Fire Truck Crash Leaves 1 Dead & 1 Seriously Injured

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A firefighter from Birch Tree was killed and another one seriously injured when a fire truck rolled over between West Plains and Thomasville in Oregon County.

The Highway Patrol says the fire truck from the Thomasville Fire Department was on its way to a fire when it ran off the road, struck a ditch and overturned on U-S 160.

The driver was airlifted to a hospital with serious injuries and a passenger was pronounced dead at the scene.

Both firefighters were from Birch Tree.