THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, December 30, 1994 TAG: 9412300534
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B5 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: ACCOMACK COUNTY LENGTH: Short : 25 lines
An 18-year-old firefighter was killed Tuesday afternoon when the truck he was driving to a fire crashed into a ditch.
Steve Colona, a volunteer with the Melfa Volunteer Fire Department, was pronounced dead at the scene, said Trooper S.H. Lynch of the Virginia State Police.
The accident occurred at 4:38 p.m. as Colona was driving west on State Route 226 and entered a curve. Colona's vehicle ran off the left side of the road and into the ditch. Another firefighter who was a passenger in the truck was flown to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital where he was treated for injuries.
KEYWORDS: ACCIDENT TRAFFIC FATALITY INJURIES
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