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Retired soldier killed on Highway 2
By Tamsin McMahon
Local News - Tuesday, September 21, 2004 @ 07:00
A retired, high-ranking soldier was killed when he was struck by a car while walking home along the side of the road yesterday morning.
Kingston Police said the 82-year-old Glenview Avenue man had been out for a stroll and was walking east along the north shoulder of Highway 2 near CFB Kingston around 11:15 a.m. when he was hit by a westbound Ford Crown Victoria.
The man struck the hood and windshield of the Ford and was tossed into the ditch, while the car came to rest in the eastbound lane of the highway.
The driver, a 58-year-old Gananoque man, was not injured. No charges had been laid yesterday.
Police closed Highway 2 for nearly eight hours as they investigated the accident.
They were at a loss to explain yesterday afternoon why the driver apparently swerved from the road, except to say that he was not drunk and had not been speeding.
â Å“We believe he was driving at a fairly normal pace. However, for undetermined reasons he ended up veering off the road and then struck the pedestrian,â ? said Const. Jim Lindsay.
Police did not release the name of the victim, but The Whig-Standard learned he was Stanley Reading, a retired chief warrant officer who once served as regimental sergeant-major of the Royal Canadian Signal Regiment and Royal Canadian School of Signals at CFB Kingston.
The position is the highest non-commissioned rank below that of an officer.
Neighbours said Mr. Reading had driven with his wife, Alma, to an appointment at the Kingston Heart Clinic yesterday morning and had stopped at the Tim Hortons on the military base for coffee.
While his wife drove the short distance to the couple's home in the Poplar Grove subdivision, Mr. Reading decided to walk in the nice weather, said neighbour Barbara Hall.
Friends remembered Mr. Reading as a warm and intelligent neighbour who was in good health and a devoted military man.
â Å“He was a real military personality,â ? said neighbour Doug Hall.
â Å“The way he walked, the way he dressed, the way he kept himself after he retired, everything was always immaculate. He just had that military bearing.
â Å“He was a loving grandfather and he was a good husband and a good neighbour.â ?
By Tamsin McMahon
Local News - Tuesday, September 21, 2004 @ 07:00
A retired, high-ranking soldier was killed when he was struck by a car while walking home along the side of the road yesterday morning.
Kingston Police said the 82-year-old Glenview Avenue man had been out for a stroll and was walking east along the north shoulder of Highway 2 near CFB Kingston around 11:15 a.m. when he was hit by a westbound Ford Crown Victoria.
The man struck the hood and windshield of the Ford and was tossed into the ditch, while the car came to rest in the eastbound lane of the highway.
The driver, a 58-year-old Gananoque man, was not injured. No charges had been laid yesterday.
Police closed Highway 2 for nearly eight hours as they investigated the accident.
They were at a loss to explain yesterday afternoon why the driver apparently swerved from the road, except to say that he was not drunk and had not been speeding.
â Å“We believe he was driving at a fairly normal pace. However, for undetermined reasons he ended up veering off the road and then struck the pedestrian,â ? said Const. Jim Lindsay.
Police did not release the name of the victim, but The Whig-Standard learned he was Stanley Reading, a retired chief warrant officer who once served as regimental sergeant-major of the Royal Canadian Signal Regiment and Royal Canadian School of Signals at CFB Kingston.
The position is the highest non-commissioned rank below that of an officer.
Neighbours said Mr. Reading had driven with his wife, Alma, to an appointment at the Kingston Heart Clinic yesterday morning and had stopped at the Tim Hortons on the military base for coffee.
While his wife drove the short distance to the couple's home in the Poplar Grove subdivision, Mr. Reading decided to walk in the nice weather, said neighbour Barbara Hall.
Friends remembered Mr. Reading as a warm and intelligent neighbour who was in good health and a devoted military man.
â Å“He was a real military personality,â ? said neighbour Doug Hall.
â Å“The way he walked, the way he dressed, the way he kept himself after he retired, everything was always immaculate. He just had that military bearing.
â Å“He was a loving grandfather and he was a good husband and a good neighbour.â ?
