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Funeral held for Texas firefighter killed in crash

Timothy Pierce, the EMT injured in the back of the ambulance at the time of the crash, attended the funeral

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BURNET, Texas — Hundreds of people, and dozens of emergency crews gathered to honor the Burnet firefighter and EMT who was killed in a crash Sept. 18.

The funeral for Daniel Hampton began at 10 a.m. at the Hill Country Fellowship Church, with a procession beforehand. Hampton died when his ambulance crashed into an stopped tractor-trailer on Highway 29 just west of Liberty Hill around 9 p.m. on Sept. 18.

“We’re here because we all wear the same uniform it’s got a different color to it every once in a while but we do the same job,” said Lt. Andre Delareza, an Austin firefighter and president of the Emergency Service Pipes and Drums Association.

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