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Phoenix firefighter fatally crushed between fire truck and ambulance

Bradley Harper, 23, got caught between the vehicles as they tried to pass each other on a narrow road

By Deborah Stocks and Josh Frigerio
ABC 15

PHOENIX — A Phoenix firefighter died after he was pinned between two vehicles while working to extinguish a fire.

Phoenix police Sgt. Tommy Thompson said 23-year-old firefighter Bradley “Brad” Harper was “gravely injured” when he became pinned between two fire vehicles that were getting into position to fight a mulch fire near 39th Avenue and Lower Buckeye Road on Saturday.

Harper, who had been with the department for two years, was taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital where he died from his injuries, said Thompson.

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