MONTREAT, N.C. — On Saturday morning, a young runner named Andrew completed a one-mile tribute run while carrying the Red Line flag to honor Violet Ray Caramella, a firefighter with the Riceville Volunteer Fire Department who was killed in an ATV accident during a training exercise near Montreat last month.
Caramella was 35 years old. She is survived by her husband, Juan Caramella; her 11-year-old daughter, Ava Ray; her 8-year-old son, Samuel; her sister, Glory Silwedel; her mother, Terri Lu Bencar; and her father, Darryl Silwedel.
Caramella had been with the department for a year. Two other firefighters were injured in the same training incident but have since recovered…