The wreck seriously injured John Patrick Richardson, who works full-time as a firefighter with the city of Social Circle Fire Department. Richardson, who underwent another surgery at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta on Tuesday morning, was en route to a structure fire when the accident occurred shortly before 12:30 p.m., authorities said.

A fellow firefighter, Lester Pittman, who was a passenger in the fire truck, was taken to Peidmont Walton hospital for treatment of his injuries and later was released. Richardson, who lives in Milledgeville and commuted to his full-time job with the city of Social Circle, was driving a 2013 Sutphen Guardian fire truck and en route to a structure fire when the wreck happened on Hawkins Academy Road near Fairplay Road in Social Circle.