Citrus County Fire Rescue training captain killed in July 4 boating incident

Citrus County Fire Rescue training captain killed in July 4 boating incident

CRYSTAL RIVER, Fla. (WFLA) — The Citrus County Fire Rescue announced that one of its training captains died in an off-duty boating incident on July 4. A CCFR release stated that Captain Michael Fletcher, 42, was on the Crystal River when the incident happened. However, the details of what happened are not yet known. ‘No regard for human life’: BMW driver rams Hillsborough County deputy in Tampa, HCSO says "Captain Michael Fletcher was a …

Citrus County Fire Rescue training captain killed in 'off-duty boating incident' in Crystal River

A training captain from the Citrus County Fire Rescue (CCFR) was killed in an off-duty boating incident in Crystal River on the Fourth of July.Officials said Michael Fletcher, 42, was an "esteemed training captain" who dedicated six years of service to CCFR and around twenty years to Marion County Fire Rescue.There are still no details about the cause of the incident that night. CCFR said Fletcher trained firefighters to uphold standards of safe…

'Esteemed' training captain with Citrus County Fire Rescue killed in off-duty July 4 boating accident

Citrus County Fire Rescue crews are mourning the loss of one of their "esteemed" training captains, Michael Fletcher on July 4 in an off-duty boating accident.