The Chicago Sun-Times
OTTO TOWNSHIP, Ill. — Two firefighters were injured when their fire truck crashed and overturned Saturday in Otto Township, about six miles south of Kankakee.
An Otto Township Fire Department truck was responding to a call just after 2 p.m. when it collided with an Oldsmobile making a left turn onto U.S. Route 45/52, Illinois State Police said.
The driver of the fire truck, James Turner, 67, of Kankakee, was hospitalized; his condition wasn’t available.
Passenger David Tiburtini, 21, of Kankakee, was hospitalized in serious condition.
The driver of the Oldsmobile, Amanda M. Collins, 27, also was hospitalized in serious condition.
Collins was ticketed for not having a valid driver’s license and not having insurance, police said.
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