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Allen L. Velega & Mike A. Tipoti
Captains
American Samoa Fire Bureau Division of the Department of Public Safety
Pago Pago, American Samoa
Age: 50 (Captain Velega); 44 (Captain Tipoti)
Gender: Male
Status: Career
Years of Service: 25
Date of Incident: April 30, 2020
Date of Death: April 30, 2020
After responding to a residential fire, Captain Mike Tipoti and Captain Allen Velega were returning to the firehouse when the apparatus they were in crashed at a sharp curve after coming down a mountain road. Captain Tipoti, who was driving the apparatus, was pronounced deceased at the scene. Captain Velega was pronounced deceased shortly after his arrival at the hospital emergency room.
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