A Candor firefighter lost his left leg after he was injured in a traffic accident Thursday at the scene of a woods fire in Montgomery County, reports The Courier-Times.
The firefighter, Earl Harrington, 43, of Candor was pinned between a fire truck and another vehicle which struck the emergency vehicle due to low visibility from smoke caused by the Thursday afternoon fire at 1906 Cole Road, near Brewer Road.
Harrington was reported to be in stable condition Friday afternoon at University of North Carolina Hospitals in Chapel Hill, according to Corey Roberts, Montgomery County emergency services director.
Roberts said the Candor Fire Department unit arrived at 2:14 p.m. at the woods fire which was reported at 2:04 p.m. As firefighters went to the rear of the truck to put out cones and get hoses to fight the fire, a passing Jeep hit the fire truck, pinning Harrington between the vehicles. A second vehicle, also traveling eastbound on the two-lane rural road, then hit the Jeep. No other firefighters were injured.
Harrington was airlifted from a landing zone near the scene to the Chapel Hill medical facility. He was originally listed in serious condition and underwent surgery Thursday night. More surgery, to repair his right leg, was scheduled on Friday.
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