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The driver of a fire truck that ran over a woman while backing down a walking path without a spotter is facing a wrongful death lawsuit. Lorri Riehm was killed last June when she was run over by a Green Springs Rural Volunteer Fire Department vehicle that was clearing from the scene of a successful water rescue incident.

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A 24 year old female firefighter is accused of taking a fire truck on a joy ride last Saturday evening, something she may have even gotten away with had she not started talking on the radio. Chelsea Matthew is facing charges of driving under the influence after taking a Lincoln-Ottawa-Harrison Fire District brush unit for a ride without permission.

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A fatal apparatus accident last June in California has led to a civil claim being filed against the fire department. It has also led some to ask once again what is wrong with our justice system. The answer is: read ...

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