Crash Claims La. Firefighter on Medical Call

    Sept. 4, 2011
    A Jackson Parish volunteer firefighter died Saturday afternoon while responding to a call for medical assistance, reports KNOE.com.The responder was identified as 22 year-old Christopher Peterson from Jonesboro.Peterson was driving a 1998 Dodge utility truck from the Ward Four Fire Protection District and was traveling south on Siloam Church Road when he failed to negotiate a curve, the news station reports. The truck ran off the road and struck an embankment and several trees.

    A Jackson Parish volunteer firefighter died Saturday afternoon while responding to a call for medical assistance, reports KNOE.com.

    The responder was identified as 22 year-old Christopher Peterson from Jonesboro.

    Peterson was driving a 1998 Dodge utility truck from the Ward Four Fire Protection District and was traveling south on Siloam Church Road when he failed to negotiate a curve, the news station reports. The truck ran off the road and struck an embankment and several trees.

    According to State Police, Peterson was transported to an area hospital but died a short time later.

    The police report indicated that the highway was wet at the time of the crash and the truck was traveling too fast for the road conditions.

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