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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Permalink Reply by JOSEPH MONTONDO on May 10, 2011 at 9:53am

I often curse other drivers mentaly for not pulling to the right slowing down or stopping. I ask myself what were they doing that they cant see all the lights we put on these trucks these days. Now i ask myself how the heck does a captain and a chief make the same mistake. I would love to see the report from this.

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Permalink Reply by Patti Walz on May 11, 2011 at 8:44am

Living in the rurals I know how difficult it is to find a driveway, but we also ask dispatch to contact the caller back for landmarks if we can't find the address.