It happened about 9:30 p.m. in the 9000 block of Miramar Parkway after a storm passed through the area. A car had crashed into a utility pole earlier causing the power line to hang low, said fire rescue spokesman Lt. Jose Gregorisch.
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“We had three firefighters trapped inside that vehicle while that power line was energized,” he said. “When they struck the power line, it shattered the front windshield and at least one of those firefighters sustained non-life-threatening injuries.”
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The fire engine was leaving Fire Station 70 when the wires smashed the windshield of the truck.
“Our guys couldn’t even get in to rescue the guys from the truck,” he said. “Luckily, all our guys are trained firefighter paramedics so the two other guys in the truck helped the guy who was hit in the face with the glass.”
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