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Drunk Volunteer Firefighter Crashes Firetruck into Ditch

CERESCO, Neb. (AP) — A drunken-driving charge has been filed against a volunteer firefighter who was behind the wheel when his firetruck crashed into a ditch in eastern Nebraska.

A news release from the office of Saunders County Attorney Scott Tingelhoff says 52-year-old Rodney Lovell, of Ceresco, is charged with a misdemeanor for first-offense DUI.

The Saunders County Sheriff’s Office says the truck was responding to a fire in Valparaiso when the accident occurred in the early morning of May 28. Lovell missed a turn, and the truck ran off the roadway into a ditch. It had to be towed out.

No injuries have been reported.

A phone listed for Lovell is no longer in service. Online court records don’t list the name of Lovell’s attorney.

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