A Seminole County firefighter who was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash has died.
The Oviedo Firefighters group posted the update on Connor Fernandez on social media Sunday morning. Fernandez was seriously injured in a crash in Altamonte Springs earlier this month.
His fellow firefighters stepped in to help last week, holding a blood drive to replenish the need for donated blood.
“We brought the idea up to his mom, ‘Hey, why don’t we do a pay it forward to where anybody can donate blood,’” said organizer and fireman Justin Esteras.
A fundraiser for Fernandez raised more than $50,000.
Fernandez had been with The Seminole County Fire Department since 2020.