Gerard Nadeau was the chief of the East Tiverton Volunteer Fire Department. On the date of his loss, the department was responding to a structure fire on Hancock St, which is on the Tiverton Rhode Island / Massachusetts border. He was responding to the scene in his personal vehicle when he experienced, according to the Rhode Island State coroner, a heart attack. His vehicle then struck a utility pole, he was pronounced dead at the scene.
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