AARON REHKOPF
News Director, WPOC-FM
Baltimore
Maryland Line, MD -- Services have not yet been set for a Maryland Line
volunteer firefighter who was killed in the line of duty Sunday morning, Sept. 17
along Interstate 83 near the Maryland-Pennsylvania border.
Firefighter John Carothers of the Maryland LIne Volunteer Fire Company
tells WPOC Radio that a decision is expected later Monday as whether or
not there will be a full honors funeral for firefighter Robert "Bob"
Humphrey.
Humphrey, 62, of Parkton, responded in his personal vehicle to the scene
of a vehicle accident with rollover and rescue on I-83, just south of the
Maryland-Pennsylvania border around 9am Sunday. Maryland State Police
officials say Humphrey was attempting to cross the highway to assist the
victims of the accident when he was struck by a southbound car. Humphrey
was flown by MSP helicopter to the University of Maryland-Shock Trauma
Center, where he died several hours later.
Firefighter Carothers says family members are still finalizing
arrangements for Humphrey, and a decision is expected later Monday
evening on those arrangements.
Humphrey is survived by his wife, Cindy; two daughters, Bobbie and
Tracey; and a son, Ed. Mrs. Humphrey is active as a medic with the
Hereford Ambulance Association, while daughter Bobbie is an
EMT/Firefighter with Maryland Line VFC. Carothers says Bobbie Humphrey
was scheduled to take the career test for the Baltimore County Fire
Department this Friday.
"All of us up here are pushing her to stay at it and take the test,"
Carothers said.
Alonzo Williams, a spokesman for the Baltimore County Fire Department,
says that Bobbie Humphrey will not take the test this Friday as
scheduled. "The Department is making special arrangements that she will
be able to take the test at a later time," Williams said.
Meanwhile, the Maryland State Police continue their investigation of the
accident. They say that no charges will be filed against the driver who
struck Humphrey.
The funeral service will be at 11 A.M Friday, September 22, from St. John
the Baptist Roman Catholic Church, 315 N. Constitution avenue, New Freedom,
PA. Interment in Stablers United Methodist Cemetery, Parkton, MD. Viewings
from 1 to 3 and 6 to 9 P.M Thursday, September 21, at the J.J. Hartenstein
Mortuary, Inc., 24 Second street, New Freedom, PA.
Memorial contributions to
Maryland Line Volunteer Fire Co., POB 70, Maryland Line, MD, 21105 or the
Robert W. Humphrey Firefighter Scholarship Fund, c/o Hereford High School,
17301 York road, Parkton, MD, 21120.
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