A Macon County volunteer firefighter is in critical condition after he was struck in the head by a fire hose.
According to Macon County Fire Chief Micah Kauffman, it happened around 4 p.m. Saturday.
Macon County firefighters are keeping vigil at the hospital after one of their men suffered a traumatic brain injury Saturday afternoon.
Darrell Plank lost consciousness when he was hit in the head by a metal coupling as a fire hose snagged on the truck, Fire Chief Micah Kauffman said.
An ambulance on the scene of the fire off Ga. 128 near the Taylor County rushed Plank to Medical Center, Navicent Health, where he remained in critical, but stable condition Monday morning.
The 29-year-old father of five had a CT scan Monday morning that revealed Plank suffered a stroke on the left side of his brain, according to a Facebook page asking people to pray for his recovery.