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Troy F. Allen

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Troy F. Allen

Birth
Death
4 Jun 1971 (aged 24)
Burial
Macedonia, Cleburne County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
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Five people were killed and and 27 were injured in the explosion of the truck
laden with 400 cases of dynamite, which caught fire after colliding with a car
in Waco, Georgia. The Friday night blast demolished the truck and the car along
with a firetruck and ambulance that were first on the scene.

A crater 75 feet wide and 20 feet deep severed highway 78 and windows were
broken in Waco and Bremen.

Killed were: a volunteer fireman from Bremen, David Lee Smith 32; volunteer
fireman of Waco, Doyal Bell 31; Cleve O. Heath 46 a wrecker driver of Bremen,
Talmadge Adams 40 of Waco, driver of the VW that collided with the truck; and
Troy Allen of Muscadine, Alabama.
Five people were killed and and 27 were injured in the explosion of the truck
laden with 400 cases of dynamite, which caught fire after colliding with a car
in Waco, Georgia. The Friday night blast demolished the truck and the car along
with a firetruck and ambulance that were first on the scene.

A crater 75 feet wide and 20 feet deep severed highway 78 and windows were
broken in Waco and Bremen.

Killed were: a volunteer fireman from Bremen, David Lee Smith 32; volunteer
fireman of Waco, Doyal Bell 31; Cleve O. Heath 46 a wrecker driver of Bremen,
Talmadge Adams 40 of Waco, driver of the VW that collided with the truck; and
Troy Allen of Muscadine, Alabama.


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