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Mo. firefighter killed in fire engine rollover

A Thomasville firefighter was killed and another injured when their fire engine went off the road and overturned

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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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