Off-duty WI Firefighter Struck by Vehicle at Crash Scene, Seriously Injured
A woman was killed and an off-duty Wisconsin firefighter was seriously injured Dec. 23 when they were hit by a vehicle at a crash scene.
Mequon Firefighter Josh Lipp who stopped to help after a wreck remains in the ICU, Fox6 reported.
Xuan Nguyen Rollmann, one of the people he was helping, died.
"He helps people. That what’s he does here, and that’s what he did out on the freeway. It didn’t surprise me that he decided to stop," Mequon Fire Chief David Bialk told reporters.
Lipp suffered a broken back, broken ribs and some injuries to his hand. The chief says he has a long road to recovery. He said his firefighter's actions speak volumes.
Jolene Reit, who was involved in the initial crash, was moved by the firefighter's willingness to help.
"I didn’t know at the time, but he was a firefighter. I ended up thinking about it. It was his first instinct to make sure everyone was OK," said Reit. "I just think about everybody that puts their life on the line. He wasn’t even on the clock, and he put his life on the line."
Bialk added: "Our thoughts and prayers are with the woman that was killed on the freeway that Josh stopped to help."
