Willard Fire Department Engine Rollover Fatality 1995

Firefighter Ernestine Garcia died when she was thrown from a fire engine in a rollover accident while responding to a brush fire. The vehicle apparently hit a soft shoulder on the side of the road, crossed the road and rolled over. The driver, a 17-year-old junior firefighter, was hospitalized for multiple injuries. He was permitted to drive to fires but prohibited from operating on the fireground until turning 18.