KY volunteer firefighter becomes organ donor after on-duty crash

Brian Hatt will receive an honor walk on Tuesday afternoon when he is taken into surgery to become an organ donor, according to a Raywick Fire Department Spokesperson.

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Volunteer Firefighter Brian Hatt succumbed to his injuries on Monday afternoon, according to a spokesperson from the Raywick Fire Department.

Hatt was one of two men injured in an on-duty crash Friday night. According to the Kentucky State Police, a fire crew with the Raywick Fire Department was on the way to assist the Loretto Fire Department when the tanker truck dropped off the shoulder and the road collapsed.

Investigators found the tanker had left the road, hit an embankment, and overturned. The crash was about 64 miles south of Louisville, near Loretto.

Investigators said the driver was ejected from the vehicle, and the passenger was trapped.

Hatt was the driver of the vehicle, according to his family. His daughter told me he had several broken bones, a punctured lung, and a traumatic brain injury.

Hatt's honor walk is planned for 4 p.m. Tuesday at UofL Hospital in downtown Louisville.

An honor walk is a ceremony held at a hospital where medical staff, friends, and family line the hallways to pay tribute to a deceased organ donor as they are transported to the operating room.

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