LONG ISLAND, N.Y. — Capt. George A. Turner Jr., with the Jericho (N.Y.) Fire Department died Friday while responding to a motor vehicle collision. He reportedly died of a heart attack.
Capt. Turner was a member of the department since 2005 and had served on three other departments: Locust Valley, Glen Cove and Glenwood. He was elected captain in December 2010.
A release by Jericho Fire Department said he was a very active member of the department’s rehab team, part of the 9th Battalion HazMat Decon Task Force, and was the department’s top responder for the past several years.
Captain Turner’s death marks the third line of duty death in the Jericho Fire Department’s history.