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Colo. FF hurt after driver crashes into ambulance, fire truck; suspects flee

A South Adams County Fire Department firefighter was inside a stopped fire truck, responding to a highway crash, when the incident occurred

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A South Adams County Fire Department firefighter appears to have been the only person hurt in the crash.

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Kieran Nicholson
The Denver Post

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — An emergency responder was injured early Thursday morning in a crash on Interstate 76 while working on an earlier two-vehicle collision.

A South Adams County Fire Department firefighter was inside a stopped fire truck, responding to a highway crash, when the driver of a 2005 Chevrolet pickup truck struck an ambulance and the fire truck, according to the Colorado State Patrol. The firefighter suffered a head injury in the incident, which happened at about 2:30 a.m. near Colorado 224 in Commerce City.

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Two men got out of the pickup truck and fled the area on foot. They remain at large, said state patrol Master Trooper Gary Cutler. A woman inside the pickup remained on the scene and was taken to a local hospital to be treated for injuries.

A stolen gun was recovered from the pickup truck, Cutler said. There were no other injuries reported and the incident remains under investigation.

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