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Name: Barry Miller
Rank: Assistant Chief of EMS/Firefighter
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Status: Volunteer
Years of Service: 30
Date of Incident: 09/23/2015
Time of Incident: 0725hrs
Date of Death: 09/23/2015
Fire Department: Bergen Fire Department
Address: PO Box 428, 10 Hunter ST, Bergen, NY 14416-0428
Fire Department Chief: Kevin Finucane
Incident Description: While responding to an emergency call for a male with chest pain, Chief Miller died from injuries sustained when the fire department ambulance he was a passenger in collided with a slow moving backhoe loader. The driver and one other crew member on board the ambulance were not injured. The ambulance was traveling east on Bovee Road in Riga, New York, when the accident occurred. According to media reports quoting law enforcement officials, early morning sunshine and fog were contributing factors to the fatal accident which remains under investigation by local and state authorities.
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