Arkansas Fire Apparatus Involved in Crash

Five people, including a child, were taken to a local hospital after a driver collided with a fire truck in Fayetteville.

Firefighters from Station One were on their way to a motor vehicle accident on Martin Luther King Blvd., when a vehicle struck the truck at the intersection of Martin Luther King Blvd. and Sang.

There were two people in the vehicle, the driver and a small child. Four firefighters were in the truck at the time. The driver, child, and three firefighters were treated at Washington Regional Medical Center and released.

Fayetteville Police are investigating the incident. The Fayetteville Fire Department wants to remind all drivers to yield to emergency vehicles when lights and sirens are in use, and to pay attention to their surroundings.