Injured FF update

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On monday I posted concerning an injured fire fighter from one of our volunteer

fire dpts. This is the most current update

Pat McAvoy, 27 yoa is still in the trauma unit at Vanderbilt Hospital in

Nashville. Pat suffered head trauma and some brain swelling which has since

subsided. There was a fear that he would lose his sight due to exposure to

diesel fuel, but that seems to be ok. Surgery was done yesterday with plates

being placed in his forehead, one cheek and his chin. There were some broken

ribs and a broken leg. His left ear was torn off also. Prognosis seems to be

for a full recovery. It is believed that the light bar on the truck kept his

head from being crushed.

The accident occurred while enrte to a working structure fire. There is no

definite answer yet as to what caused the crash. Possibilities incluse the

water shifted in the tank, another thought is that a rear leaf spring broke ,

and then there is driver

error that he was driving to fast for conditions and didn't negotiate the curve

completely.

Continue to pray for Pat and the Walter Hill VFD, this is the second apparatus

they have lost recently, one is out due to

mechanical problems. As a volunteer agency it is not easy to replace the

appartatus.

Sgt Currey

Rutherford County SO

Murfreesboro, geographic center,Tn