After the tire blew, the truck crashed through the cable barrier. The driver was able to steer the truck back onto the road, causing them to crash through the cable barrier again.

The 1830s fire engine was on loan at the museum’s original home in Weedon barracks from the late 1970s but returned in 2015 until the trust was ready to take it back. 

If the council approves the measure, the new fire engine will be put at downtown's Station 1 on Clinton Street. The council memo explains $458,836 was set aside in the city's 2018 Community Development Block Grant program to purchase a new fire engine for the Joliet Fire Department. The new engine will replace Engine 1, which is a 22-year-old fire truck, built in 1996.

"Sufficient funds were not budgeted for this purchase," the city manager's memo reads, "so a budget amendment in the amount of $127,593 needs to be approved, and $127,593 of this purchase will be charged to the 2018 budget code fire department ops/equipment."

On Saturday, Kely Maldonado got a special escort to her new home after spending five months in the hospital.

Gelianis Kely Maldonado's first stop back in Lancaster was the fire department.

It’s not what you might expect from a 9-year-old girl recovering from burns after her bedroom in her old South Ann Street home caught fire.

But, this was her wish.

Firefighter Ryan Conklin was more than happy to grant it

The fire crew was on its way to assist with a water rescue in the Boise River when the crash happened.

There is no word on if the truck's emergency lights and sirens were on at the time.

No one in either vehicle was injured.