Firefighter Falls Ill On Way to Fire, Dies

A Massachusetts firefighter who became ill as the truck in which he rode sped to a fire died, reports say.

Other firefighters on the truck that day noticed that Rehoboth Fire Department Firefighter Kenneth Marshall Jr., 33, seemed in distress as the Engine Company 2 drove to a residential fire.

The firefighters driving the truck was notified and immediately stopped to render aid to the stricken fireman. The fellow firefighters found him unresponsive and initiated CPR on Firefighter Marshall, a 15-year fire service veteran. He was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

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