A pickup slid off a 100-foot cliff, coming to rest against a few trees above the icy Kalama River in Washington, rescuers told news outlets. The accident took place Thursday, Dec. 30, at Kalama River Road and Fallert Road about 45 miles north of Portland, Oregon, KGW reported. Rescuers pulled the driver, a woman, from the wrecked truck, KPTV reported.
- PUB DATE: 1/1/2022 3:15:39 AM - SOURCE: The Olympian

A person was found dead following a structure fire early Friday morning near Ritzville. Adams County firefighters responded just before 5 a.m. to the 1800 block of East Wellsant Road for a reported structure fire. Once the fire was under control, Adams County deputies were notified fire crews had found a deceased person in the debris inside the structure, according to the sheriff’s office.
- PUB DATE: 12/31/2021 2:24:00 PM - SOURCE: iFiber One News Radio

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A fire truck responding to a structure fire rolled over in Elbert County, GA, causing minor injuries to a firefighter in the afternoon on Wednesday, Dec. 30, according to a report published by The Elberton Star.

According to the report firefighter John Luna, 75, was responding to a structure fire, traveling on Harpers Ferry Road, when the truck’s right front and rear tires ran off the road and came back on the pavement, causing the truck to slide, pushing it to the opposite side of the road causing it to overturn, the newspaper reported.

The driver of the truck, who suffered minor injuries, reported the accident himself and was transported to the hospital for treatment.

According to Elbert County Fire Department’s Facebook page posting, Firefighter Luna was checked out and released from the hospital last night and is OK. The department asks for prayers for his recover as he was “bruised and bumped up pretty good.”

“We are so very thankful that John is okay,” Elbert County Fire Department stated. “Thank you to all Elbert County Firefighters, EMS, ECSO and 911 for taking care of one our own.”

A tiller aerial, in service with the Palmer (PA) Municipal Fire Department crashed on the way to the scene of a fire in Easton earlier this week, according to a report published by WFMZ 69 News.

According to the television station, the aerial collided with a small sedan at an intersection while it responded to the double-home fire that displaced seven people. The driver of the sedan sustained minor injuries and was transported to a local hospital for treatment. The report said no firefighters were injured in the crash.

The sedan sustained significant damage to the front of the vehicle, while the fire truck had moderate damage, the report said. Photos of the crash scene appear to show damage to the driver’s side tractor portion of the tiller, including a flat tire.