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Miss. volunteer fire chief killed in wreck with deputy sheriff

Chief Yates’ truck collided with a sheriff’s deputy’s vehicle, overturned and ejected him from the truck

NEWTON COUNTY, Miss. — A volunteer fire chief was killed Saturday night in a car crash while responding to a wreck.

WTOK reported that Greenfield (Miss.) Volunteer Fire Chief Mickey Yates’ pickup truck collided with a sheriff’s deputy’s vehicle, which then overturned and ejected Chief Yates from the truck.

The Mississippi Highway Patrol said the deputy did not suffer any life-threatening injuries.