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Posted Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008
Man on his way to lend a hand dies in crash
By Seth Burkett
and Nancy Glasscock
Staff Writers
MOULTON — A Trinity man on his way to volunteer with tornado cleanup crews in Lawrence County died in a wreck Tuesday morning.
Floyd Franklin Fagan, 66, suffered fatal injuries when his pickup collided with a tractor-trailer on Alabama 24, eight miles east of Moulton at 8:30 a.m., state troopers said.
“Mr. Fagan had just filled up with gas for his chain saw,” said Lawrence County Coroner Micah Coffey. “He was headed out to the command post at Fairfield Church (of Christ) to help volunteer with some of the storm damage.”
“Mr. Fagan was retired,” the coroner said. “His wife and daughters told me that he had dedicated his whole life to try and serve others and that he had been working night and day since the storm hit.”
Coffey said the vehicles collided at Alabama 24 and Lawrence County 434. The westbound tractor-trailer appeared to have struck Fagan’s southbound pickup on the driver side, Coffey said.
The driver of the tractor-trailer, Bobby Haynes, 66, of Holly Pond, suffered slight injuries, state troopers said.
Parkway Funeral Home will announce arrangements for Fagan.
http://www.decaturdaily.com/stories/4984.html
Man on his way to lend a hand dies in crash
By Seth Burkett
and Nancy Glasscock
Staff Writers
MOULTON — A Trinity man on his way to volunteer with tornado cleanup crews in Lawrence County died in a wreck Tuesday morning.
Floyd Franklin Fagan, 66, suffered fatal injuries when his pickup collided with a tractor-trailer on Alabama 24, eight miles east of Moulton at 8:30 a.m., state troopers said.
“Mr. Fagan had just filled up with gas for his chain saw,” said Lawrence County Coroner Micah Coffey. “He was headed out to the command post at Fairfield Church (of Christ) to help volunteer with some of the storm damage.”
“Mr. Fagan was retired,” the coroner said. “His wife and daughters told me that he had dedicated his whole life to try and serve others and that he had been working night and day since the storm hit.”
Coffey said the vehicles collided at Alabama 24 and Lawrence County 434. The westbound tractor-trailer appeared to have struck Fagan’s southbound pickup on the driver side, Coffey said.
The driver of the tractor-trailer, Bobby Haynes, 66, of Holly Pond, suffered slight injuries, state troopers said.
Parkway Funeral Home will announce arrangements for Fagan.
http://www.decaturdaily.com/stories/4984.html
