Apopka mayor to discuss investigations into death of firefighter Austin Duran

APOPKA, Fla. – Apopka Mayor Bryan Nelson will hold a news conference Wednesday evening to tackle internal and external investigations into the loss of life of firefighter Austin Duran.

Duran, 25, died in July, weeks soon after remaining injured on the position with the Apopka Hearth Section. Apopka Fireplace Main Sean Wylam explained to Information 6 in July that Duran was hurt at Hearth Station 1 although seeking to transfer a sand trailer, which is utilized for dangers this kind of as liquid and gas spills.

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The convention in entrance of Apopka’s Town Corridor is set to start out at five p.m., according to a information release. Also for the duration of the occasion, Nelson will deal with the “Austin Duran Protection Initiative,” a security committee named soon after the fallen firefighter.

An post posted Thursday by The Apopka Voice cites prepared statements by Apopka hearth Lieutenant Alex Klepper, who reportedly resigned from the AFD Basic safety Committee immediately after professing to have encountered pushback from many others in his efforts to entire a submit-incident critique.

In a Fb write-up Monday, Klepper shared information protection of his resignation from the committee, including “This has been the hardest, most mentally/bodily draining, and thankless yr of my entire occupation.”

Apopka hearth District Main Gerald Maynard, chairman of the committee, responded to Klepper, giving a statement to The Apopka Voice in which he accepted the lieutenant’s resignation and expressed his shock.

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