By Mihir Zaveri and Ashley Southall
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A New York City firefighter died on Sunday night after falling off an elevated span of the Belt Parkway in Brooklyn while responding to a car accident, the authorities said.
Mayor Bill de Blasio identified the firefighter early Monday morning as Steven H. Pollard, 30, who joined the New York Fire Department about a year and a half ago.
At about 10 p.m., Mr. Pollard responded to the scene of a two-car accident in the westbound lanes of the Belt Parkway on the Mill Basin Bridge, just east of Flatbush Avenue, said Daniel A. Nigro, the New York City fire commissioner.
God Bless Those Who Serve; and Those Who Mourn. Peace & Comfort to the Pollard Family and ‘Canarsie’s Bravest’ – 257/170 Rockaway Pkwy,
Yes God Bless the Pollard Family. Watch over all the Firefighters and Police.