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Lower Merion volunteer firefighter is back on the lacrosse field with his high school team after he was seriously injured in a crash last summer.

Authorities say Jacqueline Walker, 63, was driving a 2004 Jeep that was in poor condition when she slammed into emergency crews on the scene of a crash on I-76, killing a firefighter.

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...

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...