“Haven't we all slipped up and responded to a call while drunk?” That question was reportedly posed by a chief following an incident in which a firefighter admitted to drinking before driving a fire department vehicle-and the statement was reported by their local … [Read more...]
The vehicle crash yesterday into West Virginia's Elk River that killed a mother and her daughter ...and the Firefighter who tried to rescue them is being reported as a murder-suicide. Reports from the Braxton County Sheriffs Office are that Latonya Bell, 42, and her daughter, … [Read more...]
A mother, young child and a Gassaway (West Virginia) volunteer Firefighter all drowned in the Elk River near Sutton Sunday afternoon following a car crash. Gassaway Firefighter John Dean Forbush died Sunday while attempting to rescue the other two victims. The woman lost control … [Read more...]
We regret to pass on that a West Virginia Firefighter died in the Line of Duty today, Sunday while trying to rescue two people whose car went into the Elk River. The woman and child, who were in the car, also died in the accident that happened around 1430 this afternoon in … [Read more...]
AMHERST — An incident in which an Amherst Fire Department ambulance lost its two passenger-side rear wheels, causing it to screech to a halt on the Route 9 pavement in Hadley while returning from Cooley Dickinson Hospital last week, is leading to renewed calls for improved … [Read more...]
An Adair County ambulance with a patient onboard was involved in a serious crash late Monday morning. It happened shortly after 11 a.m. in Pettis County, about a mile north of Sedalia. Sgt. Andy Bell with the Missouri State Highway Patrol told KTVO a state trooper had … [Read more...]
A 42-year-old Clare man was killed Saturday in a vehicle crash involving an ambulance. Clare County deputies responded to a report around 7 p.m. Saturday of a vehicle running a stop sign and colliding with a Mobile Medical Response ambulance at the intersection of South Clare … [Read more...]