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DailyTidings.com Writer Posted Jul. 31, 2014 @ 3:35 pm Updated Jul 31, 2014 at 3:51 PM Posted Jul. 31, 2014 @ 3:35 pm Updated Jul 31, 2014 at 3:51 PM » Social News p bs:newslist StartDate="20121121" EndDate="p bs:datecalc Months="3"" DateSort="1" UseObjects="1" ObjectClass="81" Taxonomywords="2324,665" ExactTaxonomyMatch="1" Image="1" Count="4" --> Matthew David Goodnature, the 21-year-old Phoenix firefighter who died Tuesday while taking a break from working the Launch fire near Four Mile Lake, fatally broke his neck during an accidental fall, a detective from the Klamath Falls Sheriff's Office said. Preliminary autopsy results show Goodnature fractured his vertebrae near where the neck meets the skull, Detective Nick Kennedy said. "It was just an accidental fall and he injured his neck," Kennedy said. Kennedy said a full autopsy and toxicology report is due back within the next several weeks. One of Goodnature's crew members found him lying dead over a downed log about 50 yards from a forest road near fire camp at about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Kennedy said. The area was not very steep, but Goodnature may have slipped on a stone before falling backwards onto a small downed log, Kennedy said. Goodnature left the fire line of the Launch fire Tuesday morning to accompany one of his crew members suffering from heat exhaustion back to fire camp, Kennedy said. — Sam Wheeler DailyTidings.com Writer Posted Jul. 31, 2014 @ 3:35 pm Updated Jul 31, 2014 at 3:51 PM » Comment or view comments Reader Reaction » STAY INFORMED Email NewsLetter Sign Up Today Sign up for our newsletter and have the top headlines from your community delivered right to your inbox. calendar Connect with DailyTidings.com Facebook Twitter RSS Back to top Reader Services Reader Services home Subscriptions Subscriber controls Contact us Submissions Photos Events Letters to the editor Corrections Alerts Email alerts RSS feeds Text Alerts Advertise Media Kit Home Products and services Ad rates Advertising contacts Mail Tribune Daily Tidings The Nickel Shop Our Valley Blogs Stay Informed Email newsletter Sign Up Today Sign up for our newsletter and have the top headlines from your community delivered right to your inbox. 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