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Name: Darrell Lavon Plank
Rank: Firefighter
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Status: Volunteer
Years of Service: 12
Date of Incident: 05/20/2017
Time of Incident: 1630hrs
Date of Death: 05/23/2017
Fire Department: Macon County Fire Rescue
Address: 2630 Fields Crossing RD, Montezuma, GA 31063
Fire Department Chief: Micah Kauffman
Incident Description: Firefighter Darrell Lavon Plank died in the hospital several days after suffering a traumatic brain injury while at the scene of a working residential structure fire near Montezuma, GA, on Saturday, May 20, 2017.
According to initial reports, Firefighter Plank was donning protective gear when the accident occurred. As other firefighters were setting up a hose line, the fire hose snagged on a truck, causing a coupling to strike Plank in the head knocking him to the ground.
Firefighter Plank was treated at the scene and rushed to the hospital where a CT scan showed he had suffered a stroke on the left side of his brain. Firefighter Plank later underwent surgery, but succumbed to his injury on the evening of May 23, 2017.
Incident Location: 227 Hawk Cir, Oglethorpe, GA
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