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Bridge is renamed for fallen Pa. correctional officer

Pa. state Rep. Gerald Mullery participated in a ceremony naming the bridge on S.R. 3005 over the outlet of Lily Lake in Conyngham Township the Senior Officer Eric J. Williams Memorial Bridge. A corrections officer at the U.S. Penitentiary, Canaan, Williams was killed during an unprovoked attack by an inmate in February 2013. He was 34 years old.

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