Philip M. Wigal
Lieutenant
Town and Country Fire District
West Salem, OH
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Status: Career
Years of Service: 16
Date of Incident: April 11, 2022
Date of Death: April 11, 2022
On Monday, April 11, 2022, Lieutenant Philip M. Wigal responded to the scene of a vehicle accident on I-71 southbound. While at the scene, a trooper was performing an administrative inventory of the crash vehicle while Lieutenant Wigal was completing documentation for their report. At approximately 3:59 p.m., while finishing these tasks, a southbound commercial vehicle struck the left rear of the fire apparatus, the patrol vehicle and the vehicle involved in the initial crash. Lieutenant Wigal was pronounced deceased at the scene.
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