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A 27-year-old Cincinnati woman died in a car crash with a Springfield Township fire truck Monday.

The crash happened around 10:13 a.m. on West North Bend Road near Greenfield Drive, WXIX reports.

Kyana Lenon, 27, was driving east on West North Bend when she crossed center and hit the fire truck head-on, police say.

Firefighters at the scene extricated Lenon, and she was taken to University of Cincinnati Medical Center where she died. Four firefighters were also transported to the hospital after the accident.

A brand new fire truck was delivered to the Easton Fire Department October 26 and will serve as a secondary vehicle for fire emergencies, TheCounty.Me reported.

The Easton Fire Department has engines with an age range from 1982 to 2010, with the new combination fire tanker and engine to replace the 1982 fire truck, the report said. The new truck cost less than $385,000, with the fire department giving the town $350,000 up front and paid the rest when the truck was delivered.

The old tanker holds 5,000 gallons, while the new fire truck holds 3,000 gallons of water but has a water pump, ladder, deck guns, hoses and self-contained breathing apparatus, according to the report. The new fire truck can draw water from any brook or pond at less than 1,500 gallons per minute, the report said.

The city of Brampton (Canada) has ordered a Rosenbauer RTX electric fire truck that is expected to arrive in the spring and be working out of the station on Chrysler Drive, BramptonGuardian.com reported.

The truck is built to run primarily on electricity, which a diesel generator for backup.

According to Rosenbauer, the unit has 483 horsepower and can run for two hours at full capacity before needing a charge. It can run an extra six hours on full blast with the diesel generator.

Fire District 23 in Robe Valley could be absorbed by Fire District 17 in Granite Falls if voters pass a ballot proposition next week. Since the 1930s, District 23 has kept watch over the unincorporated community of Robe Valley, located about 10 miles east of Granite Falls along Mountain Loop Highway.
- PUB DATE: 11/1/2022 1:30:00 AM - SOURCE: Everett Herald - Metered Site