The crash happened Tuesday night, just before midnight, on East Maxwell Street at Woodland Avenue.

Lexington police said it appears the driver of a truck ran a red light and hit a car that was stopped at the light. Fayette County Coroner Gary Ginn said the driver of the truck was pronounced deceased at the scene. He said it appears alcohol was a factor.

The destroyed fire station housed firefighters and a crash truck assigned to respond to emergencies at the Pentagon’s helipad, which handles incoming and outgoing helicopter flights for military administrators, foreign dignitaries and the president’s Marine One. U.S. Department of Defense officials and the local firefighter union have discussed rebuilding the station during the past 15 years.

The I-Team investigation revealed a series of bureaucratic hurdles, including a Defense Department cost estimate that wildly misjudged the price of the project, have stalled the project. There is no longer a firm working plan for the rebuilding of the station and no timetable for its commencement or completion

Officials say only one person was in the car at the time of the crash and that the car may have gone airborne after hitting the water control device. The crash also damaged the water line.

Randy Courtney, Fire Chief at Island Creek Volunteer Fire Department, said this new truck has enhanced capabilities. It will also allow them to respond better to crisis.

Buck Creek Township leaders and members of the Hancock County Redevelopment Commission recently split the cost of a $250,000 new aerial ladder truck — a fire engine featuring a more than 100-foot ladder that can extend over the tops of tall buildings — that will be used to service the whole township, particularly the businesses located along the Mt. Comfort corridor.

Township officials approached the redevelopment commission for help, and the board eventually agreed to contribute $100,000 to the truck’s $250,000 cost, noting that a well-equipped fire service is part of what the county can offer industries considering Hancock County.