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Firefighter injured after drunk driver slams into fire truck

The apparatus was en route to a call at the time of the crash, the fire captain is in stable condition

HOUSTON — A firefighter was hurt late Saturday night after a drunk driver crashed into a fire truck.

KHOU reported that the crash happened at 10:30 p.m. in northwest Houston when the fire truck was heading to a call when a pickup, failing to yield the right of way, slammed into it.

A fire captain was transported to Memorial Hermann Hospital in stable condition, and the driver of the pickup was arrested on DWI charges, according to the report.