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Funeral set for Va. firefighter killed in wreck

Joshua Travis Smith, 25, died after his car went off a road and hit a cinder block entrance

The Associated Press

LA CROSSE, Va. — A funeral is scheduled Thursday for a La Crosse volunteer firefighter who was killed while responding to a traffic accident report.

La Crosse Volunteer Fire Department chief Michael Clark tells the Richmond Times-Dispatch that 25-year-old Joshua Travis Smith died after his car went off a road and hit a cinder block entrance to a cemetery. Smith was driving toward the fire station when the accident occurred Saturday.

The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at RZUA Headquarters and Conference Center in La Crosse.