Thirty-seven year old Robert Keyser of Angola, IN., driver of the lumber truck, which has a Michigan registration, was taken to sacred Heart Hospital then transferred by Medevac helicopter to the Baltimore City Hospital’s Burn Unit. Police theorized that the vehicle had been pushed into the restaurant by the truck. The two men were not discovered until hours later after debris had been cleared and investigators had discovered an engine which didn’t match any of the vehicles accounted for. Bowen was the first victim to be identified by police. Marsh, 31, of Frostburg, who was in the process of building the nationally known Noah’s Ark. Ruth Margaret Bowen, 52 of Frostburg, wife of District Court Judge Miller Bowen, who was at the scene and immediately recognized his wife’s car Charles Harrison Mitter, 61, of Luke, and his son-in-law, the Rev. One fireman said he heard several explosions and when he looked up and saw the smoke, he thought a gas station in the middle of town had blown up.Īll the victims either were operators or passengers in the vehicles involved. The smoke could be seen as far away as Route 36.įrostburg firemen were the first to be dispatched to the scene by Allegany County Civil defense. Heavy black smoke poured from the building and flames burst forth. Those that witnessed the mishap said the structure burst into flames upon impact by the rig. Connor said firemen had a plentiful water supply. During the height of the blaze, Police & Fire Commissioner Robert L. Thirteen area volunteer firemen were treated for smoke inhalation or burns and five were admitted to hospitals. The trailer section, loaded with lumber, overturned in the street with its wheels in the air.įlames shot high in the air and raged out of control for more than two hours. Yingler, which is a single building and not connected.
The cab section of the truck crashed into Stoops’ Restaurant, the only building on the street says Lt. with the truck speed climbing as high as 80 mph, sideswiping 16 cars and one truck. The accident occurred in the 100 block of East Main Street at 4:10 p.m. Yinger of the Maryland State Police, had the runaway truck hit 20 yards either way or had the accident occurred 20 minutes earlier. Yesterday’s tragedy which killed three and injured 18 persons on Frostburg’s narrow Main Street would have been of even more monumental proportions, says Lt. Runaway Truck Causes Death and Destruction Reprinted from the Cumberland Times-News. On This Day In Frostburg/FFD History (One of the Town’s Worse Incidents!)
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