MARYLAND FIRE POLICE OFFICER DIES IN THE LINE OF DUTY We regret to advise you that David Barr Sr., a Perryville volunteer firefighter who was hit by a car while directing traffic last month, died this morning. He was 65. Barr passed away around 11:15 a.m. at Christiana Hospital in Delaware and had been there since Oct. 25. On that day, Barr was working as a Fire Police Captain, managing the traffic around an accident on Route 40 near the Maryland 222 intersection when he got hit, rolled up on the hood of the car and laid on the highway with severe head injuries. Captain Barr was a volunteer with the Waterwitch and Perryville fire companies after he retired. Before retirement he was a career Fire Lieutenant for the Federal Fire Service. Funeral arrangements have not been finalized. However, his family has asked for an official fire service funeral. Its Been Real Bad Lately: BE CAREFUL OUT THERE! Captain Barrs death represents just one of several incidents recently in which public safety workers in Maryland alone have been injured after being struck by a vehicle. This includes Maryland State Police Trooper Jacqueline Kline, who suffered critical injuries while assisting on a traffic stop Oct. 6 in Glen Burnie. Similar accident have also recently taken place involving a police officer in Baltimore City and a state trooper Baltimore County. And this morning, in Cecil County, while operating at a fatal crash, a vehicle struck an unoccupied, marked MSP cruiser on West Pulaski Highway after that vehicle passed a truck in the slow lane,. A Trooper had parked the patrol car with its emergency lights flashing so he could assist at the nearby crash scene.
Posted on: Sat, 09 Nov 2013 23:27:18 +0000
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