Daily Archives February 18, 2014
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FFD Training
February 18, 2014
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FFD Training Officer, Doug Hanson had more than 40 attendees at tonight's "Fire Behavior" department drill.
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On This Day In Frostburg/FFD History (One of the Town’s Worse Incidents!)
February 18, 2014
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Reprinted from the Cumberland Times-News. Thursday February 19, 1981
Runaway Truck Causes Death and Destruction
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. Robert R. Yinger of the Maryland State Police, had the runaway truck hit 20 yards either way or had the accident occurred 20 minutes earlier.
The accident occurred in the 100 block of East Main Street at 4:10 p.m. with the truck speed climbing as high as 80 mph, sideswiping 16 cars and one truck. The cab section of the truck crashed into Stoops’ Restaurant, the only building on the street says Lt. Yingler, which is a single building and not connected. It immediately burst into flames. The trailer section,
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