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    KUTV News

    A Utah man put on his firefighter uniform each morning and went out to help the public, but that landed him behind bars.

    2New's Kathryn May joins us live to explain why.

    When you have an emergency and call 911 for an EMT, you expect them to come from a fire station like this one. But one citizen was taking it upon himself to answer the calls without the authority.

    Firemen are called into a dangerous gas leak that threatens many nearby businesses. They offer expertise and a sense of security, but what if they weren't really firemen? The unified fire authority says that's what a Murray man was doing--pretending he was a fireman in real situations.

    “He put lights and sirens on his car. He’d listen to the dispatch then he’d get in his car and he’d go fast to a scene,” said Captain Gaylord Scott, Unified Fire Authority Spokesperson.

    Fire investigators say Patrick Fredericksen tried to order some more emergency equipment, saying he was a Salt Lake County fire fighter. The company contacted the the Unified Fire Authority (UFA) and learned he wasn't a fire fighter at all.

    Then investigators searched his home. They say they found a uniform, a badge, emergency lights, radios and all sorts of EMT gear.

    “Being a fireman's cool. I think he just wanted to be a fireman,” said Captain Scott.

    Authorities say that Fredericken's family and friends thought he was a firefighter. Now he's behind bars for impersonating an officer.

    Authorities say Patrick Frederickson was a volunteer fire fighter in Huntington, Utah in 2003, but he was let go and had his EMT license revoked in 2004.

    He has a criminal history and is now facing charges for impersonating an officer, possession of stolen property and possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia.

    This is one weird story,

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    LORDSBURG, N.M. -- A crash Saturday along Interstate 10 near Lordsburg killed four members of the Lopez family from Anaheim, Calif.

    But police on Tuesday learned that there was a second accident at that scene involving the responding emergency personnel.

    "As the fire truck arrived, it crossed the median. Upon entering the westbound lane of the interstate, it ran over the deceased body of Manuel Lopez," said Lt. Eddie Flores, of the New Mexico State Police.

    Authorities confirmed that Lopez, 38, was dead before the rescue vehicle ran over him.

    Hidalgo County officials are looking into the incident, as well as waiting for the findings of the state police investigation.

    "Until we get further reports from the state police and people that were involved, the county has no comment at this time," said Hidalgo County Manager Roger Ellis. "Criminal charges, I would have to say, are very, very unlikely."

    Police said Lopez's body was covered with a blanket at the time of the incident and it was difficult to tell it apart from the debris at the scene.

    Hidalgo County officials said the driver of the rescue vehicle was a volunteer.

    Why do they specifically say that the driver was a volunteer?