Read the story. The guy in the pickup pulled alongside. There was a verbal exchange. The guy in the pickup drove ahead, U-turned, and came back to hit him deliberately.
I did. Now you read my comment, which had nothing to do with how events played out. If they hadn't been in the road in the first place, the opportunity for the psycho to run down the fireman wouldn't have presented itself in the first place...if they had chosen a SAFER venue to raise funds; odds are he would still be alive.
So THAT makes standing in the middle of the road a good idea?
Not in my book.