‘Just a fine young man’: Loved ones say farewell to 23-year-old JFRD engineer who died in crash

KEYSTONE HEIGHTS, Fla. – A community came together Sunday to remember and celebrate the life of a promising young Jacksonville firefighter who died last week in a car crash.

Family, friends, and fellow first responders gathered for a public funeral at Community Christian Church in Keystone Heights, the town where 23-year-old Colton R. Tibbetts grew up.

Tibbetts joined the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department three years ago, following in the footsteps of his father to become a fourth-generation firefighter…

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