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Mayor Nelson: It’s time to listen, and take action
By Reggie Connell, Managing Editor No elected official is immune to criticism. It goes with the territory. Sometimes you need to shrug it off and keep moving forward. But other times, you need to listen. Apopka lost a firefighter this summer. Austin Duran died of injuries he suffered in a June 30th accident at the […]
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1 violation found in Apopka firefighter’s deadly accident
Apopka Mayor Bryan Nelson gave an update on the investigation into the death of firefighter Austin Duran Wednesday. Twenty-five-year-old Duran died in July, one month after a trailer filled with sand fell on him at the fire station.A report on the accident detailed a lack of training in the fire department and a safety committee […]
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