Training Crash Kills Oregon Firefighter

A Polk County fire engine on a training exercise crashed into a tree south of Independence on Wednesday night, killing a 25-year veteran volunteer firefighter, officials said.

Source Courtesy of Statesman Journal

March 20, 2003
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Captain Tom Kistler
Captain Tom Kistler
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