier Township, Westmoreland County,
as the Lieutenant Eric Eslary Memorial Bridge.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Lieutenant Eric Eslary Memorial Bridge.
(a) Findings.--The General Assembly finds and declares as
follows:
(1) Lieutenant Eric Eslary was a native of Ligonier,
Westmoreland County, and a 17-year veteran of the Ligonier
Township Police Department.
(2) On May 5, 2015, Lieutenant Eslary was patrolling
Route 30 in Ligonier Township with his K-9 partner, Blek,
when his marked SUV was hit head on by a van operated by a
driver under the influence and driving the road the wrong
way. Lieutenant Eslary sustained ultimately fatal injuries
and his K9 partner required veterinarian care. At the scene,
Blek refused to leave his partner's side.
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