Procession Thursday For Montco Officer To Begin Hospice Care

HATBORO, PA — The borough officer who suffered a brain injury after going into cardiac arrest brought on by a bee sting reaction will be brought home Thursday to start hospice care, and the community will have a chance to pay their respects as the vehicle procession to bring the ailing man home passes through local neighborhoods in both Montgomery and Bucks Counties.

The Hatboro Police Department announced that the procession escorting local K9 Officer Ryan Allen will pass through the borough and surrounding areas late Thursday morning.

Officials said while they don't have an exact time, they anticipate a procession of vehicles to drive by the Hatboro Police Administration Building at around 11:30 in the morning, although they said that the timeframe is "fluid" at this point.

Motorists are warned that they may experience some travel delays as the motorcade passes through to its final destination, which is Allen's home in Doylestown, Bucks County.

The exact procession route has been outlined here. It will start at the Moss Rehab facility in Elkins Park, which is where Allen has been undergoing care, and will end at the Police K9 Training Yard in Lower Nike Park in Warrington Township, Bucks County.

In a Facebook post, the Warrington Township Police K9 Unit said that members of that community are also invited to pay respects and watch the passing vehicle procession, but that drivers coming to the training yard are asked to not block the upper parking lot near the pavilions with their vehicles as it would impede the procession.

Patch has been following Allen's story since last fall, when the officer, who is only in his mid-30s and who was integral in starting up Hatboro's K9 unit, experienced a rare bee sting reaction, even though his family stated that he did not have a history of bee sting allergies.

The anaphylactic shock sent Allen into cardiac arrest, and he ended up suffering an anoxic brain injury due to the fact that he experienced prolonged oxygen deprivation during his medical episode.

Earlier this month, Allen's wife, Whitney Allen, told the community that doctors had recently determined that while rehabilitation had been the ultimate goal all along, they now determined that there was no chance Allen would ever recover from his injuries.

After that determination, Whitney Allen opted to have her husband transferred to their home where he would be put on end-of-life hospice care.