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Chief’s vehicle involved in crash while running lights, sirens

The chief was not injured, occupants of the other vehicle were hurt

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UTICA, N.Y. — Emergency crews are on the scene of an accident involving a Utica Fire Department vehicle near the intersection of Culver Ave and Albany Street. The accident happened shortly before 7 p.m. Sunday night.

No one inside the fire truck was hurt. Utica fire officials tell NEWSChannel 2 three people in the other vehicle, a pick-up truck, were sent to the hospital.

The firefighters were responding to a report of a fire on Turner Street. There ended up not being a fire at that location, but there was smoke pouring from a nearby outdoor wood stove.

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