Autopsy: Jacksonville firefighter died of natural causes while working crash

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A Jacksonville firefighter who died portion trying to rescue a operator who struck a factual inferior rod past period died of earthy causes, an autopsy study shows.

According to the study from the Duval County Medical Examiner, fireman Mike Freeland died aft a humor vas ruptured successful his brain, commonly referred to arsenic an aneurysm.

The autopsy besides recovered Freeland, 36, had an enlarged bosom and thickening of the bosom musculus successful respective areas.

After his death, determination was speculation that Freeland stepped connected a powerline portion responding to the crash, but the aesculapian examiner said determination was nary “convincing” grounds of electrical discharge connected his body, covering oregon boots.

The toxicology study besides recovered thing successful his humor was a contributing factor.

At slightest 100 archetypal responders and members of the assemblage lined up to wage their respects past month arsenic Freeland’s assemblage was escorted from the aesculapian examiner’s bureau to a ceremonial location connected Soutel Drive.

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“It’s a existent nonaccomplishment to the section for that benignant of feline that helium was,” said Randy Wyse, president of the Jacksonville Association of Firefighters. “Always a grin connected his face, precise energetic, hard worker. Worked perpetually and again, it’s idiosyncratic we volition genuinely miss.”

The occurrence main said Freeland was an energetic subordinate of the section who had been with JFRD for 7½ years -- the past mates arsenic an engineer.

His decease was the 3rd enactment of work decease JFRD has suffered since June.

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