ATLANTA — Four Atlanta firefighters were injured in a fire truck wreck Monday morning.
WSBtv.com reported that the truck was responding to a fire when it struck a car and then a tree.
Witnesses say a bus and several cars stopped on the road. When the fire truck came around the corner, the driver jerked the wheel to avoid the bus and hit a huge oak tree, according to the report.
“They were trying to free the driver, trying to get him out. He was stuck up in there; they were trying to get him out. But they got them all out. To see them pulling and cutting to get him out, it seemed like he was alive. I hope he’s alive,” witness Thonasha Harris said.
Witnesses told Petersen had the truck not hit the tree it may have run right into a church.
All four firefighters were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The fire truck is a total loss.
“Instead of hitting head-on with the bus, they chose to put their lives in danger. I pray everybody is all right,” Harris said.