Fire Apparatus Accident in FL: Motorcyclist Killed

A fire truck collided with a motorcycle at an intersection in Tallahassee, Florida on Wednesday evening at approximately 8:43 p.m. The fire apparatus and crew were heading west on Tennessee Street responding to an emergency call. The motorcycle, heading south on White Drive, collided with the fire truck in the middle of the intersection of both streets. The motorcyclist, James Anthony Revell, 25, died at the scene, according to a report from WTXL in Florida.

A video report from WTXL gives details of the tragic incident:

KS Firefighter Among the Injured in Apparatus-Car Wreck

A Soldier Township (KS) firefighter was injured along with three civilians in a apparatus vs. car accident:

Emergency dispatchers received a call at 4:43 p.m. about a Soldier Township Fire Department vehicle being involved in a wreck at N.W. 46th and Topeka Boulevard.

A firefighter, the driver and only person in the engine, was responding to a fire alarm in the 8000 block of N.E. Sherman Road, He was driving east on N.W. 46th and collided with a Ford Mustang that was traveling south on N.W. Topeka Boulevard, said Sgt. Danny Lotridge.

Two of the three occupants of the Mustang, who were Seaman High School students, had to be extricated from the vehicle. The driver and back-seat passenger were transported to a Topeka hospital with injuries not considered to be life-threatening. The front-seat passenger of the Mustang was transported to a Topeka hospital with injures described as serious, Gilchrist said.

Read more HERE.

Denver (CO) Firefighter Injured in Apparatus Accident

From The Denver Post:

A Denver firefighter was injured this afternoon when the engine he was riding in got into a traffic accident in the Capitol Hill neighborhood.

The accident happened at about 1:25 p.m. at the intersection of East Colfax Avenue and Washington Street, said Sonny Jackson, a Denver Police Department spokesman.

The fire engine was "running hot" with its siren on and lights flashing, Jackson said.

A woman in a car came to a stop and then the driver changed her mind and thought she could cross in front of the engine, Jackson said.

The injured firefighter complained of back pain was taken to a hospital. Read more about it HERE.

Bus Accident Kills 2, Injures 42 in NJ

A bus accident on the New Jersey Turnpike killed 2 people and injured many more. According to CNN:

A bus accident along the New Jersey Turnpike near East Brunswick killed two people and injured 42 others Monday night, state police said.

The 50-year-old bus driver was killed when he was ejected through the front window, according to Sgt. Stephen Jones. A second person died at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Brunswick. Five others are in the hospital's trauma unit.

Read more HERE. This latest fatal bus accident follows hard on the heels of deadly crashes in New York and Wisconsin.