The Upstate community is mourning the loss of a young firefighter taken too soon.
The Spartanburg County coroner and SC Highway Patrol say 23-year-old Fountain Inn native Tyler Warfield was killed after a car collided with his motorcycle around 8:45 AM on Wednesday, February 24.
Chief Mike Huppmann with Clear Spring Fire and Rescue says Warfield was an avid worker who always wanted to learn.
“This is what he wanted to do," Huppmann said. “That was his goal, and he was living his dream of becoming a firefighter."
Unfortunately, that dream was cut short when Warfield, who had just gotten off work at Clear Spring—where he was a full-time employee—was on his way to his second job at Reidville Fire Department, where he was a part-time employee.
“He is family," Reidville fire chief Patrick Evatt said. “He is family to me just like he is to Chief Huppmann.”
Evatt’s department was first on the scene.