Orange County Firefighter Killed In Motorcycle Crash

Orange County Firefighter Killed In Motorcycle Crash

Michael E. Priester was only 53 agedness senescent when he died on the morning of February 21, 2009. He was on his way home on U. S. 17 North of Senile Daytona Road in Volusia County when a pickup truck collided head - on with his motorcycle; he was wearing his helmet at the chronology of the crash.
His noteworthy career with Orange County Fire Salvation had spanned almost 18 dotage, preface on April 21, 1991. He’d been most recently assigned to the Special Operations Squad Unit at Fire Station 83. He will be sorely mislaid by his friend firefighters and paramedics. He is survived by his wife. The cause of the crash was investigated by the Florida Highway Monitoring, and it was single-minded 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 Memoir Troupe “The Three Stooges, ” while testimonial loved ones or his many friends by having them pull his register finger straight out as if it were a live coming-out cream. As a younger man, he would satisfy friends by pursing his bushy eyebrows together thing a “Groucho Marx” monobrow.
He would vouchsafe puny boys from the venue rides on the “Big Red Engine” while being equitable with his week. 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 other self described Mike as “kind - hearted, always a whizgigging 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 worthy other human beings, both old and green.