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When I Called Congressman's Greenwood's office to inquire why he = wasn't on the original cosponsor list for the Udall Bill they informed = me that his son had just been killed in an auto accident. My wife and I = had met Congressman Greenwood while signing up PA cosponsors last = year. Besides being a genuinely "nice guy", he was an original = cosponsor last session , and was one of the first if not the first = Republican to cosponsor the Udall Bill. We wish to extend our deepest = sympathy to Congressman Greenwood and his family. >From the Philly Inquirer Andrew McClure, the youngest son of U.S. Rep. James C. Greenwood, was = killed late Sunday after the car he was driving hit a utility pole on = Route 413 near Landisville Road in Buckingham, police said. McClure, = 23, of Erwinna, was pronounced dead at 11:49 p.m. Sunday by Bucks County = Coroner Thomas Rosko. The cause of death was not immediately available = yesterday. McClure's passenger, David Redpath, 23, of Meetinghouse Road = in Doylestown, was treated at the emergency room of Abington Memorial = Hospital and released yesterday. Buckingham Police Chief Steven Daniels = said the car caught fire after it hit the pole broadside. He said a = power line fell on the car. McClure was unconscious immediately after = the wreck, and Daniels said it was not clear whether he was killed on = impact or died in the fire. McClure was an employee of Community = Service Foundation of Bucks County, where he counseled teenagers. =20 Greenwood, a third-term Republican whose district includes Bucks County, = worked with abused and neglected children from 1977 to 1980 at the Bucks = County Children and Youth Social Service Agency. It was then that he met = his wife, the former Christina Paugh, who was also a caseworker at the = agency. McClure is Christina Greenwood's son by an earlier marriage. = Rep. Greenwood, in a statement released yesterday by his office, asked = for privacy in grieving for his son. Family and friends will remember = McClure, a 1995 graduate of Slippery Rock University with a degree in = social work, with a private memorial service Saturday at Doylestown = Presbyterian Church. Andrew McClure, the youngest son of U.S. Rep. James = C. Greenwood, was killed late Sunday after the car he was driving hit a = utility pole on Route 413 near Landisville Road in Buckingham, police = said. McClure, 23, of Erwinna, was pronounced dead at 11:49 p.m. Sunday = by Bucks County Coroner Thomas Rosko. The cause of death was not = immediately available yesterday. McClure's passenger, David Redpath, = 23, of Meetinghouse Road in Doylestown, was treated at the emergency = room of Abington Memorial Hospital and released yesterday. Buckingham = Police Chief Steven Daniels said the car caught fire after it hit the = pole broadside. He said a power line fell on the car. McClure was = unconscious immediately after the wreck, and Daniels said it was not = clear whether he was killed on impact or died in the fire. McClure was = an employee of Community Service Foundation of Bucks County, where he = counseled teenagers. Greenwood, a third-term Republican whose district = includes Bucks County, worked with abused and neglected children from = 1977 to 1980 at the Bucks County Children and Youth Social Service = Agency. It was then that he met his wife, the former Christina Paugh, = who was also a caseworker at the agency. McClure is Christina = Greenwood's son by an earlier marriage. Rep. Greenwood, in a statement = released yesterday by his office, asked for privacy in grieving for his = son. Family and friends will remember McClure, a 1995 graduate of = Slippery Rock University with a degree in social work, with a private = memorial service Saturday at Doylestown Presbyterian Church.