Texas volunteer firefighter killed in truck accident

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Texas volunteer firefighter killed in truck accident

Duty Death: Clint Dewayne Rice - [Hico, Texas]


Biographical Info

Age: 28

Incident Details

Cause of Death: While responding to a call, Rice lost control of his fire truck on a turn and overturned the vehicle.

Date of Incident: November 22, 2005


By TIM WOODS
Tribune-Herald (Texas)

A member of the Hico Volunteer Fire Department was killed Tuesday when he lost control of his fire truck responding to a fire in Hamilton County.

Clint Dewayne Rice, 28, of Hico, was driving a 1968 Heil tanker truck to a grass fire on Farm-to-Market Road 219 at about 2:30 p.m. when he lost control rounding a turn, causing the truck to overturn, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety said.

Rice was ejected from the truck when it flipped and was pronounced dead at the scene, the spokesman said.

Full Story: http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/news/stories/2005/11/24/20051124waccops.html




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