LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Fern Creek Fire Department is mourning the loss of one of its own.
A sergeant with the department died Friday morning after an accident while he was off-duty. On Friday afternoon, the Jefferson County Coroner's Office identified him as Sgt. Kyle Adams.
"Sergeant Adams was a pillar to not only our department, but the Fern Creek community. Someone everyone knew, trusted, and loved," Dewayne Hutchens, an assistant fire chief with the Fern Creek Fire Department said.
Adams, who spent his career as a Fern Creek firefighter, also ran the business Fern Creek Lawn Care.
Officials with the Louisville Metro Police Department say the accident took place at about 9:30 a.m. on Pavilion Way, off Fairground Road, in Fern Creek, just minutes away from the fire house.
Dewayne Hutchens said Sgt. Adams became trapped under a piece of equipment while he was working.
Adams was rushed to University of Louisville Hospital, along with a police escort, but was pronounced dead just after 10 a.m. His official cause of death has not been released.
Adams leaves behind a wife and two children. Funeral arrangements have not yet been announced.
On Friday, a sign outside the Fern Creek Fire Department read "Prayers for Sgt. Adams and family."
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