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The Ventura County Sheriff’s Department have identified Search And Rescue Volunteer Jeff Dye as the victim of a fatal crash that occurred Saturday morning.
“VCSO Fillmore SAR Team member Jeff Dye was helping people at a traffic collision when he was struck and killed by another vehicle,” reads a tweet from the department. “We mourn the loss of our family member today.”
Fire officials responded to reports of a single vehicle rollover, and paramedics were on scene, as well as a group of four members of the Fillmore Search and Rescue Team, as they had equipment that could help with a rolled-over vehicle, according to Captain Tony Imbrenda of the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
The four had arrived on scene voluntarily on their way to a training mission at Mt. Pinos, according to officials.
VCSO Fillmore SAR Team member Jeff Dye was helping people at a traffic collision when he was struck and killed by another vehicle. We mourn the loss of our family member today. pic.twitter.com/yEc1HHxdlt
— Ventura County Sheriff (@VENTURASHERIFF) February 2, 2019
“After that, there was another vehicle that struck a Search and Rescue member as well as the fire squad (car),” Imbrenda said.
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Dye was killed, and nine others were injured, including one critically injured Search and Rescue member and two paramedics.
“Two paramedics were transported to the hospital with minor injuries,” Imbrenda said.
All nine were transported to a local hospital, according to officials on scene.
A procession was held down the I-5 Freeway for Dye as they transported his body to the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office. Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva tweeted his sympathy for the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department.
An unexpected loss is always difficult. Especially when it affects our law enforcement family. Volunteers in law enforcement agencies play an important roll in public safety and the communities we serve. @VENTURASHERIFF Please accept my heartfelt sympathy as we mourn with you. https://t.co/oumUkFBnxV
— Alex Villanueva (@LACoSheriff_33) February 2, 2019
Officials with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station also sent out their sympathy in a Facebook post Saturday afternoon.
“Our deepest heartfelt condolences go out to the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office, Fillmore SAR and the family of Jeff Dye,” the post reads. “Jeff, a team member on the Fillmore SAR, was helping people at a traffic collision on the I-5 freeway this morning when he was struck and killed by another vehicle.”
The cause of the incident is still under investigation.
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Forty years ago, I was hit by a car going approximately 30 mph and thankfully survived.
I don’t understand how this could happen. When CHP & other emergency vehicles are at the scene of an accident, there are red/blue lights all over the place. By the time they arrive at the scene, traffic has already slowed (on both sides of the freeway) while people feel the need to gape at the accident. When CHP arrives, they set up cones and flares to provide safety for those working there.
With these conditions, how could anyone drive fast enough to kill an SAR member, critically injure another SAR member and two paramedics, plus several others?
Also, why didn’t KHTS publish the name of the driver who did this terrible thing? Was he charged? Was he taken into custody?
Yes, it’s still under investigation, but surely some facts are known.
Any information about the driver (and passengers in the car that rolled over) and any other vehicles involved in the accident?
Mr. Brown may be a staff writer, but isn’t there an editor to check his work?
Typical of KHTS’s poor reporting.