North Carolina Firefighter Dies of Injuries Sustained in Crash - Firehouse.com In The Line Of Duty

North Carolina Firefighter Dies of Injuries Sustained in Crash - Firehouse.com In The Line Of Duty:

"A memorial service is set for Thursday in North Carolina to honor a volunteer firefighter who died of injuries sustained in a collision last month while responding to a call.

Joseph Bilka, a member of Antioch-Fishing Creek Vol. Fire Department in Oxford, N.C., died last week at Duke Medical Center.

Bilka, who joined the fire department when he retired to the Oxford area two years ago, was en route to his station for a smoke investigation call when his Plymouth Bonneville crashed into the side of a tractor-trailer that was backing into another road, said Assistant Chief Benbury Ellington."