BUCKHOLTS, Texas — A Buckholts volunteer firefighter has died following a single-vehicle rollover crash, according to a statement from the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Firefighter Rick Joseph Fuentes was pronounced dead at the scene by Justice of the Peace Greg Hoelscher, KWTX reported.
According to DPS, the Buckholts Volunteer Fire Department truck was responding to a vehicle and grass fire in Holland when the crash occurred.
Fuentes was driving the fire truck when it left the roadway and rolled over.
The crash remains under investigation.
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