Jacquelyn Walker: Latest News

UPPER MERION TWP, Pa. - Two young volunteer firefighters and a Pennsylvania State Trooper are recovering after an accused drunk driver slammed into a group of first responders who were aiding an accident on the Schuylkill Expressway last weekend. Firefighters on July 24 were called to the 335-mile marker in Lower Merion Township just after 3:30 a.m. for reports of an accident with injuries. As crews were preparing to leave, authorities say a vehicle driven by Jacquelyn Walker cut through the crash scene and plowed into three firefighters and a state trooper.

UPPER MERION, Pa. - A South Jersey woman will spend at least a dozen years behind bars for her role in a crash that killed a firefighter in Lower Merion Township nearly two years ago. Jacquelyn Walker, 64, of Egg Harbor Township, pleaded guilty last fall to third-degree murder and other charges related to the July 2021 crash on the Schuylkill Expressway.Investigators say Walker drover her Jeep onto the shoulder of the expressway, crashing into a group of firefighters responding to a crash. Thomas Royd  Firefighter Thomas Royds was killed and three other first responders were injured. "He died for us, so we'll go serve for him, and that's where we stand to this day," a former colleague of Royds told FOX 29.Toxicology reports confirmed that alcohol was not a factor in the deadly crash.

LOWER MERION, Pa. - A volunteer Lower Merion firefighter is back doing what he loves after recovering from an accident on I-76 last summer.Sam Shaffer, 18, is back with the Lower Merion High School's men’s lacrosse team as he makes his debut back on the field this week after recovering from severe injuries caused by an accident that seriously injured one of his colleagues and killed another. Back on July 24, around 3 a.m., emergency crews responded to a crash involving two vehicles in the westbound lanes of I-76 in Lower Merion Township.At 3:23 a.m., authorities say Jacquelyn Walker, 63, was operating a Jeep Grand Cherokee in the right lane as she approached the scene of the crash. They say she then crossed over the rumble strips on the side of the highway and plowed into the crash scene, injuring Shaffer and his friend, Alex Fischer and killing firefighter, Tom Royds. RELATED:Shaffer was flown from the scene of the accident to Penn Presbyterian where he spent about a week with a brain bleed, fractured eye socket, broken leg, and a torn ACL and MCL. Now, Shaffer is back in both uniforms, and he says he owes it all to his family and his never-give-up attitude. "It feels great finally getting back out with the family, the team, firefighting again, it feels great," he said.

LOWER MERION, Pa. - The driver accused of killing a firefighter and injuring three other first responders was drinking while behind the wheel, according to an arrest affidavit. Police say officers and firefighters were responding to an accident on I-76 early Saturday when Jacquelyn Walker, 63, drove up the shoulder and hit Lower Merion firefighter Thomas Royds, two other firefighters and a state trooper. After the crash, Walker was distraught and kept repeating, "Oh my God, Oh My God," according to police.Jacquelyn Walker  Walker poured rum into her soda in the car and admitted to drinking it while driving, the arrest report states.Police also say Walker smelled of alcohol and a trooper saw her dump brown liquid onto the road after the