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Troyer, Paul D. (1946-1967)
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+ | <font size="+2">'''Young Truck Driver Crushed by 13-Ton Drag Line Bucket'''</font> |
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+ | Sugarcreek, Ohio. — A freak highway accident near Wilmot, Ohio resulted in instant death for Paul D. Troyer, 21-year-old Amish young man of Mt. Hope, employed as a truck driver by Mullet Coal Co. |
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+ | A 13-ton dragline bucket being hauled on a lowboy truck tore loose from its moorings as the truck rounded a curve. It crashed onto the coal truck, crushing the cab and driver. A heavily loaded lumber truck barely missed the wreckage, according to a witness. |
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+ | About 800 persons attended funeral services for the Troyer youth, son of Dan M. and Elizabeth Troyer. Several Lancaster County ministers took part in the services. |
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Latest revision as of 12:20, 2 December 2021
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1967 Jan 19 p. 3
Birth date: 1946
text of obituary:
Young Truck Driver Crushed by 13-Ton Drag Line Bucket
Sugarcreek, Ohio. — A freak highway accident near Wilmot, Ohio resulted in instant death for Paul D. Troyer, 21-year-old Amish young man of Mt. Hope, employed as a truck driver by Mullet Coal Co.
A 13-ton dragline bucket being hauled on a lowboy truck tore loose from its moorings as the truck rounded a curve. It crashed onto the coal truck, crushing the cab and driver. A heavily loaded lumber truck barely missed the wreckage, according to a witness.
About 800 persons attended funeral services for the Troyer youth, son of Dan M. and Elizabeth Troyer. Several Lancaster County ministers took part in the services.