FirefighterCloseCalls.com reports an afternoon collision between a ladder truck responding to a call and a car occurred while the driver of the car was talking on a cell phone. Here is an excerpt:
The civilian driver drove around cars yielding for the ladder, and struck it. All members belted in. The civilian driver was reported to be on their cell phone at the time of the crash. The two people in the car reportedly were trapped briefly but then taken to Christiana Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. There were no injuries on the fire apparatus.
Here are other details from DelawareOnline.com:
Two people were injured in a collision between a car and a Christiana Fire Company ladder truck on U.S. 40 in Bear, according to reports from the scene.
The accident happened about 1 p.m. at the Scotland Drive intersection as the fire truck was en route to a balcony blaze at the Fox Run Apartments off Del. 72 and U.S. 40.
The crash shut the westbound lanes of U.S. 40 at Scotland Drive for about an hour but the road is now open.
The two people in the car reportedly were trapped briefly but then taken to Christiana Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. No injuries were reported on the fire truck.
The balcony fire was reportedly put out quickly by another crew.
While we are in the neighborhood, the video above and the story below are also from DelawareOnline.com:
A machine caught fire in a commercial shop in Wilmington today, causing minor smoke damage to apartments above.
Wilmington Fire Capt. Michael Harris said the fire started on the first floor of a building in the 300 block of Sixth Ave. shortly before 3:30 p.m.
Harris said the building was a duplex with a commercial shop on the first floor and apartments above.
The fire was ruled under control at 3:43 p.m. No one was injured in the blaze.
The Wilmington Fire Marshal’s office is investigating.
