A Putnam County EMS Ambulance was involved in an accident with another vehicle Monday evening.

The crash happened on Interstate 40 in Roane County around 6:15 p.m., the service wrote in a brief Facebook post.

Preliminary reports indicate the ambulance crew and others involved in the crash suffered non-life threatening injuries and were transported to hospitals around Knoxville.

The ambulance was not carrying a patient at the time of the crash.

Darley—Fountain (CO) Fire Department Vision CAFS pumper. Spartan Metro Star cab and chassis; Cummins L9 450-hp engine; Darley LDMBC 1,500-gpm pump; ProPoly™ body with 780-gallon water tank and 25-gallon foam cell; FoamPro 2002 Class A foam system; Will-Burt Night Scan Chief with 12-volt Spectra heads light tower; AutoCAFS compressed air foam system; “curbside” main pump panel. Dealer: Neal Brooks, W.S. Darley & Company, Braceville, IL.

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