Friends, family and community mourn Oklahoma City firefighter’s death after motorcycle crash, video shows passersby trying to help

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OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Buddies, household and the group are mourning the lack of Oklahoma Metropolis firefighter Chad Hyde Friday after he died from accidents he suffered in a motorbike crash.

“Sorry,” stated David Bryant, an in depth good friend of Hyde’s, as he held again tears. “That is how profound of an impact he had on my life whereas we have been buddies, so it says the whole lot. He was man.”

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Cpl. Chad Hyde remembered.

Hyde was a younger father of two at 32 years previous. Simply two weeks after his birthday, he died after crashing his bike at an on ramp to Interstate 35 in Moore.

“Ah man, he was tremendous humorous,” Bryant stated. “In all probability one of many largest issues is that he was type.”

A girl named Shawna Peltzer was amongst those that noticed the crash. Her husband rushed in to assist.

“Give me my flashlight,” Shawna’s husband Shawn stated as he opened their automotive door. “He’s harm dangerous.”

Shawna Peltzer and her husband Shawn have been driving alongside I-35 when the wreck occurred. They determined to cease their automotive on the freeway and attempt to assist him.

“I noticed him hit the dust, gravel proper over right here, and I used to be like, ‘I hope he catches it.’ However then a giant cloud of smoke engulfed him,” Shawna Peltzer stated. “The following factor I do know, he’s proper in entrance of me on the street.”

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Chad Hyde along with his buddies. Photograph supplied by David Bryant.

Shawn tried to direct visitors whereas an ambulance rushed to the scene.

“I may hear him making an attempt to breathe,” he stated. “He was struggling.”

Shawn stated he tried to speak to Hyde, however he was unresponsive. Hyde was rushed to the hospital the place he died shortly upon arrival.

“I want there was extra I may do,” Shawn Peltzer stated. “There was simply nothing else I may do for him.”

Bryant discovered the information Friday and is grieving the loss. He was finest buddies with Hyde, who he knew since center faculty. Bryant stated he acquired a name from Bryant simply two days in the past, hoping to catch up.

“I used to be truly actual glad about it as a result of I had puzzled how he was doing,” he stated. “We have been purported to reconnect and really hang around.”

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Chad Hyde was good friend to many. Photograph supplied by David Bryant.

Even with Hyde gone, those that knew him, and even those that didn’t, keep in mind him effectively.

“He was a firefighter part of the group and I’ve nice respect for our first responders,” Shawn Peltzer stated.

“I’m extraordinarily sorry,” Bryant stated. “I do know he should have been an excellent father, an excellent husband, and I do know he’s an excellent son and he’s an excellent finest good friend.”

Hyde is survived by his spouse and two younger kids.

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