A firefighter responding to the scene of a deadly gunfight in Georgia drove over a victim’s body with an SUV and dragged it more than 50 feet, according to a sheriff’s incident report.
The document says the Augusta firefighter told investigators he didn’t see the body because “the vehicle hood and fender obscured his vision,” the Augusta Chronicle and WRDW-TV reported.
Emergency responders rushed Sunday evening to the scene of a shootout between rival motorcycle clubs in Augusta, said Richmond County Sheriff Richard Roundtree. Two men were killed and four others were injured by gunfire.
The report says the firefighter was driving through a parking lot at the shooting scene when the undercarriage of his Ford Expedition struck the body of one of the slain men and dragged it nearly 52 feet (15.8 meters). The report identified the victim as Germayne Farrell, 51, of Daytona Beach, Florida.
Roundtree confirmed at a news conference Monday that a first responder’s vehicle had struck a victim’s body, but he did not mention it had been dragged. He called it a “freak accident” that happened as the driver was moving his vehicle to make room for other emergency vehicles.