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Prosser flags lowered to honor firefighter, Marine

Tri-City Herald
Lt. Greg Klutts, with the City of Wapato Fire Department, left, and Lt. Andy Babcock, with the Yakima Fire Department No. 5, salute Jan. 9 as a vehicle carrying the body of James S. Wildman, 23, is driven along I-82 near Toppenish, Wash. on its way to Prosser. Wildman, a firefighter with West Benton Fire Rescue, was one of two men killed in a crash after the vehicle he was driving Jan. 6 night left the roadway and came to rest in the Naches River.
Lt. Greg Klutts, with the City of Wapato Fire Department, left, and Lt. Andy Babcock, with the Yakima Fire Department No. 5, salute Jan. 9 as a vehicle carrying the body of James S. Wildman, 23, is driven along I-82 near Toppenish, Wash. on its way to Prosser. Wildman, a firefighter with West Benton Fire Rescue, was one of two men killed in a crash after the vehicle he was driving Jan. 6 night left the roadway and came to rest in the Naches River. Shawn Gust Yakima Herald-Republic

Flags are flying at half-staff from Friday through Jan. 21 in Prosser to honor firefighter James Wildman and former Marine Dylan Bolt.

The Prosser men died Jan. 6 when their vehicle flipped into the Naches River.

Mayor Randy Taylor called for the flags to be lowered for the week.

Wildman, 23, was driving when he lost control of the 2002 Toyota Tundra a mile east of Naches, the Washington State Patrol said.

Both grew up in Prosser and were student athletes in high school.

Bolt worked as an electrician with Stegeman Electric after serving in the Marines. And Wildman was working toward a career as a firefighter, volunteering with the West Benton Fire Rescue.

This story was originally published January 12, 2017 at 5:13 PM with the headline "Prosser flags lowered to honor firefighter, Marine."

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