The Connersville Fire Department and Fayette County EMS quickly pulled Fields from the debris before performing life-saving measures and transporting him to Reid Health-Connersville hospital, according to the release. The man was pinned by heavy debris, police said. When they arrived, they found a "motionless" male, later identified as Fields, who had fallen through what appeared to be a collapsed porch. after receiving a 911 call about an injured/unconscious person. Officials said emergency personnel were called to the home around 11:30 p.m. The fatal incident unfolded on Saturday evening as Fields was delivering a pizza to a home in Connersville, police stated in their press release. RELATED: 89-Year-Old Pizza Delivery Man Who Went Viral on TikTok Receives Crowdfunded, $12K Tip "And they would say, 'Okay, just tell him knock on the door and come on in,' and he would just come on in." "Some of them would ask, 'Who's the driver tonight?' And you would tell them, William - well, we called him Billy,' " she told the outlet. Wanda Reed, an employee at Pizza King, said Fields had worked at the establishment for nearly 30 years and was beloved by customers, CW affiliate WISH-TV reported. The Connersville Police Department identified the victim as William Fields, a delivery driver for Pizza King who lived in Connersville, according to a press release on their Facebook. A 45-year-old man who delivered pizza for decades tragically died on the job after a porch collapsed at an Indiana home.
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