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Two Brazos Valley firefighters injured after hitting downed tree responding to accident

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LEON COUNTY, Texas — On Wednesday night, during the severe weather, two Leona firefighters were injured after driving to the scene of an accident on I-45.

Bob Hickman with the Emergency Management department in Leon County said the two — Jacob McCurry and Danny Milliken — were driving their personal vehicles to the fire station to get a truck when they both hit a downed pine tree near Ft. Boggy State Park.

They both suffered injures and are recovering.

Hickman explained that the county had a lot of trees come down overnight and is experiencing minor flooding on Thursday morning.