Firefighter Richard Zielinski, 75, injured when struck by vehicle while doing traffic control work on Route 9 in Washington County, Maine
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But the driver wasn’t paying attention, the fire chief said, and didn’t see the firefighter until he was about 100 feet away. Zielinski tried to get out of the way but was unable to.
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