Richard Threlkeld, a far-ranging and award-winning correspondent who worked for both CBS and ABC News during a long career, has been killed in a car crash on New York’s Long Island.
The 74-year-old Threlkeld died Friday morning in Amagansett, N.Y., when his car collided with a propane tanker.
He was pronounced dead at Southampton Hospital, according to the East Hampton, N.Y., Police Department. He lived in nearby East Hampton.
