A 16-year-old Missouri firefighter is being mourned by his community after dying while attempting a rescue during the widespread flooding late last week, officials said.
Chevy Gall, a student at Union High School in Franklin County, was responding to a reported water rescue in his personal vehicle on Friday when he was critically injured in a crash with another car, Missouri State Highway Patrol authorities told First Alert 4.
The teen, who was a volunteer with the Beaufort-Leslie Fire Protection District, was transported to Mercy Washington Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Calling the incident “a fire chief’s worst nightmare,” Chief Terry Feth said the district is “heartbroken by the loss of one of our own” in a Friday evening Facebook post.
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