A 16 -year -old Missouri firefighter is being crying for his community after dying while trying to rescue broad floods at the end of last week, authorities said.
Chevy Gall, a student of Union High School in Franklin County, was responding to a water rescue reported in his personal vehicle when he was seriously injured in an accident with another car, the authorities of the state patrol of Missouri said First alert 4.
The adolescent, voluntary of the Beaufort-Leslie fire protection district, was transported to the Mercy Washington hospital, where he was declared dead.
When calling the incident “the worst nightmare of a fire chief”, Chief Terry Feth said that the district is “disconsolate by the loss of its own” on a Facebook post on Friday night.
“Chevy died while answering the call to help others. Our entire department is afflicted, since we cry with Chevy’s family, friends and our door to respond, an incredible difficult moment,” Feth added.
Several other local fire departments and lifeguards, including the New Haven ambulance district, the Valley Park Fire Protection District, the Eureka Fire Protection District and the Pattonville Fire Protection District joined Ball to give Ball a dignified transfer:
Today, its paramedic/#Pattonville firefighters participated in a decent transfer greeting for the Firefighter Chevy Gall. The voluntary firefighter Gall headed to a water rescue call in Franklin’s county when he was involved in a vehicle accident and was killed. Multiple agencies aligned the high step 270 with an increase in the flag, while the Firefighter Gall was transferred to Washington, Missouri. Rest in peace, volunteer gall. #Ackery of cars
Posted by Pattonville Fire Protection District on Sunday, April 6, 2025
Today our members respected the fireman Chevy Gall. Firefighter Gall died to a water rescue call. Hey…
Posted by Valley Park Professional Firefighters Community Outreach on Sunday, April 6, 2025
The other individual involved in the accident, which Toky place About 3948 Highway 50 in Beaufort, was treated by minor injuries, according to the emissourium.
Gall’s family expressed his gratitude for the effusion of support in a statement obtained by the departure:
We want to express our deepest thanks to the spectators who stopped to provide help at the accident scene, the members of the Beaufort-Leslie Fire Protection District and the Ambulance District Gerald for their support, care and compassion. Chevy was proud to serve his community, and we are shaled for his loss.
The road patrol of the state of Missouri is investigating the accident, authorities said.
The images shared on social networks show the serious floods in Missouri and other states of the west and south medium after storms wreaked havoc in the United States last week and during the weekend:
The death toll as a result of floods and tornadoes is at least 20, Breitbart News reported Afternoon on Sunday.
Olivia Rondeau is Breitbart News policy reporter based in Washington, DC, I find her in X/Twitter and Instagram.
