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Touch a Truck event honors 4-year-old killed in crash

Touch a Truck event honors 4-year-old killed in crash
TONIGHT’S ZAMBELLI FIREWORKS SHOW IS SET FOR 9:30. A FAYETTE COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT IS KEEPING A 4-YEAR-OLD BOY’S MEMORY ALIVE, WHO WAS KILLED IN A CRASH BACK IN 2019. HUNTER BRADDEE LOVED FIRE TRUCKS. SO THE THIRD ANNUAL TOUCH A TRUCK EVENT AT MCCLELLANDTOWN VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY, IS A WAY TO HONOR HIM. KIDS ARE ABLE TO EXPLORE THE VEHICLES, GET THEIR FACES PAINTED, AND DO FAMILY ACTIVITIES. HUNTER’S GRANDMOTHER SAYS HE WAS A LOVEABLE LITTLE BOY. AND THIS IS THE THE BEST WAY FOR THE FAMILY TO HEAL. >> THIS IS A WAY THAT WE, THE FAMILY, IS ABLE TO DEAL WITH HUNTER’S PASSING. BY REMEMBERING HIM BY DOING SUCH THINGS AS THIS FOR THE COMMUNITY. CHANDI: A SCHOLARSHIP IS AL
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Touch a Truck event honors 4-year-old killed in crash
A Fayette County fire department is keeping a 4-year-old boy's memory alive three years after he was killed in a crash.Hunter Braddee loved fire trucks. The third annual Touch a Truck event at McClellandtown Volunteer Fire Company is a way to honor him.Kids are able to explore the vehicles, get their faces painted and do family activities.Hunter's grandmother says he was a loveable little boy and this is the best way for the family to heal.“This is a way that we, the family is able to deal with Hunter's passing,” Lisa McKahan said. “By remembering him by doing such things as this for the community."A scholarship is also given every year in memory of Hunter for someone to attend EMT school.

A Fayette County fire department is keeping a 4-year-old boy's memory alive three years after he was killed in a crash.

Hunter Braddee loved fire trucks. The third annual Touch a Truck event at McClellandtown Volunteer Fire Company is a way to honor him.

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Kids are able to explore the vehicles, get their faces painted and do family activities.

Hunter's grandmother says he was a loveable little boy and this is the best way for the family to heal.

“This is a way that we, the family is able to deal with Hunter's passing,” Lisa McKahan said. “By remembering him by doing such things as this for the community."

A scholarship is also given every year in memory of Hunter for someone to attend EMT school.