The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners recently approved spending about $6 million on four new aerial ladder trucks for the fire department, reports ajc.com.

The purchase will be funded by the 2017 special purpose local option sales tax (SPLOST) program. The sole-source contract went to Sutphen, according to the report.

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The trucks have 95-foot ladders, officials say, and the county has 12 such trucks that operate every day.

The board also approved $1.8 million from various SPLOST programs to remount eight ambulance bodies on new chassis. It now has 33 ambulances that last year transported more than 44,000 patients to area hospitals, according to the report.

Police officials say multiple people were taken to the hospital the night of July 3 after an accident involving a DeKalb County Fire and Rescue truck and a vehicle.

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Fire officials say the accident happened around 10:30 p.m. at Redan Road and S. Stone Mtn. Lithonia Road, reports wsbtv.com.

The report says that the vehicle ran a red light; all five passengers were taken to Gardy hospital with minor injuries.

DeKalb County Fire and Rescue reported no injuries. Police are investigating.

A 44-year-old North Attleboro mother and her two children suffered minor injuries over July 4th weekend when their car and a fire engine collided, reports thesunchronicle.com.

Firefighters were headed to a call, traveling south on Route 1 near I-295 around 5:30 p.m. July 2. The truck—which had its lights and sirens activated at the time—collided in the left lane with the rear of the car, which stopped short, police officials say.

Maima Goetheh and her children were taken via ambulance to Sturdy Memorial Hospital in Attleboro for treatment of minor injuries, according to the report. She received a traffic citation for failing to yield to an emergency vehicle.

The apparatus is out of service with front bumper damage, officials say. The department already had a ladder truck out of commission, so it has a Plainville engine on loan.

Crews were responding to an alarm at the Emerald Square mall, which turned out to be smoke in an elevator room, the report notes.

A 49-year-old man was arrested July 2 after he crashed into an emergency vehicle in Fond du Lac County (WI). No serious injuries were reported.

Around 10:40 p.m., the driver hit the rear of an Eldorado Fire Department apparatus parked on I-41 near Townline Road. Crews were responding to the scene of a crash involving a tractor-trailer that rear-ended a tree service truck.

“As you can see in the video, there is plenty of room for traffic to safely pass through the emergency scene, as did hundreds of other vehicles, however impairment due to drunk driving can lead to tragic circumstances and puts everyone at risk,” a Facebook post reads.

“Thankfully this driver did not injure or kill the emergency responders at the scene, and did not suffer significant injuries himself from rear ending the fire truck. The 49-year-old Brookfield man was arrested for first offense operating while intoxicated and recklessly endangering safety.

“Slow down, give emergency workers plenty of room, and never drive while intoxicated in order to keep everyone safe on our highways!”