MEMPHIS, Mo. (AP) - The Missouri State Highway Patrol says one firefighter was killed and another was injured in a fire truck crash in northeast Missouri.
The men, who were with the Memphis Volunteer Fire Department, were on their way to a fire Monday evening when the accident occurred.
The patrol says a fire truck driven by 33-year-old Jesse Ketchum, of Downing, ran off of Highway 15 three miles north of Memphis. The truck overturned several times, ejecting both men.
KTVO reports (https://bit.ly/2qCjf42 ) that Ketchum was killed in the crash. A passenger, 27-year-old John Chancellor, of Downing, was seriously injured. He is currently being treated at a hospital in Columbia.
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Information from: KTVO-TV, https://www.ktvotv3.com
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