An unidentified Dodge County sheriff’s deputy suffered minor injuries Wednesday but was back on duty Thursday after hitting a parked Fremont Fire Department truck, FremontTribune.com reported. The accident caused significant damage to his patrol Chevy Tahoe SUV.
Dodge County sheriff’s Sgt. Brie Frank said county officials are not naming the deputy because the accident is still under investigation by the Nebraska State Patrol, the report said.
Fremont Fire Chief Todd Bernt said the accident left the city fire department’s newest and most advanced fire truck with significant damages and knocked it out of use for an unknown period of time, according to the report.
No firefighters or paramedics were injured in the accident, he noted.
The fire department was on a personal injury accident call and the deputy was responding to that, the report said.
The accident happened as icy conditions grew worse through the early afternoon, coating much of Dodge County with a thin, but slick, sheen of ice, according to the report.