Piedmont man dies in head-on collision
Mineral Daily News-Tribune
BARTON - A Piedmont man lost his life Thursday afternoon in a head-on collision on state Route 36 near the Maryland Department of Highways salt dome.
According to the Allegany County Sheriff’s Office, Brian E. Billmyre, 60, of Piedmont, was driving a pickup truck south on Route 36 while Anthony Robert Moses, 57, of Lonaconing, was operating a bus north.
The sheriff’s office said Billmyre was pronounced dead on the scene of the 1:30 p.m. accident.
Moses, who had to be cut out of his vehicle, was flown to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown by Trooper 5.