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Texas firefighter dies in motorcycle crash

Matthew Griffin, 41, was a 20-year medic and a member of an EMS motorcycle club

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NIXON, Texas — A firefighter-paramedic was killed last Thursday when his motorcycle collided with a pickup truck.

Matthew Griffin, 41, with the Gonzales County (Texas) EMS, was driving his motorcycle to work when a pickup that was turning pulled out in front of him, The Gonzales Inquirer reported.

Griffin was taken to the hospital but didn’t survive.

Griffin had been in EMS for 20 years and was with the Gonzales County EMS for three years. He was also a firefighter.

Fellow paramedic Mike Furrh remembered him as a generous, selfless person.

“Matt was close friends with all of us,” Furrh said. “There’ll never be another Matt Griffin. He was a man of his own, a very thorough person at work. He gave of himself, and loved his family, the Road Docs and his work.”

Griffin was also part of Texas’ EMS Roaddocs, an EMS-only motorcycle club. A motorcycle ride in his honor was held Wednesday morning.

The driver of the pickup, 29-year-old Jorge Ortiz, was issued a citation for failure to yield right of way turning left.

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