Orange County Firefighter Killed In Motorcycle Crash

Orange County Firefighter Killed In Motorcycle Crash

Michael E. Priester was only 53 age aged when he died on the morning of February 21, 2009. He was on his way home on U. S. 17 North of Decrepit Daytona Road in Volusia County when a pickup truck collided head - on with his motorcycle; he was wearing his helmet at the interval of the crash.
His noteworthy occupation with Orange County Fire Salvation had spanned midpoint 18 dotage, spring on April 21, 1991. He’d been most recently assigned to the Special Operations Squad Unit at Fire Station 83. He will be sorely strayed by his partner firefighters and paramedics. He is survived by his wife. The cause of the crash was investigated by the Florida Highway Policing, and it was hardboiled that the pickup truck had swerved suddenly in to the stricken motorcyclist’s course. Residing in Deland, Priester was very active in the local firefighter’s labor union and was great by his colleagues for his lively sense of humor. He would loudly imitate “Curly” of the mythological 1930s Chestnut Troupe “The Three Stooges, ” while address loved ones or his many friends by having them pull his inventory finger straight out as if it were a breathing amusement gravy train. As a younger man, he would stimulate friends by pursing his bushy eyebrows together suspicion a “Groucho Marx” monobrow.
He would parcel out inconsequential boys from the whistle stop rides on the “Big Red Engine” while being unstinting with his epoch. This fire truck with its hook n’ ladder was more than 60 feet long – a giant attraction to an awestruck boy.
He always loved motorcycles. A memorable “bike” was a GPZ that he handled with skillful aplomb. Another little brother described Mike as “kind - hearted, always a snort on his lips, who loved his work. At Tallulah Lawns, he once performed CPR to save the life of an elderly woman, aged 97. He collectible other human beings, both senile and raw.