Smith, Lyndell J.
Age:	46
Cause of Death:	Struck By
Rank:	Firefighter
Nature of Death:	Trauma
Classification:	Volunteer
Emergency Duty:	Yes
Incident Date:	06/01/2000
Duty Type:	Responding
Incident Time:	15:13
Activity Type:	Riding Vehicle/Apparatus
Death Date:	06/01/2000
Fixed Prop. Use:	Street/Road
Fire Dept. Info:	Caldwell Volunteer Fire Department 14 West Central Caldwell , Kansas  67022 Chief: Rick Volavka
Final Summary:	Firefighter Smith was a passenger in a 1984 Jeep CJ7 command vehicle. The truck was equipped with extrication equipment and was responding with lights and siren in operation to a vehicle rollover with reports of serious injuries. Firefighter Smith was riding the hump between the driver and the front seat passenger. None of the truck?s occupants were wearing seat belts. As the command vehicle overtook and passed a passenger car on the left side, the car turned into the command vehicle, striking it at the right rear tire. The command vehicle skidded across traffic, entered a ditch, overturned in a wheat field, and caught fire. All three occupants of the command vehicle were ejected. Firefighter Smith received fatal injuries, and the other occupants of the command vehicle received serious injuries. No autopsy was performed but the cause of death for Firefighter Smith was listed as closed head and chest trauma with exsanguination from mortal axillary wounds (blood loss). No extrication was required at the scene of the original rollover call.