Allen Harim officials are offering to help the caretakers of the Harbeson cemetery by increasing a reward to help locate the driver who ran into the cemetery wall Dec. 6, just a few days after repairs had been made from a previous crash.

The cemetery board had earlier offered a $200 reward, and now Allen Harim officials are increasing the reward to $1,000. The cemetery wall, located at the intersection of Route 9 and Route 5, has been hit by trucks numerous times over the years. Board members estimate it will cost at least $6,000 to make the repairs.

The Allen Harim poultry processing plant is located near the intersection. “It is disheartening to learn that drivers don’t take responsibility for their actions,” said Allen Harim President and CEO Joe Moran. “We are just as anxious to learn who is responsible as anyone else and want them to be held accountable. It’s not always trucks traveling to and from our poultry processing plant, but when it is, we take full responsibility.”

Most trucks going to the plant are independently owned. Anyone with information about the crash should call Ed Kopple at 302-542-0275.

State transportation officials are scheduled to start an intersection improvement project in the spring.