VIDEO: A fire truck and a car collided head-on in Milwaukee, leaving two people hospitalized and the fire engine destroyed by flames.
The crash happened around 2 a.m. at the intersection of 13th Street and Layton Avenue, near the airport. According to Milwaukee Fire Chief Aaron Lipski, the fire truck was traveling south on 13th Street, returning to headquarters from a call a few blocks away, when a car heading north crossed the center line and struck the fire truck head-on.
The collision caused the fire engine to burst into flames. Firefighters inside the truck were able to escape before the fire engine caught fire and immediately assisted the two occupants of the car. One person was removed using the jaws of life.
Both car occupants were taken to the hospital. Their condition remains unknown. The fire chief emphasized how the fire engine’s structure protected his crew.
“I’ve seen some pretty bad hits, you know, the out-of-control drivers and whatnot. I will tell you this much. You can look, you can look at that fire engine right there. You can look at that other vehicle. If our members were in any other vehicle, they are probably dead right now,” Lipski said. “So the structure of this fire engine probably saved our members’ lives tonight.”
WISN-TV ABC 12 Milwaukee
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