Police testified that Grant Taylor said that he was angry with firefighters who were collecting donations and slowing down traffic before he hit a firefighter with his pickup truck on September 9.
The Lansing State Journal reports that Taylor honked his horn and threw an apple core at Lansing Firefighter Dennis Rodeman then drove away, turned around, and struck Rodeman with his vehicle, according
Muscular Dystrophy Association’s “Fill the Boot” campaign is underway and firefighters have been out collecting money in intersections across Michigan.
At around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, at the intersection of Jolly and Cedar in Lansing, a driver struck a firefighter after an altercation and then left the scene. The firefighter, 35-year-old Dennis Rodeman passed away due to his injuries.