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18-year-old Miss. volunteer firefighter dies in crash

Becker-Athens Volunteer Fire Department Firefighter Jacob Anthony Carter was responding to a call in his personal vehicle

BECKER, Miss. — An 18-year-old Mississippi volunteer firefighter died Sunday.

Becker-Athens Volunteer Fire Department Firefighter Jacob Anthony Carter was responding to a mutual aid fire call in his personal 2002 Ford Explorer when the vehicle ran off the road and struck a tree, fatally injuring him.

Firefighter Carter had spent less than one year in the fire service.