MO Firefighters Recover After Accident Involving Apparatus

From KMOV.com:

Two firefighters suffered injuries Monday after an accident involving a fire truck on Highway B near Doe Run, Missouri. That is in St. Francois County, Missouri.

Authorities say around 4 p.m., a tanker in Doe Run was on its way to a house fire on Highway B near Crocker Court when the driver, William Nokes, 36, was going too fast around a curve. This sent the tanker off the road where it flipped over and rolled, totaling the vehicle.

The driver was taken by ambulance to a local hospital, suffering only minor injuries. Another firefighter, 17-year-old Haylie Hagermann, was airlifted to Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Her injuries are described as moderate.

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OR Fire Department Ambulance Involved in Crash

From the Yamhill Valley News-Register:

A Newberg Fire Department ambulance with a patient on board was involved in a two-vehicle, high-speed crash about 2:30 Thursday afternoon at Southwest Scholls Ferry near Barrows Road.

Firefighter/paramedics Shannon Hankel, 39, who was driving the ambulance, and Jared Wick, 26, who was in the back treating an unidentified 90-year-old woman with a broken hip, sustained minor injuries. The woman was transported to Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland, the ambulance's original destination from Providence Newberg Medical Center. Hankel and Wick were also taken to the hospital, treated for minor injuries and released.

Cincinnati (OH) Firefighter Hurt in Apparatus Accident

From cincinnati.com:

Cincinnati Engine Truck 32 went left of center just before 9 a.m. and struck an electric pole, along with three other vehicles, according to police at the scene. A fire spokesman confirmed one firefighter was injured. The firefighter’s name has not been released, although officials said injuries were not life-threatening.

Everyone on the fire truck was being checked for injuries, as required by protocol.

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Firefighter Rescues 3 from Wreck in LA

From thenewsstar.com:

Jeff Tarver is a professional firefighter, but he received some commendable assistance from four untrained helpers — his wife, his teenage son and two of his son's friends — during a dramatic rescue.

Tarver said the helpers came through with flying colors, assisting in the rescue of three badly injured victims of a traffic accident in which a vehicle hit a tree and caught fire on La. Highway 457 in the Poland community of Rapides Parish.

Jeff Tarver and his wife, Terri, their son, Payten, and Payten's friends, Mason Guillory and Tyler Hyde, all of the Poland community, helped save a man, a woman and 5-year-old child from the burning vehicle in late May.

The man saved from the accident was Poland resident David Barrios, according to Jeff Tarver. Barrios could not be contacted by The Town Talk.

NJ Trucker Guilty in Crash That Killed MT Firefighter

From the AP, via greenwichtime.com:

A 57-year-old truck driver who was involved in a crash that killed a volunteer firefighter responding to a wreck on Interstate 90 near Haugan has been convicted of negligent homicide and negligent endangerment.

The Missoulian reported Friday a jury has convicted Sergey Buslayev, of Emerson, N.J., for the Dec. 17, 2008, crash that killed 59-year-old Jerry Parrick, a firefighter for the West End Volunteer Fire Department in Mineral County. Sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 9.

Man Crashes Truck into IL Fire Station

From tristatehomepage.com:

People in one southern Illinois town are without their fire department. That's because a vehicle crashed into the New Haven Volunteer Fire Station and Senior Citizens building early Thursday morning in Gallatin County. Police say the driver was under the influence.

These New Haven fire trucks are trapped inside their own fire station.

"You think a pick-up hits it and a big strong building like this would withstand that, but if you hit anything in the right place, it's going to do a lot of damage," Mayor Kevin Edmonds said.

Read more HERE.

Responding Rochester (NY) Fire Apparatus Involved in Accident

From the Democrat and Chronicle:

A Rochester fire engine was involved in a car crash a half a block away from a northeast Rochester house that was on fire Sunday morning.

The crash occurred shortly before 9:30 a.m. as a fire engine rushed to the scene of a house fire on Lux Street.

The fire vehicle was headed east on Lux when it collided with a Lexus sedan traveling south on Portland Avenue.

The fire, just a half a block to the east, has left a family of seven homeless but safe.

Read more HERE.

MS Volunteer Firefighter Killed in Crash Responding to Fire

From cdispatch.com:

An 18-year-old volunteer firefighter on his way to a fire died Sunday in Monroe County after his SUV ran off the road and hit a tree.

Jacob Anthony Carter, of Amory, was eastbound on McCullen Road in a 2002 Ford Explorer when his vehicle left the road and overturned at about noon Sunday, according to Monroe County Coroner Alan Gurley. He was not wearing a seatbelt.

Read more HERE. The USFA fatality notice is HERE.

Report: FDNY Engine Involved in Crash Ran a Red Light

According to a recent report on CBS news, a fire apparatus involved in a fatal collision on Staten Island ran a red light:

A fire engine involved in a fatal collision with a van ran a red light, violating state law while on an emergency run, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.

The accident happened at around noon Wednesday at the intersection of Richmond Road and Burgher Avenue in Dongan Hills.

The FDNY truck from Ladder 81 was heading to a car fire on the Staten Island Expressway, with its siren on moments before the crash.

The van then made a left from Burgher onto Richmond, witness Ali Alsaede said. The fire truck then crashed into the van’s rear driver door.

Read more HERE.