Name: Spencer J. Chauvin
Rank: District Fire Chief
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Status: Career
Years of Service: 21
Date of Incident: 08/28/2016
Time of Incident: 0730hrs
Date of Death: 08/28/2016
Fire Department: St. John the Baptist Parish Office of Fire Services
Address: 1801 W. Airline HWY, LaPlace, LA 70068
Fire Department Chief: Cain Dufrene
Incident Description: Description: While working at the scene of a single vehicle accident on Westbound Interstate 10, District Fire Chief Spencer J. Chauvin was struck and killed by a charter bus that crashed into the accident scene. A passenger in a vehicle at the scene was also killed and many others were injured including two firefighters who received non-life threatening injuries in the incident.
Incident Location: Westbound lanes of Interstate 10 near mile marker 203
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