Comments on: UPDATED: Chief Posey Dillon & Firefighter Danny Altice killed when fire engine overturns in Rocky Mount, Virginia. Police report both thrown from rig.

By: deborah conner

deborah conner — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:30:11 +0000

Last month I was in the very position of the suv: on the school board road, making a left turn. My light turned green, but I heard sirens and stopped in time for an ambulance heading to the hospital. What surprised me is that the emergency workers didn’t change my light to red. In other places I’ve lived, they have the power to do this, if I’m not mistaken. Music, phone, or other distractions can easily cause someone to miss sirens.

By: Thaddeus Fitzhume

Thaddeus Fitzhume — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:27:51 +0000

RIP to the deceased Firefighters. To those of you who say let the seat belt ‘debate’ go for another day … sorry, but there are firefighters riding on a rig somewhere right now that are not belted in. This issue can’t be kicked to the curb and re-visited later, it’s reality … learn from the mistakes of others.

It will also be important to find out if it was a controlled intersection and whether speed was a factor in this tragedy.

By: Flash

Flash — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:13:13 +0000

My Prayers will be with their Family nad Frienda.

By: GADawg

GADawg — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:20:28 +0000

Rest in peace brothers. Everyone else, please buckle up!

By: Lugg

Lugg — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:31:56 +0000

Let these two brave men go with God. Please save the seat belt debate for another day.

RIP brothers.

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By: LordBee

LordBee — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:20:02 +0000

This is too sad…four in four days I dont like this average. RIP fellows

By: Lt FD

Lt FD — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:16:55 +0000

RIP. Sad, but please brothers, wear your seatbelts in your rigs.

By: HOOKMAN

HOOKMAN — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:40:14 +0000

This is very sad and unfortunate…We can debate the use of seatbelts all day long or we could say if the car didn’t enter the intersection or if it was raining instead of sunny out etc……No matter how tragic this seems, we as humans don’t live forever. All of us have to die at somepoint in our lives, we just don’t get to choose how long we live or how we will leave earth….RIP Brothers

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