GOLDSBORO, N.C. — Officials say the chief of a North Carolina volunteer fire department has died while responding to a call.
WITN reports the Wayne County Fire Marshal’s Office said Chief James Radford of the Polly Watson Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched at 1:06 p.m. on Saturday to assist on a call in Wilson County.
The fire marshal says when Radford reached the fire station, he suffered an apparent medical emergency and crashed into a parked car in the station’s parking lot.
After firefighters treated Radford inside his car, he was taken to a local hospital, where he died. Radford was also a volunteer with the Fremont Volunteer Fire Department.