A longtime firefighter and EMT was critically injured and flown to Upstate Medical University after he crashed his personal vehicle into a tree while responding to an emergency call Tuesday afternoon. Shortly after 1600, they were responding from their station to reports of a … [Read more...]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A Louisville fire engine was involved in a crash Monday afternoon while trying to get to a fire. Officials with MetroSafe said the truck was on its way to a fire on Wheeler Avenue when it got into an accident on 7th Street Road and Berry Boulevard in … [Read more...]
Four Davidson and Randolph County (North Carolina) firetrucks were damaged in three separate accidents over the weekend. The Westside Volunteer Fire Department in Asheboro responded to a multi-vehicle accident on Interstate 73/74 northbound near Vision Drive on Friday night. At … [Read more...]
By Krysti Shallenberger, KYUK Three firefighters and one pilot took off from the Aniak runway in May. They were first heading to McGrath, and then to Soldotna to start fighting fires, but they didn’t make it. Instead, they crash landed in a pond right off the runway. All four … [Read more...]
A Princeton (Texas, east of McKinney) Fire Dept brush rig and a pickup truck collided at an intersection at around 10 a.m. Monday. A 30 year old man in the pickup truck was killed, and 1 Firefighter was injured, NLT. Initial reports are that the PFD brush truck was traveling east … [Read more...]
A woman caught on video making racist remarks had life-threatening injuries after a car crash in North Carolina, officials say. Rachel Dawn Ruit, 41, was in critical condition at Mission Hospital in Asheville as of Tuesday morning, according to the city’s police … [Read more...]
As of Saturday morning, the driving firefighter was released from the hospital following treatment. The other injured firefighter was in stable condition Friday night but does have injuries requiring him to remain in hospital, according to Lincoln Park Fire Captain Scott Lewis. … [Read more...]