Stroudsburg school administrator Sean Richmond killed in I-380 accident

Kathryne Rubright, Pocono Record
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Stroudsburg High School's head wrestling coach Sean Richmond talks to an official after the match against Pocono Mountain West on Dec. 7, 2023.
Stroudsburg High School's head wrestling coach Sean Richmond talks to an official after the match against Pocono Mountain West on Dec. 7, 2023.

Stroudsburg Area School District Director of Activities and Athletics and wrestling coach Sean Richmond died after being struck by a tractor trailer Saturday on Interstate 380.

According to the Pennsylvania State Police, calls came in shortly after 6 p.m. Saturday regarding a tractor trailer hitting a person around mile marker 1.4 of I-380 northbound in Tobyhanna Township, Monroe County. Police, fire and EMS responded.

Monroe County Coroner Tom Yanac confirmed Sunday to the Pocono Record that Richmond was the victim.

Richmond was taken to St. Luke's Monroe Campus, where he died.

He had been Stroudsburg's athletic and activities director since 2018.

In a statement on the district website, Stroudsburg Superintendent Cosmas Curry remembered Richmond as an administrator, coach and friend.

"It is with a heavy heart and my deepest sympathies to all staff, students, and our greater school community, on the loss of Sean Richmond, our Athletic/Activities Director and our head wrestling coach. I grieve along with you as we are all devastated at his untimely passing. He was an outstanding athletic director poised to take on bigger roles in our School District and District XI. His wrestlers loved him and always had students' best interests in mind. He was a great administrative teammate to me and many of you, and an even more tremendous friend. Sean’s service is most appreciated. He had a propensity for leadership in the athletics and activities department," Curry wrote.

"Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and we ask you to respect their privacy at this time. In this situation, words cannot adequately define feelings and emotions, I simply ask for your support as we mourn the loss of our colleague. He will be sorely missed," Curry concluded.

"Our entire District XI family mourns the loss of Sean Richmond. Sean was a strong coach and AD who cared immensely about the athletes at Stroudsburg High. He will be missed by all of us. Thoughts to his young girls, wife and entire family and the Mountie family," the PIAA District XI account posted on X.

Kathryne Rubright is the managing editor of the Pocono Record and the Tri-County Independent. Reach her at krubright@gannett.com.

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