Update from ABC40 & FOX 6: Funeral services Set for Springfield Firefighter Killed in Crash
Kenneth Murray’s funeral will be held Friday at 11:30 a.m. at St. Catherine of Siena Church, with burial to follow at Hillcrest Park Cemetery. A wake will be held Thursday from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Sampson’s Chapel of the Acres on Tinkham Road. For detailed traffic route information, click here.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) – Investigators continue to probe a weekend car crash in Springfield that took the life of a city firefighter who was injured in a natural gas explosion at a downtown strip club in November.
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Police say 23-year-old Kenneth Murray died when he was ejected from his vehicle after it struck a utility pole at about 3:15 a.m. Sunday in the city’s Indian Orchard neighborhood. He was taken to Baystate Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.
A spokesman for the city fire department told The Republican newspaper (http://bit.ly/127d6Oo ) that Murray was still out due to the service-related injury suffered in the Nov. 13 explosion that damaged 45 buildings.
A police spokesman says excessive speed has been listed as the accident’s cause, but investigators are awaiting the results of toxicology tests.
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Information from: The Springfield (Mass.) Republican, http://www.masslive.com/news/
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.
