The Brief

NAVAJO COUNTY, Ariz. - The firefighter community is devastated after the deaths of 31-year-old Brenna Kulikowski and 21-year-old Damon Thompson, two firefighters just beginning their careers.

The backstory:

On September 14, just after 10 p.m., a deadly crash on State Route 260 killed the two firefighters and another driver. First responders arrived to find a Timber Mesa Fire and Medical District ambulance had been hit head-on. Both Kulikowski and Thompson, who were in the ambulance, died at the scene.

According to the Department of Public Safety (DPS), 46-year-old Angela Bouck's car crossed the center line, hitting the ambulance head-on. She was also killed in the crash.

On September 18, the fallen firefighters were brought home as heroes. A procession began in Flagstaff a

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