An Indiana firefighter was killed early Saturday while responding to a call for a vehicle stranded in high water after a storm.
Just after midnight, the Posey Township Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched for a storm-related call.
About 20 minutes later, local sheriff's deputies were alerted about another vehicle that had gone off the same road and struck a tree.
Jackson Township fire and rescue personnel found Posey Firefighter Roy A. Smith, 60, was pinned in the vehicle that had hit the tree, WISH reported.
Firefighters had to extricate him from the wreckage. He died shortly after arriving at a local hospital.
They believe he was headed to the call when the crash occurred.
Since Smith was the Clay County deputy coroner, the Parke County Coroner's office is handling the investigation.
He was the second firefighter to die while responding to an incident.
On Friday, Beaufort-Leslie, MO firefighter Chevy Gall, 16, was killed while responding to a rescue.
His vehicle crossed the center line and crashed head-on into a cargo van.
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Susan Nicol is the news editor for Firehouse.com. She is a life member and active with the Brunswick Volunteer Ambulance & Rescue Company, Oxford Fire Company and Brunswick Vol. Fire Co. Susie has been an EMT in Maryland since 1976. Susie is vice-president of the Frederick County Fire/Rescue Museum. She is on the executive committee of Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association. She also is part of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) Region II EMS Council. Susie is a board member of the American Trauma Society, Maryland Division. Prior to joining the Firehouse team, she was a staff writer for The Frederick News-Post, covering fire, law enforcement, court and legislative issues.
