Australian Father-to-Be Dies in Truck Flip During Efforts to Fight Bushfires

Australian Father-to-Be Dies in Truck Flip During Efforts to Fight Bushfires
A fire blazes across bush as seen from Mount Tomah in New South Wales, Australia on Dec. 15, 2019. NSW RFS/Terry Hills Brigade/via Reuters
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A volunteer firefighter who died when his truck flipped amid a “fire tornado” at a New South Wales-Victoria border town was expecting his first child in May.

Samuel McPaul died on Monday just before 6 p.m. when the truck he was traveling in crashed at Jingellic, about 110km east of Albury in NSW.