NC Firefighter Dies of Heart Attack After Working Crash Scene

A 45-year-old Kenly firefighter suffered an apparent heart attack at a crash scene Saturday night and later died.

According to local television station KRAL, John Morris Davis, Jr. was working the scene of an overturned pickup truck on Princeton Kenly Road when he complained of chest pains.

Assistance was rendered and he was taken to the hospital where he later died.

Assistant Fire Chief Tim Little told the television station that Davis originally joined the fire department in 2003, moved away for a while and recently rejoined the department as a volunteer. He spent days off from service at the station helping out. His assistant chief reported that Davis loved the fire service and the volunteer work he did.

"He just loved doing the job and helping people in the community and anything he was asked to do," Little said. "He did it without complaint and with love for everybody in the fire department and throughout this community."

Funeral services for Davis, who leaves a wife and three children, are pending.