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In the Line of Duty
Steven Paul Henderson, 60 - Louise, TX
10/12/2019
Steven Paul Henderson Firefighter Louise Volunteer Fire Department Louise, TX Age: 60 Gender: Male Status: Volunteer Years of Service: 26 Date of Incident: October 7, 2019 Date of Death: October 12, 2019 On Monday, October 7, 2019, Firefighter Steven Henderson and another firefighter were returning from a fire call in a tanker truck when they stopped alongside the road to inspect the front tires. While outside the vehicle, another firefighter from the same fire department driving his personal pick-up truck, who was also at the scene of the fire call and left shortly after Henderson, did not see the truck parked in the roadway or the two firefighters standing outside of it and subsequently hit both Henderson and the other firefighter. Henderson was immediately transported by LifeFlight to the Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, in Houston, where, on Saturday, October 12, 2019, he succumbed to the injuries sustained in the accident. The other firefighter who was hit had non-life threatening injuries and was released from OakBend Medical Center in Richmond, TX.