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clock May 14, 2007 8:36 am US/Eastern

Funerals Set For All 3 Victims In Bay Bridge Crash

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Dennis Edwards
Reporting

(WJZ) ANNAPOLIS, Md. The funerals have been set for all three victims who died in one of the Bay Bridge's deadliest crashes ever.

The service for 44-year-old James Ingle of Preston was scheduled to start at 1 p.m. at the Frampton Funeral Home on North Main Street in Federalsburg.

Ingle was one of three people who died in the seven-vehicle accident.

Funeral services are also set for Wednesday in Queen Anne's County for Randall Orff, 47, and his 19-year-old son Jonathan, who were both residents of Millington.

Both were volunteers with the Crumpton Fire Company and their funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Crumpton Volunteer Fire Hall.

The Orffs burial will follow at Crumpton Cemetery.

Click here to see how the department is remembering the deceased father and son.

Meanwhile, investigators have said it does not appear that two-way traffic was a contributing factor to the chain reaction, triple-fatal crash that also injured five people.

The accident happened around 4 p.m. on the westbound span of the bridge last Thursday.

Traffic was snarled for hours as lanes were not reopened until 11:30 p.m. Thursday night.

One person was flown to Shock Trauma and four others suffered minor injuries.

The crash occurred when a trailer being towed by an SUV detached and other vehicles swerved to avoid it.

Two pickup trucks, a tanker hauling animal fat, a tow truck, a van, a car and the SUV pulling a four by-six trailer were all involved.

"While he was driving, the small trailer became separated from the vehicle. The other vehicles attempted to avoid the trailer and caused the chain reaction that occurred," said Maryland Transportation Administration Police Chief Marcus Brown.

Maryland Transportation Authority Police say six of the vehicles were going westbound. The seventh vehicle was going eastbound.

Police said the Orffs were in an eastbound pickup and Ingle was in a westbound car.

Brown said the driver of the SUV was "very upset" but had no major injuries. It's still not known if the driver of the SUV will face charges.

Brown is stressing that it does not appear that the accident was the result of either wind or two-way traffic on the bridge.

The investigation is focusing on how the trailer became unhitched. A final report will take two months.

Engineers evaluated the bridge. They found minor damage to the guard rails, but no structural damage.

The crash was immediately considered one of the most horrific in the bridge's history.

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