The ambulance was en route to a hospital with a patient when it collided with a dark-colored sedan, they said. The sedan was heavily damaged, and the ambulance sustained significant front-end damage. The other five vehicles involved in the crash had minor damage.

Lansing police Sgt. Jeromy Churchill said most of the injuries were minor, and none was believed to be life-threatening.

In a news release, Lansing police spokesman Robert Merrit said six people were taken to area hospitals, including the two fire department medics.

Witnesses said the ambulance was northbound when it collided with a westbound car. Churchill said he did not know how the crash happened.

The AVFD took delivery of its new Engine 11 in June and has been working to prepare Company 4 to become its permanent home. In July, the AVFD put the new E11 into service and took the old E11 offline. E11's first assignment was a 12-hour overnight standby shift with a crew of AVFD volunteers covering East Granby as that community began the healing process after the tragic loss of its Chief Peter Ahlstrin.

"It's been about 15 years since we replaced fire engines in town," says AVFD Chief Michael Trick. "Engines 10 and 14 and Ladder 12 are the newest vehicles in our fleet - and they all arrived in 2001."

The cab and chassis of the new E11 were commissioned to the AVFD's specifications from Michigan-based Spartan. The vehicle's body was custom built by Gowans-Knight in Watertown, Connecticut. Custom reflective tape applications were designed and donated by Orafol whose Reflective Solutions Division (formerly Reflexite Corporation) is headquartered in Avon, Connecticut.

Engine 11 carries 750 gallons of water (250 gallons more than its predecessor), and has an enclosed cab, a more powerful engine, state-of-the-art safety systems including cameras on all sides of the vehicle, airbags in the cab, and a seat belt monitoring system to alert the driver to crew members not buckled up.

Currently in production at Gowans-Knight is another new engine for the AVFD. Being built on an identical cab and chassis to E11, it will replace the AVFD's almost 30-year-old Engine 7.

As approved, the bond would pay for the demolition of the aging police station and the merging of emergency services into one downtown facility of about 5,900 gross square feet.

Town officials estimate that the town portion of residents' property tax rates will increase during the first year of bonding (2019) by less than a penny (.07 cents) per $100 of assessed valuation. That equates to $28.28 on a $400,000 house.

Standing outside the polls on Tuesday evening, Paul Tuhus said he had voted in favor of the bond because improvements for the town's emergency services facilities were long past due.

As it stands, officials and residents in Norwich have been discussing the project for the better part of this century -- since before Robinson joined the department in 2002.

"I think the public is happy because the budget has come down," Selectboard Chairwoman Linda Cook said, referring to the cost of the project. "This has brought the community together to help the two departments be more professional in the look of their buildings."