MARBLETOWN – perished in the line of duty on Friday, while working at a call for service in his community. Just after 3 p.m., the Cottekill Fire Department responded to a call for a tree down on Lucas Turnpike near the Rosendale Police Department. Shortly after responding, an emergency call to dispatch indicated a tree had fallen on a person, later identified as Chief Gagnon, at 3:27 p.m. and requested EMS, including a medevac helicopter.
Rather than wait for the helicopter, the Marbletown Rescue Squad, accompanied by a Kingston Fire Department paramedic, transported Chief Gagnon to Health Alliance Hospital, with Gagnon in traumatic arrest.
The Cottekill Fire Chief succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at the hospital.
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