SPALDING COUNTY, Ga. — A Spalding County deputy died Tuesday after suffering an apparent medical emergency that led to a crash in Fayette County, authorities said.

Deputy Joe Crumpton, 62, was driving a sheriff's office vehicle to the department's Christmas party around 5:15 p.m. Tuesday when witnesses said he appeared to experience a medical event before striking another vehicle and running off the roadway, according to the Spalding County Sheriff's Office.

A witness with Fayette County Emergency Services broke Crumpton's driver's side window with a fire extinguisher and pulled him from the vehicle. First responders performed CPR and used a defibrillator before he was taken to Piedmont Fayette Hospital, where efforts to revive him continued for more than an hour, the sheriff's office sa

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