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Largo Scooter rider was Clearwater man
By Times Staff Writer
Published December 14, 2007
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[Jim Damaske | Times]
The impact killed the scooter rider, dented the truck's hood and knocked off the scooter's seat.
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Largo police identified the man killed in a traffic crash Wednesday on Missouri Avenue as Jack Schaffer, 84, of Clearwater. Schaffer was trying to cross six lanes on Missouri from east to west on his scooter at about 2:15 p.m., police said. He reached the inside lane when he was hit by a 1997 GMC Sierra pickup driven by 59-year-old Angus T. Davis III of Clearwater, police said. The truck came to a stop with its left front tire atop the scooter. Schaffer, a World War II veteran, is survived by three sons out of state and a daughter in Clearwater, according to his former wife, Patricia Black. Davis' blood was drawn to determine what, if any, charges are warranted. Schaffer did not use the crosswalk, police said. Times staff writer Jose Cardenas contributed to this article.
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