RICHMOND, Va. -- A firefighter with the Richmond Fire Department is dead after he collided with a flatbed truck on North Arthur Ashe Boulevard Thursday morning.
The collision happened just before 9 a.m. at the intersection with the Avenue of Champions. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police say the truck was turning left on the northbound side of Arthur Ashe Boulevard when the firefighter, who was operating a motorcycle, struck the truck in the southbound lane.
Arthur Ashe Boulevard was closed in both directions to accommodate the investigation, but all lanes have since reopened.
The firefighter had been with the department for just a year, and had transferred over from the Spotsylvania area.
Anyone with information about the collision is asked to contact Crash Team Investigator J. Ozolins at 804-646-8671 or Crime Stoppers at 804-780-1000.
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