AURORA, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina firefighter was hospitalized after she was hit by a car, the North Carolina State Highway Patrol said.
Patrol Sgt. Kevin Respass said Pamlico County firefighter Maegan Speciale, 20, was assisting with a fire in Beaufort County around 7 p.m. Thursday, WITN reported.
Respass says Speciale was setting up a roadblock on N.C. Highway 306 near Aurora when a motorist in the northbound lane tried to avoid hitting a fire truck. The sergeant said Speciale saw the car coming and tried to get out of the road before she was hit.
Officials at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville said Speciale was in critical condition. She is the granddaughter of Craven County State Rep. Michael Speciale.
Respass says no charges have been filed, but the accident is still under investigation.
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