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Baltimore firefighters injured in crash on icy road during response

Four Baltimore firefighters suffered minor injuries after their ladder truck slid into a parked truck while responding to a fire

By Matt Hubbard
Baltimore Sun

BALTIMORE — Four Baltimore City firefighters suffered minor injuries while riding in a fire truck that slid on ice and struck another vehicle Sunday night, according to Baltimore City Fire officials.

The crash occurred around 11:35 p.m., when a fire truck was responding to a one-alarm fire, said department spokesperson John Marsh.

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Marsh said the fire truck was at Chesapeake and Maude avenues in South Baltimore’s Brooklyn neighborhood when the truck slid and struck a parked box truck.

All four firefighters were evaluated for minor injuries and transported to hospitals as a precaution, Marsh said, noting that all firefighters have since been discharged.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.

Poor road conditions also caused a 15-car crash at Baltimore’s 29th Street overpass near the Jones Falls Expressway on Sunday evening.

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