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Missouri Firefighters Injured After Engines Collide Head-On
PLATTE CITY, Mo. — Five northwest Missouri firefighters are hospitalized after two fire trucks collided head-on while responding to a call.
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Platte County officials say one of the injured was flown to a hospital, with the others taken by ambulance. None of the injuries are considered life-threatening. The accident occurred early Monday on Highway HH about two miles east of Platte City.
Seven volunteer firefighters from the Central Platte Fire Protection District were in the two trucks.
Platte County Sheriff's Capt. Erik Holland says one of the trucks missed the driveway to the home where the fire was reported. When it turned around on the two-lane road, it collided with the other truck.
The trucks were extensively damaged.
Another fire department responded to the original call of an electrical fire on a home's deck.
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Platte County officials say one of the injured was flown to a hospital, with the others taken by ambulance. None of the injuries are considered life-threatening. The accident occurred early Monday on Highway HH about two miles east of Platte City.
Seven volunteer firefighters from the Central Platte Fire Protection District were in the two trucks.
Platte County Sheriff's Capt. Erik Holland says one of the trucks missed the driveway to the home where the fire was reported. When it turned around on the two-lane road, it collided with the other truck.
The trucks were extensively damaged.
Another fire department responded to the original call of an electrical fire on a home's deck.
Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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Permalink Reply by John Carder on
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Controlling adrenaline can be very difficult. It is often a contributing factor.
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Permalink Reply by Fabulous Heather Days of Summer on
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turning around a fire truck ON THE MAIN ROAD - without traffic stopped - REALLY ???
think people think !!!
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Permalink Reply by Jack/dt on
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turning around a fire truck ON THE MAIN ROAD - without traffic stopped
The firefighters...were responding...about 4:10 a.m.
The crash occurred as one of the fire trucks had missed the driveway to the house because of darkness. The fire truck turned around and was headed back toward the house when it crashed with the other truck, Holland said.
It would appear there was no need to stop traffic, there was no traffic, and traffic (and the aforementioned stopping of it) had NOTHING to do with the crash. But then, one would had to have read some of the related links rather than just throw up some opinionated nonsense.
Or as one person sovapidlyaccurately put it: think people think !!! ...snort...
Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2011/05/09/2860493_five-firefighters-inju...
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Permalink Reply by It Happens on
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Working in a semi-rural area, I can understand the difficulty of finding driveways in the darkness of night. Slowing down when getting close is the best bet of not passing by. I would say speed from one or both of the vehicles was more to blame than the traffic. I don't know which was trying to turn around, but to say there was no traffic is wrong. If there is more than one vehicle on the roadway, that = traffic. It obviously appears there were 2 fire engines on the roadway. These discussions are always opinionated....nonsense or not.
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That there were two engines on the road, both going to the same fire does NOT constitute traffic. ONly that there were 2 engines on the same road, at 4 am.
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LOL! whatever......
traf·fic (trăfˈĭk)
noun
1.a. The passage of people or vehicles along routes of transportation.
b. Vehicles or pedestrians in transit
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Permalink Reply by Hawk on
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It's always really easy to sit here on the computer and second guess all those involved. I've hit a garbage truck, my coworker a school bus, other accidents in my dept have involved many buildings (bay doors with open compartments).
We should all be thinking about how no firefighters were seriously injured or killed. How about we be grateful of that instead of being armchair accident investigators?
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A Captain and a Chief driving?!? Seems like they should know how to drive safely! They should be setting the example for the rest of the firefighters. There's no excuse for an accident like this.
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Right...now how many firemen would agree that; 2 fire engines, both from the same department and both going to the same fire is traffic? Sometimes, it's just about common sense.
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Permalink Reply by Andrew on
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Technically it would be traffic, but I wouldn't constitute it so.
I feel that any emergency vehicles in a designated area working in unison isn't exactly "traffic"; Well, not to us at least. It's when an outside vehicle comes into play that we deem it "traffic."
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What a very true statement. I, myself, have done stupid things while driving apparatus. It wasn't because I was being reckless, but because such things are bound to happen when utilizing emergency apparatus.
I drive the ambulance, not the engine or the ladder.
One time I was backing up and scrapped against a stop sign. There was no-to-minimal damage, but hearing the Chief state into the radio as I am backing up "Look out for that stop sign!" and then go silent was enough to make me red in the face.
Another time we had an MVA near a drive thru bank. We were in a weird corner where the best way out (or so it seemed) was to go through the drive thru since I THOUGHT there was a route to go around the driver/teller area. Nope. I went through and made it by the skin on my teeth (the tellers inside must've been scratching their heads). The antenna on top scratched against the roof of the teller area, making a loud noise, but it didn't do any damage.
In the moment we all do stupid things on occassion. Not only is it bound to happen, it's also a learning experience.
I am happy that no one was seriously injured in this incident. I hope that one day the gentlemen (and women) in the department can look back and laugh at it.
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Permalink Reply by Paul Acosta on
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Thanks for the great comment. That's exactly what I was thinking as I read the entries. We're all quick to judge but the most important news is that they are all right and going back home to their families. Hope all of them heal quickly.
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