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SALEM, Conn. (WTIC Radio) - A volunteer firefighter is dead after he was struck by a minivan Sunday evening in Salem.
State Police say Willis Sands, 69, of Bronx, New York, was leaving a Trunk or Treat event at the Gardner Lake Volunteer Fire Company in Salem, where he was a member.
There were no streetlights and no crosswalks at the intersection of Old Colchester Road and Witter Road, where a minivan struck and killed Sands.
No one inside the minivan was injured.
The driver of the minivan was taken to Backus Hospital in Norwich for an evaluation.
Anyone with information is asked to contact State Police through TFC Greg DeCarli #1090 at Troop K, via (860) 465-5400.
