By Allison Klein
Washington Post Staff
WASHINGTON, D.C. — D.C. firetrucks are involved in an average of two traffic accidents a week, forcing many out of service when they should be responding to emergencies, city officials say.
Most crashes are minor — fender-benders or swipes of parked cars — but officials are concerned about the potential for serious trouble. In the last fiscal year, 20 people were injured, including nine civilians. No one was killed.
There were 126 accidents in fiscal 2006, up about 25 percent from previous years, records show. And the city paid tens of thousands of dollars to settle claims for incidents ranging from sideswiped cars to accidents with injuries.
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