Boston reserve ladder hits car today. Union blames a malfunction wants state involvement.
Boston’s union wants the state to step in. Click above to watch the story from WCVB-TV.
Two days after the tragic wreck of Ladder 26, another out of control ladder truck was in a wreck. Here are excerpts from a Boston Herald article by David Wedge:
Ladder 15, a reserve piece of firefighting apparatus, was being driven to have maintenance work done at BFD Headquarters when the turbo fuel injector malfunctioned, flooding the engine with gas and launching it into a parked car on Massachusetts Avenue, a union official said.
“It took off out of control and the driver hit a parked car,” Boston Firefighters Local 718 president Ed Kelly said of the 11 a.m. mishap. “Luckily no one got hurt but someone could have been killed.”
Ladder 15, which is 19 years old, was being housed at a firehouse on Boylston Street because the station’s regular ladder was out of service. Kelly said “reserve pieces” are older engines and ladder trucks that are supposed to be used in emergencies but are regularly in service, which he said puts safety in jeopardy.
