A Bonavista (Newfoundland and Labrador) volunteer firefighter died Wednesday after the fire truck he was driving left Route 239 near Trinity and crashed.
The man was responding to a service call just prior to 1:45 p.m. when his truck rounded a curve in the road, departed the roadway, and drove over an embankment, a police report says.
The victim, the truck’s lone occupant, was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from the apparatus. He was transported to Dr. G.B. Cross Memorial Hospital in Clarenville, where he later died.
A Collision Reconstructionist attended the scene, and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner is engaged. An investigation is ongoing.