Felipe Huerta, Jr., 32, and his patient, Delia Cortines, 68, died when the driver of a Ford F-250 drove into oncoming traffic and hit the ambulance head-on, police said.  A second medic, identified as Andrea Rodriguez, 24, is in the hospital and expected to recover. She was in the back of the ambulance attending to Cortines at the time of the crash. Edinburg police say the driver of the F-250, a 34-year-old male, is in police custody pending criminal charges.

The Tractor-Drawn Aerial truck measures 100 feet from front to rear with a 100-foot vertical reach. It provides the kind of maneuverability necessary to navigate Revere’s narrow streets and intersections, with the rear steering position, the tiller, steering independent of the front of the truck.  

According the manufacturer’s website, which features a photo of the Revere truck, the vehicle provides maximum visibility from the tiller position and over 500 cubic feet of storage.

Arrigo pointed out that the new ladder truck is the latest example of investments in the city’s fleet of vehicles.