Ga. fire engine overturns in crash during response to fire

By Jeremy Chisenhall
The Macon Telegraph

TWIGGS COUNTY, Ga. — A Twiggs County fire truck was flipped over by a pickup truck while firefighters were trying to respond to a car fire earlier this week, officials say.

“When the fire truck slowed down, it was struck in the rear by a GMC Sierra going at a high rate of speed, causing the Fire Truck to flip over on its roof,” the sheriff’s office said in a Facebook post.

Both drivers were taken to Atrium Health Hospital to be treated for minor injuries, the sheriff’s office said.

“Lights and sirens mean you must stay away from a moving fire truck by AT LEAST 500 feet,” the sheriff’s office said. “Also, pull over to the right to give the fire truck room to pass through. The results of this accident could have been so much worse. A vehicle can be replaced, but a life cannot. Please be aware. Be safe. Pay attention.”

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