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Name: Jeffery Mason Sanders
Rank: Firefighter
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Status: Volunteer
Years of Service: 32
Date of Incident: 06/19/2017
Time of Incident: 1718hrs
Date of Death: 06/19/2017
Fire Department: Mayview Fire Protection District
Address: 500 W Orchard ST, Mayview, MO 64071-8213
Fire Department Chief: Kris White
Incident Description: Firefighter Jeffery Mason Sanders was killed and another firefighter was injured when they were struck by a privately owned vehicle while working at the scene of a “wires down” call. The private vehicle crashed into the rear of another private vehicle stopped on a roadway behind a fire department vehicle. The fire department vehicle then struck the two firefighters who were nearby, trapping them underneath as it went down an embankment and stopped. Firefighter Sanders was pronounced deceased at the scene. The second firefighter, 33-year-old Jacob Hayward, was flown to the Research Medical Center in Kansas City with critical injuries.
Incident Location: Route E, two-tenths of a mile north of Wheatley Road
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