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About 40 trucks, most of them semitractor-trailers, lined Ellsworth’s Main Street Wednesday, April 7, for the funeral of Daniel DeBeer at Zion Presbyterian Church.
DeBeer, 33, of Ellsworth, died on March 31 as the result of a trucking accident in Wyoming.
According to crash reports, DeBeer was driving a 2007 Peterbilt commercial truck eastbound on Interstate 80 near Rock Springs, Wyoming, when a westbound 2018 Volvo commercial truck crossed the median into the eastbound lanes and collided head-on with DeBeer’s truck.
The collision, which happened around 3 p.m., caused a fiery explosion that engulfed both trucks in flames.
DeBeer died at the scene. The other truck driver was treated at the scene for his injuries.
The Wyoming Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.
DeBeer, a graduate of Adrian High School, owned and operated DeBeer Farms Trucking and co-owned D & H Waste Solutions & Cattle Barns.
He is survived by his wife, Kim (Janssen), and three young children.
His friends in the trucking community organized the showing of trucks in Ellsworth the day of DeBeer’s funeral.
A Go Fund Me page was started with the goal of raising $7,000 to support DeBeer’s family. As of Monday more than $22,000 had been donated.