A 23-year-old off-duty Chesterfield County firefighter has died after a motorcycle crash Friday afternoon.
The afternoon of Friday, Nov. 7, 23-year-old Sammy Ershidat was driving a motorcycle east on W. Hundred Road, approaching Womack Road, when he collided with a white Nissan Altima pulling out from the Grand Oaks Apartments.
Ershidat was taken to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries, where he later died.
The unidentified driver of the Altima was taken to an area hospital with injuries not considered life-threatening.
Ershidat was a career firefighter with Chesterfield County Fire and EMS. He was assigned to Engine 211 and worked the โCโ shift at Fire Station 11, located on Iron Bridge Road. According to fire officials, he graduated from Recruit School 68 in 2024 and had been working as a firefighter for nearly two years.
โWe are all saddened by the loss of Firefighter Sammy Ershidat, who was taken from us as his career as a firefighter had just begun,โ said Chesterfield Fire Chief Edward L. Senter, Jr., in a press release.
