Friday, December 29, 2006

Nova Scotia Firefighter Dies Responding

BRIDGEVILLE, N.S. (CP) - The RCMP in Nova Scotia have identified the man who was killed after he was thrown from his car during a crash on the Christmas long weekend.

Shawn Thomas MacLeod, 31, of Bridgeville was killed Saturday when his vehicle struck a guard wire and rolled.

An RCMP news release says MacLeod was a volunteer with the East River Valley Fire Department, and he was on his way to a fire when he lost control of the vehicle.

Police believe MacLeod was travelling above the speed limit of 50 kilometres per hour and had passed another vehicle on the crest of a hill in Bridgeville when the accident occurred.

He was not wearing his seatbelt.

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