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    Maryland Firefighter Falls from Fire Truck

    Aug. 13, 2006
    The volunteer from Riverdale sustained head injuries.

    A Prince George's County firefighter was hospitalized Saturday afternoon after falling from a fire truck.

    At about 4 p.m. Saturday, Engine 72 of the Prince George's County Fire Department was responding to a fire call. As the fire engine was traveling in the 6300 block of Baltimore Avenue in Hyattsville, a firefighter fell out of the vehicle and sustained significant head injuries.

    The firefighter was airlifted to Suburban Hospital in serious condition.

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