Restaurants & Bars

Dutch Family Restaurant Owners In Serious Car Accident: Report

The owners of Dutch Family Restaurant in Germantown were in a serious car accident with their children, the MOCO Show reported.

 JR and Ruthie Stoltzfus own Dutch Family Restaurant inside the Lancaster County Dutch Market in Germantown. They were in a serious car accident in South Carolina, and a GoFundMe has been set up to help them.
JR and Ruthie Stoltzfus own Dutch Family Restaurant inside the Lancaster County Dutch Market in Germantown. They were in a serious car accident in South Carolina, and a GoFundMe has been set up to help them. (Google Maps)

GERMANTOWN, MD — Owners of Dutch Family Restaurant in Germantown were in a car accident in South Carolina as they traveled to a vacation in Florida, the MOCO Show reported. Owners JR and Ruthie were with their children in the car when the accident happened, and JR and several of their children were injured and are in a local hospital, according to the MOCO Show.

A GoFundMe has been set up for the family and over $2,000 has been raised.

"As many of you heard our dear friends Jr & Ruthie and their family along with Ruthie’s sister Linny were in an accident on their way to Florida," the GoFundMe page says. "There are some that are still in the hospital and they will have a long recovery ahead of them."

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