Five people including four Firefighters were taken to hospital in the early hours of this morning after a fire engine crashed on its way to an emergency in south London. Six people were injured in total and had to be cut from the engine and a Range Rover following the incident at just after 0130 in Streatham. Those who were hospitalized – including the car’s driver – have since been released from hospital. The Range Rover was chopped in half in an effort by emergency crews to rescue those inside, while a badly-damaged London Fire Brigade (LFB) engine was also towed away. Firefighters from Norbury Fire Station were responding to a blaze at a shop on Streatham High Road before the crash, with another engine being dispatched to deal with that incident, which was quickly brought under control with no reports of any injuries.
Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2020/06/29/six-people-hospitalised-fire-engine-emergency-call-crashes-land-rover-12916005/?ito=cbshare
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