76-YEAR-OLD PEDESTRIAN PHILLIP GLADLE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE AFTER HE WAS STRUCK BY A EAST-BOUND PICK-UP WHILE HE WAS WALKING ON STATE ROUTE 37 IN THE TOWN OF OSWEGATCHIE, NEAR THE INTERSECTION WITH ROUTE 68 ABOUT 6:30PM. THE TRUCK WAS DRIVEN BY 58-YEAR-OLD JAMES MC.DONALD OF OGDENSBURG. ST.LAWRENCE COUNTY CORONER JAMES SIENKIEWYCZ ORDERED THE BODY REMOVED FOR AN AUTOPSY TO BE PERFORMED TODAY AT CLAXTON-HEPBURN MEDICAL CENTER IN OGDENSBURG.

TROOP “B” ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION EXPERTS WERE CALLED; INVESTIGATORS SAY ST.LAWRENCE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NICOLE DUVE WAS ADVISED