Connecticut Firefighter Dies After Fall

April 22, 2009
He was injured in a fall at a fire station.

A New Haven firefighter died Tuesday of injuries sustained in a fall earlier this month.

Patrick Reardon, a 14-year veteran of the department, suffered a severe head injury in a fall at the Dixwell fire station, according to the U.S. Fire Administration.

Reardon, 42, was taken to the Hospital of Saint Raphael where he died Tuesday afternoon.

Funeral Information:

Calling hours are scheduled for 2 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Monahan Co, Smith & Crimmins Funeral Home, 11 Wooster Place, New Haven.

A Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Lawrence Church, 207 Main St., West Haven. Burial will be at All Saints Cemetery.

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