A Middletown fire truck was damaged when it collided with a pickup truck on University Boulevard and Central Avenue on Friday evening. Firefighters were responding to a suspected drug overdose at the nearby railroad tracks. Dash-camera video from the Middletown Fire Department shows a Chevy pickup hit engine 83 while it's making a left U-turn.
"In the process of making the turn, the second vehicle that was coming up from behind attempted to pass on the left side of the vehicle, which unfortunately struck our left front of our fire vehicle," Deputy Fire Chief Jeff Spaulding explained. "Motorists should pull over and stop to the right for all emergency vehicles."
Spaulding told WLWT that when he reviewed the video, he noticed the same Chevy did pull over and stop on the right after Middletown's ambulance and fire truck passed, but about 30 seconds later, it can see be seen approaching from behind, trying to pass on the left.