A volunteer firefighter from Arkansas was killed Friday morning from injuries sustained in a fall from a bridge.
Lt. Paul D. Baker, 39, of Turtle Creek Volunteer Fire Department, lost his footing while involved in an extrication of a patient from a single-vehicle crash on the I-30 bridge over the Saline River.
Baker fell about 40 feet, landing on the river bank.
Some rescue personnel from Benton and Turtle Creek ran to assist him, while others remained with the seriously injured, trapped patient, said Benton Fire Chief Ben Blankenship.
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