Orange County Firefighter Killed In Motorcycle Crash

Orange County Firefighter Killed In Motorcycle Crash

Michael E. Priester was only 53 age mature when he died on the morning of February 21, 2009. He was on his way home on U. S. 17 North of Aged Daytona Road in Volusia County when a pickup truck collided head - on with his motorcycle; he was wearing his helmet at the occasion of the crash.
His noteworthy career with Orange County Fire Reclamation had spanned partly 18 second childhood, blastoff on April 21, 1991. He’d been most recently assigned to the Special Operations Squad Unit at Fire Station 83. He will be sorely gone astray by his partner firefighters and paramedics. He is survived by his wife. The cause of the crash was investigated by the Florida Highway Monitoring, and it was determined that the pickup truck had swerved suddenly in to the stricken motorcyclist’s passage. 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 chimerical 1930s Comedy Troupe “The Three Stooges, ” while address loved ones or his many friends by having them pull his record finger straight out as if it were a alive diversion gain. As a younger man, he would stir friends by pursing his bushy eyebrows together sympathy a “Groucho Marx” monobrow.
He would fork over diminutive boys from the hangout rides on the “Big Red Engine” while being profuse with his term. 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 sidekick described Mike as “kind - hearted, always a chortle on his lips, who loved his work. At Tallulah Park, he once performed CPR to save the life of an elderly woman, aged 97. He dear other human beings, both aged and junior.