Procession held for Montgomery County firefighter killed in weekend crash on I-76 Published FOX 29's Joann Pileggi has more on a procession for slain Montgomery County firefighter Tom Royds. UPPER MERION TWP, Pa. - A procession was held on Sunday for a Montgomery County firefighter who police say was killed by a drunk driver while he was aiding a two-car crash on the Schuylkill Expressway over the weekend. The body of Tom Royds was lead by a motorcade of emergency vehicles from the Upper Merion Corner's Office to a local funeral home late Sunday afternoon. Loved ones and fellow first-responders lined a route through the community Royds served.