Local truck dealer faces loss of Sterling line

October 14, 2008 at 4:52p.m.

AUSTINTOWN — A local truck dealer is scrambling after it learned Tuesday that it is losing one of its two major lines.

West Gate Ford-Sterling Truck Sales intends to remain open and keep its nearly 50 employees on staff, said Greg Beule, company vice president.

Daimler AG, the German automaker, said Tuesday that it would drop its Sterling brand of commercial trucks next March.

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