New Jersey Firefighter Dies From Training Injury Complications

  • Source: Firehouse
  • Published: 05/03/2017 12:00 AM

A Gibbsboro firefighter died Friday from complications involving a leg injury he suffered during a mandatory training exercise nearly three weeks earlier. According to the U.S. Fire Administration, Gibbsboro volunteer firefighter William "Bill" Gerace died because of a pulmonary embolism, which an autopsy found was directly attributed as a complication of a leg fracture he sustained during live burn training April 10. The USFA said in a release Tuesday that Gerace was advancing a hoseline during the training exercise when the nine-year veteran suffered a spiral fracture to his right fibula.



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