APPARATUS ROLLOVER LEAVES FIREFIGHTER CRITICAL ON THE AUTOBAHN IN GERMANY

An apparatus crash on the Autobahn in Osthessen, Germany, this afternoon left more than 30 people injured, several critically including Firefighters.  The initial crash happened around 1345 hours when more than 20 cars and 2 motorcycles driving on the rain-soaked freeway ran into each other, leading others to pile up behind. One of the firetrucks responding to the scene, a tanker-pumper from Grunberg slid on the wet highway leading to the autobahn highway and rolled over injuring the 3 FF’s on board, at least one of them critically.