Fire official dies after responding to crash in South Bound Brook, NJ

🔥 Deputy Fire Chief Craig Konkle had a medical emergency after working a crash

🔥 He had been with the department since 2013

🔥 His wife is South Bound Brook Borough Council President Beth Konkle

SOUTH BOUND BROOK — Deputy Fire Chief Craig Konkle died after responding to a crash early Saturday morning.

The 54-year-old, whose wife is president of the Borough Council, suffered a “sudden acute medical emergency" while in the line of duty, according to a statement from the borough. He was part of the response to an overturned vehicle on Barber Boulevard around 5:20 a.m.

His wife is president of the Borough Council and they have two children.

Konkle had served the department since 2013 and received a valor award from the Somerset County 200 Club in 2017 in recognition of an ice rescue on the Delaware & Raritan Canal.

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Funeral is Saturday

The department in its post did not disclose the nature of the medical emergency.

Konkle's funeral is scheduled for Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Hagan - Chamberlain Funeral Home in Bound Brook. A viewing takes place Friday from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m.

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