THOMASVILLE, Mo. — A 72-year-old Thomasville volunteer firefighter died in a fire truck rollover while responding to a call.
The Missouri Highway Patrol reported the crash on Highway 160 in Oregon County on Jan. 16. KSIS reported the firefighter was a passenger in a pumper that veered off the road, overcorrected, hit a ditch and overturned.
The driver was transported to a hospital in Memphis with serious injuries, Ozarks First reported.
Oregon County Sheriff Eric King said that the firefighters were responding to a structure fire.
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