Argenta Fire Department issued the following announcement on.
Saturday, February 16, 2019 at 5 PM – 11 PM CST
October 8th, 2008 was the darkest day in the Blue Mound Fire Departments history. During a routine training at 8:24 PM, Firefighter William Miller applied the brakes to avoid a vehicle that pulled out ahead of him. The tanker he was operating went into a skid and rolled into the ditch and landed on its top trapping Billy and another firefighter. The other firefighter released his seat belt, climbed out and summonsed help. Approximately 5 minutes into the extrication Billy lost consciousness.
Billy was extricated from the tanker at approximately 8:36. CPR and advanced life support was administered and he was air lifted to the hospital. Billy was pronounced dead at 9:38 PM. There was no evidence of lethal trauma caused by the accident. The physical stress of crashing the tanker triggered a heart attack or cardiac arrhythmia resulting in his sudden cardiac death. Billy was only 24 years old.
Join us as we honor “The Doze” at our 10th annual Billy Miller Memorial Dinner. Stay tuned to learn more about raffle items we have obtained and updates on the dinner progress. Remember all proceeds go to the Billy Miller Scholarship Fund. We guarantee two $1000 scholarships. The more money brought in. the more scholarships we can give out.
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Source: Argenta Fire Department
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