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Volunteer firefighter Alex Fischer returned home after being injured in a crash last month that was caused by a suspected drunk driver.
The accident, which killed volunteer firefighter Tom Royds, occurred around 20 minutes after a collision between two cars on the westbound expressway in Lower Merion. Royds and other members of the Lower Merion Fire Department had responded to the initial accident to close the highway's right lane and shoulder. A State Police trooper was questioning one of the motorists in the initial collision when Walker "drove up the right shoulder, striking the trooper, three firefighters and the Altima," police said. A dashboard camera in a police car recorded the accident. "One of the firefighters w...
Woman drank mixed alcoholic beverage while driving before I-76 crash that killed firefighter, affidavit says By FOX 29 staff Woman drank mixed alcoholic beverage while driving before I-76 crash that killed firefighter, affidavit says According to an arrest report, Jacquelyn Walker poured rum into her soda in the car and admitted to drinking it while driving. Police say officers and firefighters were responding to an earlier accident on I-76 early Saturday when Jacquelyn Walker, 63, drove up the shoulder and hit Lower Merion Township firefighter Thomas Royds, two other firefighters and a state...
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-respon...