A motorcyclist was seriously injured after striking fire apparatus responding to a brush fire in Shreveport. SFD FF’s were responding to the brush in the median near Summer Grove Baptist Church fire around 1700 hours., when the motorcyclist approached "at a high rate of speed" and was unable to stop in time. The apparatus was just pulling up to the median from the inside lane when the motorcycle struck on the driver’s side. The motorcyclist was rushed to the hospital with potentially life-threatening injuries. He was wearing a helmet, but it was cracked as a result of the impact.
