The Associated Press

BALTIMORE — A Baltimore Fire Department spokesman says four firefighters have been suspended without pay after a fatal December crash involving a fire truck.

Kevin Cartwright says the firefighters have been off duty since the Dec. 9 crash, and within the last two weeks they were suspended without pay until a final disposition hearing, where they could face additional penalties. That hearing won't occur until the investigation is complete.

Forty-nine-year-old Irina Petrov, her husband, 35-year-old Mikhail Petrov, and 24-year-old Igor Saub were killed when a fire truck responding to an emergency call in Northwest Baltimore went through a red light and collided with their SUV.

The four firefighters in the truck, driver Nathaniel Moore, Lieutenant Thomas Moore, who is no relation to the driver, Kenneth Jacobs and Darryl Alexander, suffered minor injuries.

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