Hambletonian champ, co-owner unhurt in Pa. crash

December 18, 2008

Standout trotter Deweycheatumnhowe and award-winning trainer and co-owner Ray Schnittker were unhurt when their pickup and trailer flipped on an icy road in north-central Pennsylvania.

Schnittker told The Associated Press that his truck hit an icy patch near Jersey Shore, Pa., Wednesday morning. The truck and horse trailer carrying the Hambletonian champion flipped and slid about 30 feet down an embankment.

Schnittker was unhurt in the crash, but his wife, Dr. Janet Durso, hurt her shoulder.

Dr. John Egloff of Vieux Carre Farm in Gettysburg, where Deweycheatumnhowe was taken following the accident, said the horse sustained minor abrasions.

Schnittker and the trotter were on their way to Lexington, Ky.