YPG firefighter involved in head-on collision

Tragedy has struck Yuma Proving Ground (YPG)’s firefighter Andrew Swick.

YPG Fire Chief Gerald Ball says Swick was involved in the head-on collision with a wrong way driver on westbound Interstate 8 on Sunday May 17. Swick was driving back to Yuma for his shift from his home in Prescott Valley.

“He didn’t show up for work so they knew something happened.”

Swick suffered severe injuries in the accident and was flown to a Trauma Center in Phoenix where he remains in critical condition in the Intensive Care Unit.

“He’s going to have a long road to recovery.”

Ball says Swick is a young firefighter and has a wife and two daughters at home in Prescott Valley, making the situation even more difficult for his loved one is the current pandemic.

“Under normal circumstances I would have gone to see him but because of COVID-19 they are not even letting his wife in to see him.”

Ball knows YPG is a tightknit community and he know he can count of them.

“I would like ask them for their thoughts, prayers and support.”

If any YPG Civilian employee would like to help Ball asks that they consider donating leave through the voluntary leave transfer program. The community can also help by donating to his Go Fund me account at https://www.gofundme. com/f/a-swick-recovery-fund.