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DURHAM, NC — A training accident Tuesday left a firefighter with “major head injuries,” fire officials said Wednesday.
Fire Technician Eric Rozier was injured in a boating accident and was at UNC Hospitals in critical condition, the Fire Department said in a news release.
No one else was injured in the accident, which happened during urban search-and-rescue training at Jordan Lake.
Rozier has been a Durham firefighter for nine years, and he has been on the USAR team for three years. The Fire Department is investigating the accident.
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