Minersville police said Raymond Yocum, 57, of Tamaqua, suffered fatal injuries after the car he was working on lurched forward and crushed him early Friday morning on the 200 block of South Street.

Police Chief Michael Combs said Yocum was staying at the Washington Hotel when he began to work on his vehicle early Friday morning.Combs said that he disconnected the transmission linkage and placed a plastic wheel chock under a back tire of the vehicle, which was located on a slight hill. He added that Yocum apparently knocked the car into gear, causing it to go over the chock, lurch forward and pull him underneath. The car came to a stop on top of Yocum.He was pronounced dead by Schuylkill County Deputy Coroner Walter Hodgson, Tremont. Police said the death has been deemed accidental. No autopsy is planned.Patrolman Richard Clink investigated the accident and Combs said borough firefighters and EMS along with New Castle Township police assisted at the scene.His full obituary is in today's TIMES NEWS.