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LODD: Ky. fire chief dies from complications of apparatus crash

Chief Robert Glenn “Bud” Webster was driving the apparatus when it overturned, causing him to be ejected and pinned underneath the vehicle

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GLENCOE, Ky. — A fire chief died May 6 from complications of a traumatic brain injury suffered in 2006.

Chief Robert Glenn “Bud” Webster Sr., 64, with the Glencoe Fire-Rescue Department, was responding to a motor vehicle accident in 2006 when the fire apparatus he was driving left the roadway and overturned, the U.S. Fire Administration reported.

The apparatus overturned, causing him to be ejected and pinned underneath the vehicle.

Chief Webster was a 12-year veteran of the department and leaves behind a wife, son and daughter.