Thomas Edwin Royds
Name: Thomas Edwin Royds
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Race: European-American/White
Date: 07/24/2021
Location: I-76
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19004
County: Montgomery
Agency: Pennsylvania State Police
Cause of Death: Vehicle
Intended Use of Force: Vehicle
Media summary: Emergency responders were called shortly after 3 a.m. to a collision involving two cars in the westbound lanes of I-76. The trooper was speaking with one of the drivers when a sport utility vehicle drove up on the right shoulder and hit the trooper and three firefighters as well as one of the cars. The trooper and two firefighters were injured. Another firefighter, Thomas Edwin Royds, was killed. The driver, Jacquelyn Walker, was charged with vehicular homicide while driving under the influence, aggravated assault by vehicle, reckless endangering and other counts.
Unique ID: 30656
News article: Link
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