The Accident on West King Street

Today's Fireday Friday is a salute to the brave men and women of the Shippensburg Fire Department and the many other specialized rescuers from Cumberland and Franklin County. Last Friday the Borough of Shippensburg was brought to a stand still for nearly eight hours. A vehicle crashed into an old stone building bringing the front of the building down onto the vehicle and the street. Luckily there were only two people inside the newspaper offices and they were able to escape through a rear door. Unfortunately both people in the Jeep were killed. 911 calls brought apparatus from all three Shippensburg departments. When they saw that the building would need to be stabilized before the vehicle could be removed they called for the TROT Team (Technical Rescue Operations Team). The TROT team stabilized and slowly raised the building to allow the vehicle to be removed. In all personnel from 15 different emergency departments along with Shippensburg Fire Police and the Shippensburg Police spent most of Friday afternoon trying to regain order. A job well done. The building was partially torn down that evening for safety reason. The last picture shows the truck company sawing the adjoining roof.