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Johnny Ivision, Jr. ( Credit: Facebook)
(KAIR)--A Leavenworth County volunteer firefighter was killed in a crash Sunday evening while responding to a fire call in Easton.
The Leavenworth County Sheriff's Department identified the victim as 23-year-old Johnny Ivison, Jr., a member of the Easton Township Fire Department.
The Sheriff's Office says Ivison was northbound on 231st Street, south of Easton, when his pickup truck left the roadway and rolled several times.
Ivison was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene.
The Leavenworth Times reports the crash, which remains under investigation, occurred at a curve in the road.
The Easton Township Fire Department said in a Facebook post that the department learned about the fatal crash while firefighters were on the scene of the house fire.
Ivison leaves behind a wife and two young boys.
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