3 dead in SUV that collided with ladder truck; BC’s email gets her in trouble; New VFD; 4-alarms in MA; Burning boat; Water torture
(Updated Sunday at 10:02 PM)
3 dead after ladder truck and SUV collide
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Overnight, Baltimore City Fire Department’s Truck 27 and an SUV collided at Park Heights Avenue and Clarks Lane. Truck 27 was responding to a reported apartment fire near Park Heights and Shelburne Road (turned out to be food on the stove) just after 3:00 AM.
According to a source on the scene, the SUV ended up wrapped around a pole trapping all three people inside. The truck ran down an embankment and into a chain link fence. Four firefighters were hurt, but did not have life-threatening injuries.
The closest rescue squad is just across the line in Baltimore County. Pikesville’s Squad 322 began the extrication. It was a lengthy extrication. All 3 of the people in the SUV were pronounced dead at the hospital.
The sources say it appears the Nissan Murano was eastbound on Clarks Lane and Truck 27 was northbound on Park Heights. The SUV was hit on the passenger side. The ladder truck apparently continued a few hundred feet before going off the road.
We are told that initially appeared that two people were trapped, but the third was found in the rear of the vehicle as the squad was able to make access. We are told the passenger side of the vehicle had been crushed into the center console.
The wreck comes at the time of year when hundreds of people flock to Truck 27’s quarters with Engine 45 on Glen Avenue to see its elaborate train garden. It is the first firehouse I remember being in (my grandparents lived up the street on Glen Avenue). The train garden tradition started the year after I was born and I have taken my own son (a young railfan) to see the wonderful display. Our thoughts are with everyone involved in this tragic situation.
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