Jackson Township FD Vehicle Maintenance Accident 2010

A firefighter/mechanic was making steering system repairs to a brush truck inside of the Jackson Township Fire Department maintenance building. The mechanic turned the key to unlock the steering column. The brush truck accidentally lunged forward. At the same time the brush truck lunged forward, Captain Leonard Arthur Murray, Jr. and another firefighter were walking in front of the vehicle. The other firefighter was knocked clear but Captain Murray was crushed between the brush truck and a wall. He received a head injury and was killed instantly.